Craig Fugate
Craig Fugate
William Craig Fugate is the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Orphaned as a teenager, Fugate propelled himself into emergency services in Alachua County. As Florida Director for the Emergency Management Division, he oversaw the "Big 4 of '04" and as the Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, he organized recovery efforts for a record of eighty-seven disasters in 2011...
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We're slowing the process down. A large-scale disaster will occur and there will be another hue and cry about why we were not able to get the aid faster.
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Until we really understand why people ... don't prepare and what it takes to get that message across, then I think that's going to be our challenge.
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In the Keys, a lot of people are stubborn.
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Florida feels we owe a great debt to our neighboring states.
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The state team is committed to working with our federal partners in meeting the needs of Floridians who were affected by Hurricane Wilma. We want to be as thorough as possible in this vital endeavor.
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We did not have enough product reach the areas in the timely manner that we wished to occur.
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We want to build an air bridge to Key West should the roads be compromised.
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The previous hurricanes had depleted the national supply.
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We're going to have every pump, every sandbag out there. The only question is where do we put them.