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Written testimony of FEMA for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the D.C. titled “The Role of the Private Sector in Preparedness and Emergency Response”

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of Response and Recovery Deputy Associate Administrator Elizabeth Zimmerman addresses the groundbreaking work that FEMA is doing to increase public-private cooperation in the sphere of emergency management.

One Month In: New Jersey’s Road to Recovery from Sandy

Thirty-five days have passed since Hurricane Sandy first made landfall on the New Jersey coast on October 29th. As we move past this one month milestone, my primary focus remains on these people – the survivors of the storm. When families and businesses begin to recover, whole communities begin to recover, and that is how New Jersey will revive and become stronger than ever.

New York, One Month After Sandy

New York is an amazing place, made up of different people from all over the world. Every neighborhood is distinctly unique, with different traditions, dialects and sense of community. In the response phase of a disaster like this, we focus on the “four Ps” – “People, Power, Pumping and Pick-it-up” - and we still have more work to do.

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