David Paulison
David Paulison
Robert David Paulison is an American former fire chief who served as the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Paulison was appointed by President George W. Bush on September 12, 2005 to replace the embattled Michael D. Brown, who resigned amid controversy over his handling of disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Prior to his appointment, Paulison was perhaps best known nationally for his 2003 advisory regarding household itemsto have on hand in case of terrorist attack...
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FEMA is going to be here. We are going to make sure that you get taken care of.
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This is not going to be easy folks, it's not going to be fast. Recovery is a slow, methodical process.
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Dee brings a wealth of federal acquisition experience to this position and she will be a valuable asset to FEMA and the department.
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The process of recovery is difficult and we continue to provide rental assistance, apartment locater services and housing referrals to help evacuees take the next step in securing longer-term housing.
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Part of the fire grants designated by Congress is set aside for health and safety for firefighters. We lose, over 50 percent of our firefighters' fatalities are heart attacks and strokes.
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We have caseworkers down there, and most people have already received rental assistance. I just gave approval to purchase 10,000 more travel trailers. We're working also with some of the apartment owners to rehab some of the apartments down there. We are going to make sure that people are taken care of. But the judge recognized that, and recognized that the right thing to do is to get them out of hotels and into some decent housing.
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I believe it is a civic responsibility for Americans to prepare themselves to take care of their families for the first 72 hours.
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These people in hotels and motels must take the next step to find a better housing solution.
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This has to be a partnership, because ultimately the communities are entitled to take responsibility and empower themselves.
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The damage is not as serious as we had expected it to be. The evacuations worked.
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The efforts at issue were performed independently of the State to fulfill the organizations' own public service mission. In addition, an accurate valuation for much of these services cannot be determined given that the State did not accept a donation for which it tracked time spent and other costs.
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It is also helping us be certain that our federal taxpayer dollars are supporting hurricane evacuees and not those who might take advantage of a program for disaster victims.
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If you did not evacuate, stay inside until everything is safe. Make sure the winds die down because we get more injuries after the storm than during the storm. We want you to just be careful.
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It's difficult so far to get a total picture of the damage. But we do have a lot of people on the ground and people need to feel very secure down there that the state and FEMA are ready to respond with all those pre-positioned assets that we've been talking about.