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HURRICANE KATRINA RESPONSE
On September 30, 2005 three WEMA members
returned from a 16-day EMAC (Emergency Management Assistance Compact) deployment
to assist the State of Mississippi with the Hurricane Katrina effort. Steve
Braun (read bio), Grant County Emergency Management Director; Nancy Crowley
(read bio), Manitowoc
County Emergency Management Director; and Mike Ciardo
(read bio), City of Whitewater
Emergency
Management Director were assigned to the southern two tiers of Mississippi
counties along the Gulf of Mexico. This operational branch included the cities
of Biloxi, Gulfport, Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Ocean Springs, Pearl River,
Wiggins, Lucedale and Pascagoula. Working for the Mississippi State Emergency
Management Agency (MEMA), the three were assigned to FEMA's
community relations field section, where they provided affected residents and
communities with information about federal and other emergency relief available,
and served as the "eyes and ears" of FEMA in southern Mississippi.
Comments from Nancy Crowley about their experience
Response Pictures (external website) NOAA's Hurricane Katrina Images
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