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“Which is not to say FEMA won’t help, we’re not there to replace everything you had, we’re going to try to make your home safe, sanitary and habitable in the event of a federal disaster declaration.” “Insurance is a much larger slice of the recovery pie than FEMA would be,” Brehmer said. FEMA aims to help with uninsured and under-insured losses. This week’s focus is on insurance coverage and how FEMA helps in a disaster.īrehmer stressed that FEMA is meant to fill in the gaps and that insurance will be the bulk of recovery assistance. It’s important for everyone to have a general emergency plan and go-bag that has supplies, cash and documents, Brehmer said, but locals should also get to know their neighbors who will be the initial point of mutual support in a disaster. The first week of National Preparedness Month focused on encouraging locals to make and practice a disaster plan. “If it’s on your mind, it’s a good opportunity… as we look at our East Coast neighbors, we can take notes and think about what would have to do if were in a similar situation.” “ is at the latter end of hurricane season, so it just seems to be a national moment as we reflect on severe storms in the past,” Brehmer said. This is the focus of National Preparedness Month, which was partially chosen to take place when disaster is fresh in the mind of many Americans, according to Brehmer. “The purpose of the Mitigation Division is to put recovery out of business,” said Mark Carey, director of Region 10’s Mitigation Division, in an interview with the Reporter. The major part of that preparedness effort is FEMA’s mitigation division, which focuses on risk analysis, floodplain management, insurance, hazard mitigation and the Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Program. WA Emergency Management September 13, 2018Ī large part of FEMA’s work involves disaster mitigation and aims to minimize the impact of future disasters. We’re sending two teams (9 personnel) to North Carolina to assist Hurricane #Florence response activities: 4 from 2 from 1 from 1 from & a PIO from our shop here at EMD #HurricaneFlorence #FlorenceNC /pG0NaVh2JV FEMA works closely withe the Washington Emergency Management Division, which recently sent a team to assist with relief efforts in Craven County, North Carolina.