EMP Progress Report: No Progress To Report The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just issued their first “EMP Progress Report” required by Executive Order 13865, “Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses.” You can read the report HERE. It will only take you a few minutes (including getting up to get a cup of coffee)—the report is…
Tag: Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA’s Response To My Letter: A Blow Off
FEMA’s response seems to be a low-level bureaucratic “ignore” I’m disappointed by FEMA’s response to my March 28, 2019 letter which I posted here. As you may recall, I wrote to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after not hearing from them on a letter I had sent them on March 7, 2018 – a…
Building a Culture of Preparedness
Note: Last year, I wrote a letter to FEMA about building a culture of preparedness by bringing back civil defense. This year, I wrote a letter to FEMA… Click Here for a PDF Copy of Letter March 28, 2019 Pete T. Gaynor, Acting Administrator Daniel Kaniewski, PhD, Acting Deputy AdministratorFederal Emergency Management Agency500 C Street…
FEMA: Let’s Try Civil Defense
On March 7, 2018 (a year ago), I wrote a letter to then FEMA Administrator Brock Long on how we could build a culture of preparedness in America though civil defense. I never received any response. Fast forward to March 1, 2019 and Emergency Management Magazine published an article entitled: Report: We’ve Failed Miserably at…
Long-Term Power Outage: There Is No Plan
The federal government has no plan for a long-term power outage As disturbing as it might be, despite the numerous threats to the U.S. electric grid, the federal government has no plan for a long-term power outage. FEMA recently admitted this at the National Preparedness Symposium on May 24, 2018: “Current planning does not include any contingencies for…
New England Long-Term Power Outage Summit
If you missed it, here are some pictures (click for larger pic)… (Videos of the New England Long-Term Power Outage Summit coming soon!) Why You Should Attend The New England Long-Term Power Outage Summit In 2018, our society is moments away from adversity while generations removed from self-reliance. We are completely dependent on the electric grid…