Discussion1 EMG Obama Administrations approach to emergency management

Emergency Management in the Obama Administration
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Emergency Management in the Obama Administration
The United States’ emergency management strategy often takes a hierarchical approach starting from the local, tribal, state, and federal government in dealing with the wide range of disasters or emergency occurrences. The management of disasters would thus fall under the jurisdiction of the local government of the affected region and proceed on to using and involving the resources of the tribal, state, or national government depending on the escalation or the extent of the damage. The Obama administration adopted a comprehensive approach featuring various stakeholders in forming a collaborative effort towards enhancing disaster preparedness and resilience of communities against such situations, events, or occurrences. Spearheaded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the multi-agency emergency management framework involves the local, state, territorial, tribal, and federal governments as well as the private sector, non-profit organizations, and voluntary services CITATION Off16 \l 1033 (Secretary, 2016). In essence, the Obama administration’s approach for emergency ...