Individual Project 4CJUS2541404A01November 2014The Director or
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The Director, or Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is currently William Craig Fugate. Fugate was confirmed into this role as Administrator in May 2009 by the US Senate. In his position, he has placed emphasis on “improving collaboration with all levels of government...and external partners, including voluntary agencies, faith based organizations, the private sector and citizens.” It has also been noted that since he has been in leadership, promotion has been put into sharing the responsibility to respond to emergency by way of community effort (“William Craig Fugate,” n.d).
The Assistant Director, or Deputy Administrator, is Joseph Nimmich. Nimmich was confirmed into the position in September 2014 by the U.S. Senate. Nimmich previously served in the Office of Response and Recovery handling “FEMA's Response, Recovery and Logistics Directorates.” Prior to his becoming a part of FEMA, he was a part of the private sector, working for the Raytheon Company. He has a background in maritime surveillance and security operations as well as familiarity with emergency response (“Joseph Nimmich,” n.d.)
FEMA has a clear mission for what the set out to achieve. The mission they have is to “support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work togeher to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.” This mission can actually be summed up in one statement and has remained the same for the last 35 years. It's mission statement is “to lead America to prepare for, prevent, respond to and recover from disasters with a vision of “A Nation Prepared.” (“About the Agency,” n.d.)”
There is a strategic plan that has been created by FEMA that spans from 2014-2018. This plan outlines the objectives of the Agency and what they seek to accomplish in order to
CJUS254-1404A-01
November 2014
The Director, or Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is currently William Craig Fugate. Fugate was confirmed into this role as Administrator in May 2009 by the US Senate. In his position, he has placed emphasis on “improving collaboration with all levels of government...and external partners, including voluntary agencies, faith based organizations, the private sector and citizens.” It has also been noted that since he has been in leadership, promotion has been put into sharing the responsibility to respond to emergency by way of community effort (“William Craig Fugate,” n.d).
The Assistant Director, or Deputy Administrator, is Joseph Nimmich. Nimmich was confirmed into the position in September 2014 by the U.S. Senate. Nimmich previously served in the Office of Response and Recovery handling “FEMA's Response, Recovery and Logistics Directorates.” Prior to his becoming a part of FEMA, he was a part of the private sector, working for the Raytheon Company. He has a background in maritime surveillance and security operations as well as familiarity with emergency response (“Joseph Nimmich,” n.d.)
FEMA has a clear mission for what the set out to achieve. The mission they have is to “support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work togeher to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.” This mission can actually be summed up in one statement and has remained the same for the last 35 years. It's mission statement is “to lead America to prepare for, prevent, respond to and recover from disasters with a vision of “A Nation Prepared.” (“About the Agency,” n.d.)”
There is a strategic plan that has been created by FEMA that spans from 2014-2018. This plan outlines the objectives of the Agency and what they seek to accomplish in order to