President Trump suggested getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and letting individual states coordinate disaster responses. Former FEMA regional administrator Thomas Sivak joins "The ...
The agency was created in the late 1970s and is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters nationwide.
The Federal Emergency Management ... agency that coordinates the response to disasters nationwide. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., FEMA employs over 20,000 people in the U.S. with 10 regional ...