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To: i-node who wrote (250818)	9/12/2005 2:37:26 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1574096

Here's a list of links that clearly point the blame at FEMA for the obstruction that this relief effort encountered. The links to the NT Times stories and the Chicago Tribune stories are dead because the articles have been archived but the headlines tell it all. The most damning link is the one to a FEMA memorandum dated 29 August which I have posted at the bottom. In that memorandum, Brown tells everyone to go slow and make sure every t is crossed and i dotted. Brown clearly doesn't get FEMA's role as a first responder. Why he wasn't fired is beyond me.........it clearly shows Bush's incompetence as a manager. FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations news.ft.com. FEMA turns away experienced firefighters dailykos.com FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks nytimes.com. FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel nytimes.com. FEMA won't let Red Cross deliver food post-gazette.com FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans zwire.com. FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid dailykos.com FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital on board chicagotribune.com. FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck chicagotribune.com. FEMA turns away generators wwltv.com FEMA: "First Responders Urged Not To Respond" fema.gov First Responders Urged Not To Respond To Hurricane Impact Areas Unless Dispatched By State, Local Authorities Release Date: August 29, 2005 Release Number: HQ-05-174 » En Español WASHINGTON D.C. -- Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response and head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), today urged all fire and emergency services departments not to respond to counties and states affected by Hurricane Katrina without being requested and lawfully dispatched by state and local authorities under mutual aid agreements and the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. “The response to Hurricane Katrina must be well coordinated between federal, state and local officials to most effectively protect life and property,” Brown said. “We appreciate the willingness and generosity of our Nation’s first responders to deploy during disasters. But such efforts must be coordinated so that fire-rescue efforts are the most effective possible.” The U.S. Fire Administration, part of FEMA, asks that fire and emergency services organizations remain in contact with their local and state emergency management agency officials for updates on requirements in the affected areas. “It is critical that fire and emergency departments across the country remain in their jurisdictions until such time as the affected states request assistance,” said U.S. Fire Administrator R. David Paulison. “State and local mutual aid agreements are in place as is the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and those mechanisms will be used to request and task resources needed in the affected areas.” Paulison said the National Incident Management System is being used during the response to Hurricane Katrina and that self-dispatching volunteer assistance could significantly complicate the response and recovery effort. FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, trains first responders, works with state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration. FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.

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