IAEM will be participating in tomorrow's Wildfire Roundtable at 3:00 PM ET in Rayburn 2167 represented by Sonoma County Emergency Management Director, Jeff DuVall. The session is hosted by the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. You can watch the roundtable here: linked here.
Goals for Roundtable:
• Learn about the impacts of the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area and the current state of recovery.
• Discuss actions to improve FEMA's programs for wildfire mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
• Examine the detrimental impacts dismantling FEMA, firing FEMA employees, and conditioning disaster assistance would have for the response to wildfires.
• Examine the potential need for additional federal assistance and reforms to address wildfires.
• Identify solutions that save lives and reduce burdens to local communities.
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Mary Jo Flynn-Nevins
Chair, Government Affairs Committee
Chief of Emergency Services
Sacramento County OES, McClellan CA
(916) 874-4671
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