Hurricane Katrina Dod Disaster Response
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Military Resources in Emergency Management
training.fema.govReserve) military units/resources into their respective disaster response plans, training, and exercise operations. As evidence provides from catastrophic disasters such as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Hurricane Andrew in 1992, U.S. military units and activities have proven to be a critical
The Insurrection Act and Executive Power to Respond with ...
www.law.berkeley.eduHurricane Katrina raised serious questions about the power of the President to use federal troops to respond to natural disasters. During the hurricane, security concerns, both real and perceived, delayed the disaster response and detracted from the primary focus of saving lives.
MILITARY SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES: THE ROLE OF …
www.loc.govROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN SUPPORT OF HOMELAND DEFENSE A Report Prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ... Hurricane Katrina: DOD Disaster Response, September 19, 2005, RL 33095, CRS-2. Robert A. Priess, “The National Guard and Homeland Defense,”
The Historical Context of Emergency Management
booksite.elsevier.comin 1954; Hurricane Diane hit several mid-Atlantic and northeastern states in 1955; and Hurricane Audrey, the most damaging of the three storms, struck Louisiana and North Texas in 1957. Congressional response to these disasters followed a familiar pattern of ad hoc legislation to provide increased disaster assistance funds to the affected areas.
Humanitarian Service Medal - Approved Operations Current ...
prhome.defense.govHurricane Hanna Disaster Relief 8-Sep-08 26-Sep-08 Haiti Hurricanes IKE & GUSTAV 1-Sep-08 25-Sep-08 Specific counties of Louisiana and Texas ASSURED DELIVERY 14-Aug-08 10-Sep-08 Country of Georgia Typhoon Fengshen Disaster Relief 25-Jun-08 2-Jul-08 Panay Island, Republic of the Philippines CARING RESPONSE – Cyclone Nargis 12-May-08 21-Jun-08 ...
Conclusions and Findings
www.disastersrus.org“Hurricane Pam” exercise resulted in draft plans beginning in early 2005, they were incomplete when Katrina hit. Nonetheless, some officials took the initiative to use concepts developed in the drafts, with some success in the critical aspects of the Katrina response. However, many of its admonitory lessons were either