Trust is essential to successful collaboration and accomplishing FEMA’s mission, and to meeting the goals of Hazard Mitigation. When there is a high degree of trust, people:

• Openly ask for help and give assistance when needed
• Are reliable about keeping agreements they make
• Feel free to express ideas and opinions

This graphic shows the results possible when there is a high degree of trust in a group.

 Key among these are positive working relationships and communication and information flow. The following screen describes these results in more detail.