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    EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

    Jun 01, 2019 7 minutes
    BY WALT PALMER,* W4ALT

    Last month, we discussed my visit to the Amateur Radio in Public Health & Medical Disasters (ESF#8) Conference in Camden, New Jersey. I’ve received several comments regarding the Stafford Act I mentioned a few times.

    The following synopsis is based on a Wikipedia entry and offers an extensive overview of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

    The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) is a federal law designed to bring an orderly and systematic means of federal natural disaster assistance for state and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to aid citizens. Congress’s intention was to encourage states and localities to develop comprehensive disaster preparedness plans, prepare for better intergovernmental coordination in the face of a disaster, encourage the use of insurance coverage, and provide federal assistance programs for losses due to a disaster.

    The Stafford Act is a 1988 amended version of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974. It created the system in place today by which a presidential disaster declaration or an emergency declaration triggers financial and physical assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Act gives FEMA the responsibility for coordinating

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