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FEMA urges greater public-private cooperation in disaster response
Speaking at the International Disaster Conference and Exposition, Craig Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), urged emergency planners to take a broader view of disaster response and include the private sector. “Why is it one minute after the disaster, we think government is going to do everything?” Fugate asked the audience of public and private sector emergency mangers. “The more goods and services that the private sector is able to provide to meet the needs, then (government) can focus on the most needy and vulnerable areas.”
Speaking at the International Disaster Conference and Exposition, Craig Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), urged emergency planners to take a broader view of disaster response and include the private sector. “Why is it one minute after the disaster, we think government is going to do everything?” Fugate asked the audience of public and private sector emergency mangers. “The more goods and services that the private sector is able to provide to meet the needs, then (government) can focus on the most needy and vulnerable areas.”