An Assessment of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Today.
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was created to provide controls for the patchwork of fragmented operations spread over many agencies. The situation was the natural product of the evolution of government policy from an exclusive distribution orientation, providing aid to victims, to one that gives equal emphasis to both planning and mitigation. Within FEMA the evolution of the Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS) is a movement towards an integrated approach to the management of the full spectrum of emergencies, hazards and disasters. IEMS stresses using the resources available to all agencies in dealing with the elements common to all emergency related situations. There is general satisfaction that the under-one-roof concept being pursued here that IEMS is leading to will, if allowed to continue, eventually meet the mandate to create a national capacity to assist state and local governments in dealing with natural and manmade disasters. However, to date, most of the programs have either not been fully implemented or have met with only limited success. The comprehensive emergency management program still has a long way to go. Perhaps it will take another 25 years for it to evolve to the point of meeting the original Presidential Mandate.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 20, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA166468
Entities
People
- Patrick D. Conner
Organizations
- United States Army War College