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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Florida feels we owe a great debt to our neighboring states.
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Many of the field hands who manage, pick and process these crops will be impacted through the loss of their jobs,
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It's easy to play the blame game, find a scapegoat, but no one person could be responsible for the challenges we face and the lives lost.
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Also know FL is providing law enforcement. Need all you can send. Public safety major concern (looting etc.) Have used Dixie Co. body bags (250) got more?
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You're in a phenomenon ... it's sort of like a hurricane, you're not going to stop it with what the (existing) resources are.
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Our goal is to move not hundreds of miles, but tens of miles.
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We've got roughly four to six million people right now who are experiencing hurricane or tropical storm-force winds.
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Use caution. This is still a very dangerous situation.
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The previous hurricanes had depleted the national supply.
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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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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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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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In the Keys, a lot of people are stubborn.
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We did not have enough product reach the areas in the timely manner that we wished to occur.