Theos-Talk Archives (September 2005 Message tt00171)

[Release Date: August 29, 2005]

Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response and head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), today urged all fire and emergency services departments not to respond to counties and states affected by Hurricane Katrina without being requested and lawfully dispatched by state and local authorities under mutual aid agreements and the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18470