| | The Stafford Act is designed to bring an orderly and systematic means of Federal disaster assistance for State, tribal, territorial, and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to aid citizens. You learned in Lesson 1 that the Stafford Act constitutes the statutory authority for most Federal disaster response activities—disasters, emergencies, fire management assistance, and pre-declaration activities—especially as they pertain to FEMA. This lesson will first address pre-declaration activities. |
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