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Emergency Managers: Help ProPublica Prepare to Report on the Next Disaster

If you are a part of the network of disaster response and recovery partners, we need your help to build a comprehensive picture of the real conditions across the country.

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Mar 2 at 2:30pmWeb
Show threadJohn AppelMar 2
@ProPublica Paging Dr. Malka Older @older to this as relevant to your interests!
Show threadolderMar 2
@jappel @ProPublica indeed, thank you!
Show threadCadmus 🌲Mar 2

@ProPublica Most #ElectedOfficials do not understand:

- The fundamentals for #EmergencyManagement
- What a #disaster declaration does for their entity (local, state, or federal declarations)
- What #FEMA does beyond 'fixing things' and uninformed opinions from what they've read in 'media articles'
- What types and how much aid FEMA can provide
- What a 'damage assessment' means and is used for
- The expense of a functioning EM organization
- How reliant 99.999% of local, state, and national economies are dependant on this system through the interconnected disaster recovery process

#EMGToot

Show threadMsMeropeMar 2

@camless @ProPublica

And all that stuff is free for the taking via innumerable FEMA IS classes

(…. When there’s not a government shut down and we lose access to them all.)

Show threadCadmus 🌲Mar 2
@ProPublica @lckrohjr