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  • From: MSAR Maintainer <msar@ibiblio.org>
  • To: MSAR Riders <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [MSAR] Please don't self-deploy
  • Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 22:19:42 -0400


[Contributed by Irv Lichtenstein; I deleted several layers
of forwarding. -Una]

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First Responders Urged Not To Respond To Hurricane Impact Areas Unless
Dispatched By State, Local Authorities

WASHINGTON, DC (August 29, 2005) -- Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of
Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response and head of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), today urged all fire and
emergency services departments not to respond to counties and states
affected by Hurricane Katrina without being requested and lawfully
dispatched by state and local authorities under mutual aid agreements and
the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

'The response to Hurricane Katrina must be well coordinated between
federal, state and local officials to most effectively protect life and
property," Brown said. 'We appreciate the willingness and generosity of our
Nation's first responders to deploy during disasters. But such efforts must
be coordinated so that fire-rescue efforts are the most effective possible."

The U.S. Fire Administration, part of FEMA, asks that fire and emergency
services organizations remain in contact with their local and state
emergency management agency officials for updates on requirements in the
affected areas.

'It is critical that fire and emergency departments across the country
remain in their jurisdictions until such time as the affected states request
assistance," said U.S. Fire Administrator R. David Paulison.

'State and local mutual aid agreements are in place as is the Emergency
Management Assistance Compact and those mechanisms will be used to request
and task resources needed in the affected areas."

Paulison said the National Incident Management System is being used during
the response to Hurricane Katrina and that self-dispatching volunteer
assistance could significantly complicate the response and recovery effort.





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