The citizens of the United States face disaster every year. Whether man made, natural, large or small the individual states provide a first line of defense and response with their resources and by agreement, through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), the resources of neighboring states. When the incident is too large or the state's resources compromised to the point where the state cannot adequately respond to the event, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) facilitates access to national assets. The FEMA provides coordination for the federal response with an all hazards approach to disasters experienced by the U.S. In order to accomplish this mission FEMA routinely engages Department of Defense assets, specifically Title 10, which provides a robust and rapid response capability unavailable from any other source. This thesis examines FEMA's preparedness and ability to integrate these resources into the response plan. To accomplish this, the thesis explores the changes to FEMA between 1992 and 2007. This research also analyzes "FEMA Strategic Plan, Fiscal Years 2008-2013" FEMA's 5-year plan projecting changes within the organization. FEMA is the nation's preeminent emergency management and preparedness agency but are they ready?This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
