FEMA unveils new truck program to boost disaster response
Emergency Management Alert, November 18, 2004
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) launched a $6.7 million program last week that will enhance the response of its Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT).
A set of trucks were delivered to a DMAT team in California last week. "We are so excited about providing our disaster medical teams with these new trucks and the positive effect it will have on their ability to deploy to a disaster," said Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response. "These new trucks will help our medical teams respond to disasters within 12 hours."
Over the next year, DMAT teams across the country will receive 93 trucks. The trucks haul the team's field tents, generators, medical equipment, and supplies.
DMATs are part of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), which is one of the resources brought to FEMA since the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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