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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a disaster that has occurred in the United States and that overwhelms the resources of local and state authorities.
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Gulf officials say they are ready for storm but concerns raised about restructured agency’s ability to respond effectively
Experts say Hurricane Isaias could be FEMA’s first major test after staff cuts and restructuring, as Florida, Georgia and Alabama prepare for the storm.
Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall in Florida and Alabama late Friday or early Saturday, and emergency management experts say it could be the first major test of how well FEMA can respond after the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the agency.More than 4,300 employees left FEMA in f...