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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Peterson's experience in emergency management and as a fire chief will make him a highly effective Region VI director. His first hand knowledge and experience will be vital as FEMA works with its regional partners on all aspects of emergency management.
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Please, please don't go back until the local emergency managers tell you it's safe to go back.
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Katrina is the largest flood disaster in our nation's history, and it requires us to take a new look at how we process flood insurance claims. Our mutual goal is to get families into the recovery process as quickly as possible.
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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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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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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've been doing surveillance of the refineries. So far what we see is minimal damage and we hope that holds, but we'll continue monitoring that to make sure that we can get those refineries back on line as quickly as possible.
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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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We're going to get people out of the shelters. We're going to move on and get them the help they need.
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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.