Federal Emergency Management Agency

Events (147)

• April 1, 1979: Federal Emergency Management Agency Takes Over National Disaster Planning 1979-04-01
• April 1, 1979-Present: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Secretly Dedicated to Continuity of Government Program 1979-04-01
• May 18, 1981: Giuffrida Confirmed as Next Director of FEMA 1981-05-18
• June 30, 1982: FEMA Memo Outlines Standby Martial Law Doctrine 1982-06-30
• September 14, 1982: President Reagan Orders Overhaul of Secret Emergency Plans 1982-09-14
• September 21, 1983: Despite Reports, Emergency Censorship Program Still Active 1983-09-21
• April 5-13, 1984: Government Conducts Continuity Exercise Rex-84 1984-04-05
• August 2, 1984: Attorney General Objects to FEMA Martial Law Plans 1984-08-02
• September 25, 1984: Standby Legislation Would Suspend Constitution, Allow FEMA Takeover 1984-09-25
• July 24, 1985: FEMA Director Decides to Resign amid Allegations of Corruption 1985-07-24
• July 25, 1985: Subcommittee Details Corruption, Abuses at FEMA 1985-07-25
• November 18, 1988: President Reagan Assigns Wide Range of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities 1988-11-18
• August 8, 1989: Government Seals Lawsuit of Former Doomsday Contractor, Whistleblower 1989-08-08
• 4:00 p.m., April 19, 1995: Clinton and Reno Give Press Conference Regarding Oklahoma City Bombing, Promise ‘Swift’ Justice, Death Penalty 1995-04-19
• October 14, 1997-2001: Clinton Administration Launches Project Impact to Mitigate Risk of Natural Disasters; Project Becomes Very Popular 1997-10-14
• July 26, 1999: FEMA Sets Out Criteria for Government Agencies’ Responses to Emergencies, Including Terrorist Attacks 1999-07-26
• February 27, 2001: White House Proposes Drastic Cuts for Federal Disaster Mitigation Programs 2001-02-27
• March 21, 2001: American Society of Civil Engineers Criticizes Bush’s FY2002 Budget Request for FEMA and EPA. 2001-03-21
• May 8, 2001: Cheney to Oversee National Effort for Responding to Domestic Attacks, but No Action Is Taken before 9/11 2001-05-08
• May 11, 2001: New York City Practices for Biological Terrorist Attack 2001-05-11
• May 15, 2001: FEMA Director Plans to Reduce FEMA’s Role in Disaster Mitigation and Prevention 2001-05-15
• September 8-11, 2001: Many of Nation’s Top Emergency Managers in Montana for Major Conference; Focus Is on Domestic Terrorism and WMD 2001-09-08
• September 10, 2001: FEMA Representatives Arrive in New York, Ready for Training Exercise 2001-09-10
• September 11-22, 2001: Location of Remains at Pentagon Indicates Plane Turned ‘Inside Out’ After Impact 2001-09-11
• 10:23 a.m. September 11, 2001: Exterior Wall of North Tower May Bow Outwards or Inwards before Collapse 2001-09-11
• (10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001): Falling Antenna Suggests North Tower’s Collapse Begins in Its Core Area 2001-09-11
• 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: WTC 7 Damaged When North Tower Collapses 2001-09-11
• (10:28 a.m.-5:20 p.m.) September 11, 2001: WTC 7 Suffers Fires ‘on at Least 10 Floors’ 2001-09-11
• (10:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: First FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Teams Arrive in New York 2001-09-11
• (After 11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FEMA Director Allbaugh Flown Back to Washington from Conference in Montana 2001-09-11
• (After 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Officials Go to FEMA and Discuss Government’s Response to the Attacks 2001-09-11
• 8:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Preparations Underway for IMF/World Bank Meeting in Washington, DC 2001-09-11
• After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: FEMA Official Baughman Takes Charge at FEMA Headquarters while the Agency’s Director Is Away 2001-09-11
• After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: FEMA Director Allbaugh and State Emergency Managers Learn of Attacks and Respond While at Conference in Montana 2001-09-11
• (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FEMA Establishes a Temporary Headquarters Away from New York, in New Jersey 2001-09-11
• (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FEMA Personnel Have Communication Problems and Send a Representative to the WTC Site 2001-09-11
• (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FEMA Starts Locating Government Officials 2001-09-11
• (9:21 a.m.-9:59 a.m. September 11, 2001): Exterior Wall of South Tower May Bow Outwards or Inwards before Collapse 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Firefighter Tries Unsuccessfully to Call the White House to Request Fighters over New York 2001-09-11
• After 9:59 a.m. September 11, 2001: FEMA Representative Goes to the Police Command Center, but Then Has Problems Responding to the Attacks 2001-09-11
• September 12, 2001: FEMA Assembles Team to Analyze WTC Collapses, but Investigation Is Severely Hampered 2001-09-12
• September 12, 2001: Planned Terrorism Exercise May Have Sped up Response to 9/11 Attack 2001-09-12
• September 13, 2001: Sudden Fire in Crash Area Disrupts Recovery Operations at Pentagon 2001-09-13
• September 14, 2001: Office of Emergency Management Opens a New Operations Center by the Hudson River 2001-09-14
• September 27, 2001: USGS Scientists Send Test Results to EPA and FEMA Indicating that WTC Dust Has High PH 2001-09-27
• February 21, 2002: EPA Ombudsman Says Agency Has Intentionally Used Inferior Testing Methods 2002-02-21
• March 5, 2002: FEMA Warns of Major Flood Risk in New Orleans 2002-03-05
• May 1, 2002: Investigation into Cause of Building Collapse on 9/11 Is Inconclusive 2002-05-01
• March 1, 2003: FEMA Incorporated into Department of Homeland Security 2003-03-01
• March 1, 2003: New FEMA Director Has Strong Administration Ties; Weak Disaster Experience 2003-03-01