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William Craig Fugate (born May 14, 1959) [1] is the former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. [2] As director for the Florida Emergency Management Division, he oversaw the "Big 4 of '04" and as the administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, he organized recovery efforts for a record of eighty-seven disasters in 2011.
Craig Fugate, who led the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Obama administration, has seen a lot of natural disasters. ... FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate with President Obama in the Oval ...
Craig Fugate, former director of the Division of Florida Emergency Management and administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, jokes with reporters after speaking at Capital Tiger ...
The term was coined by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate in May 2011 following the 2011 Joplin tornado, during which the two Waffle House restaurants in Joplin remained open. [ 4 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The measure is based on Waffle House's reputation for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly, albeit sometimes with a limited menu ...
This is the “worst case for the Tallahassee region and Big Bend of Florida,” said Craig Fugate, former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a former director of the ...
Red states with 42.7% of the population have 56.6% of the number of federally declared disasters and get half the FEMA aid. Blue states with 42.2% of the population and 35.8% of the number of disasters get 47.5% of the FEMA aid. The disaster-heavy states that former FEMA chief Fugate calls his “frequent fliers” also tend to be more Republican.
Craig Fugate, who was FEMA administrator during the Obama administration and before that was Florida’s director of emergency management, said FEMA really plays a supporting role in the initial response. “Disaster response belongs to the states not the federal government,” Fugate said.
Touring the state on August 31 with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano declared "This is as bad as I've seen, and I've been in eight states that have been impacted by Irene."