Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) An independent agency of the federal government founded in 1979 and reporting to the President of the United States and headquartered in Washington D.C. FEMA’s mission is to reduce loss of life and property and protect our nation's critical infrastructure from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Primary support functions of FEMA include, (1) advising on building codes and flood plain management, (2) teaching people how to get through a disaster, (3) helping equip local and state emergency preparedness, (4) coordinating the federal response to a disaster, (5) making disaster assistance available to states, communities, businesses and individuals, (6) training emergency managers, (7) supporting the nation’s fire service, and (8) administering the national flood and crime insurance programs (National Flood Insurance Program). FEMA’s operating directorates consist of: (1) Mitigation Directorate, (2) Information Technology Directorate, (3) Federal Insurance Administration (Program), (4) Operations Support Directorate, (5) Preparedness Directorate, (6) Response and Recovery Directorate, (7) United States Fire Administration, and (8) ten Regional Offices. FEMA’s ten regions, Federal Regional Centers, and states included in each region are: 1 Region I (Boston, Massachusetts) – Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, 2 Region II (New York, N.Y., Caribbean Division – San Juan, Puerto Rico) – New York, New Jersey, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 3 Region III (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) – District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, 4 Region IV (Atlanta, Georgia) – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, 5 Region V (Chicago, Illinois) – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, 6 Region VI (Denton, Texas) – Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, 7 Region VII (Kansas City, Missouri) – Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, 8 Region VIII (Denver, Colorado) – Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming, 9 Region IX (San Francisco, California) – Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada, and the Territory of American Samoa, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, 10 Region X (Bothell, Washington) – Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
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