Prior to FEMA - correct answer ✔disaster offices scattered across govt
Civil Defense - correct answer ✔Civilians trained to spot enemy aircraft,
practiced blackouts, watched coastal waters
Civil Defense rose to prominence during the - correct answer ✔Cold War
1950 Disaster Relief Act - correct answer ✔Result of flooding
Allowed fed govt to be involved in relief
Opened up door for fed govt to expand role
1974 Disaster Relief Act - correct answer ✔Allowed fed relief when president
declared disaster
Condition of receiving assistance-insurance coverage for the future
Stafford Act 1988 - correct answer ✔Amended 1984 Disaster Relief Act
Presidential declaration would trigger FEMA assistance
Dual-track Emergency Management - correct answer ✔EM offices spread
out
Civil defense and peace-time reorganized
FEMA - correct answer ✔1978 President Carter put almost all EM efforts in
one federal agency
1979 FEMA was official created
, FEMA under GHB - correct answer ✔FEMA incapable of handling dual-
disasters
Coordinated with Red Cross to create Federal Response Plan
Dual-disasters Ex - correct answer ✔Hurricane Hugo and Loma Prieta
Earthquake
Hurricane Hugo - correct answer ✔1989 SC
Category 4
Storm surge 20 ft
$7 B in damage
Ranked 9th most costly
Loma Prieta Earthquake - correct answer ✔1989 CA
Magnitude 6.9
cost $30 B
Federal Response Plan (FRP) - correct answer ✔How to deal with disaster
respond, who had jurisdiction, and which fed agency to coordinate with
Key Emergency Support Functions (12) - correct answer ✔1.Transportation
2.Communications
3.Public Works and Engineering
4.Firefighting
5.Information and Disaster Planning
6. Mass Care