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To: i-node who wrote (250815)	9/10/2005 4:45:13 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1573950

"Perhaps FEMA's responsibility needs to be changed so that it can step in a priori." According to the National Response Plan, they can step in at anytime they think a disaster is occurring or has occurred without a formal declaration by anybody.

To: i-node who wrote (250815)	9/12/2005 1:49:16 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573950

I'm not saying the process can't be improved. Perhaps FEMA's responsibility needs to be changed so that it can step in a priori. I think that Chertoff made a really good assessment of the first responder situation, and have no doubt he will pursue changes that permit FEMA to become more active, sooner, in the event the first responders are unable to perform. FEMA did activate before the hurricane. That's why Bush declared LA and MS disaster areas or states of emergency before the hurricane struck. That allowed FEMA to mobilize and place relief contingencies close to the expected disaster areas. And Brown claims they did do that. The problem is that they failed to mobilize once the hurricane had passed. That's why people were screaming for Brown's head. When they asked where everyone was, he started making all kinds of lame excuses. That's why FEMA got an F that first week and Brown is no longer heading up its Gulf coast operation.