David Paulison
David Paulison
Robert David Paulison is an American former fire chief who served as the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Paulison was appointed by President George W. Bush on September 12, 2005 to replace the embattled Michael D. Brown, who resigned amid controversy over his handling of disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Prior to his appointment, Paulison was perhaps best known nationally for his 2003 advisory regarding household itemsto have on hand in case of terrorist attack...
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We are not making any assumptions in this storm. We are asking questions.
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The process of recovery is difficult and we continue to provide rental assistance, apartment locater services and housing referrals to help evacuees take the next step in securing longer-term housing.
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It is also helping us be certain that our federal taxpayer dollars are supporting hurricane evacuees and not those who might take advantage of a program for disaster victims.
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Katrina is the largest flood disaster in our nation's history, and it requires us to take a new look at how we process flood insurance claims. Our mutual goal is to get families into the recovery process as quickly as possible.
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We lost roofing tiles and our prized pink grapefruit tree.
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Please, please don't go back until the local emergency managers tell you it's safe to go back.
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Part of the fire grants designated by Congress is set aside for health and safety for firefighters. We lose, over 50 percent of our firefighters' fatalities are heart attacks and strokes.
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I don't think anyone in the Gulf Coast is out of harm's way.
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We have caseworkers down there, and most people have already received rental assistance. I just gave approval to purchase 10,000 more travel trailers. We're working also with some of the apartment owners to rehab some of the apartments down there. We are going to make sure that people are taken care of. But the judge recognized that, and recognized that the right thing to do is to get them out of hotels and into some decent housing.
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The Assistance to Firefighters grants represent a major effort by the federal government to ensure that the nation's firefighters continue to have the basic capability they require to do their jobs, improve safety and save lives.
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I believe it is a civic responsibility for Americans to prepare themselves to take care of their families for the first 72 hours.
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This has to be a partnership, because ultimately the communities are entitled to take responsibility and empower themselves.
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The damage is not as serious as we had expected it to be. The evacuations worked.
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The efforts at issue were performed independently of the State to fulfill the organizations' own public service mission. In addition, an accurate valuation for much of these services cannot be determined given that the State did not accept a donation for which it tracked time spent and other costs.