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FEMA Private SectorOffice of External Affairs

Private Sector OverviewPrivate Sector Overview FEMA Mission

FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to

ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and

improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all

hazards.

Who is the Private Sector?

• Businesses• Academia• Voluntary• Faith-based• Non-governmental

Organizations

Private Sector Division

Dan StonekingPrivate Sector Division Director

Private Sector Liaisons

Jeanie Moore Regions

Personnel TrainingBudget

Lori RiveraPreparedness

&Protection

CIKRLodgingRetail

Tracey BatacanMitigation

USFA Ready

CampaignTech SectorAcademia

Ashley Small

Response & Recovery Minority Business

Small BusinessDefense

Transportation

John Courtmanc

heMission SupportMetrics

Some times we all have needs

Needs

ImpactedOrganizations

ImpactedInfrastructure

IndividualAssistance

Shelters / Evacuations

Grants

Some times we all have capabilities

Capabilities

Facilities

Equipment

Skills

Knowledge

Donations

We can always communicate

Ground Floor

Connecting the Dots

Two-Way Communication

ActionableInformation

Increased Understanding

Dialogue

Success Stories: Prepare

More than 300 first responders, some who came from as far away as Germany, converged in College Station over the weekend to sharpen their search and rescue …

Success Stories: Protect

Most campuses use video surveillance…Queens College built an IT solution to detect an unattended bag, a particular license plate, or a certain individual, and then automatically initiate actions such as notifying staff…

Success Stories: Respond

Success Stories: Recover

Lynn University students visited Haiti to help orphans and handicapped children, adults and the elderly. After the earthquake, four students and two professors were lost and a memorial fund was established in their honor.

Success Stories: Mitigate

What We Can Do Together

• Benevolence

• Advice & counsel

• Get a kit. Make a plan. Be informed

• Prepare our facilities

• Prepare our constituents and communities

• Advance Technology

• Work together to prepare, protect, respond, recover, mitigate

• Your best ideas….

Web Resources

www.fema.gov/privatesector

Contact Information

E-mail us at:

FEMA-Private-Sector@dhs.gov

QUESTIONS?