Emergency Management (Mitigation) Policy analysis and assessment
Emergency management policy has undergone change historically and these changes have been disaster driven and administration dependent.
Early History of Emergency Management
A Congressional Act was passed in 1803 to make the provision of financial assistance to a town in New Hampshire that had been devastated by fire. This is the first involvement of the Federal government in a local disaster. In the 1930s the Reconstruction Finance Corporation along with the Bureau of Public Roads were granted authority to provide loans following disaster for repair and reconstruction of specific public facilities after disasters occurred. The Tennessee Valley Authority commonly known as TVA was created at this juncture to provide hydroelectric power and to bring about a reduction of flooding in the region. The Flood Control Act was passed in 1934 giving the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers an increased level of authority for design and construction of flood control projects.
II. The Cold War and Civil Defense
Emergency management developed further in the 1950se during what is known as the Cold War years with the primary risk for disaster being, that of potential nuclear war which would have been followed by radioactive fallout. During this time, Civil Defense was a priority in the U.S. And its communities. The Federal Civil Defense Administration was the agency in which federal support for civil defense activities was vested and is reported as an organization that...
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