FEMA leads and coordinates the Federal response for disasters in support of States, tribes, and territories. Response to disasters is always a tiered process and involves the whole community—the people and the commercial, economic, governmental, infrastructural, and social systems that make up a jurisdiction. The response starts at the local level with citizens and businesses. FEMA sponsors programs for these elements as part of the preparedness and mitigation process of emergency management. There is then a tiered response from the various levels of government.

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