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If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?

By Ming Xie, Assistant Professor of Emergency Management and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left to build its own expensive response capabilities.

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