FEMA has no disaster plan for disabled, official testifies

// June 17th, 2010 // Feature Articles

12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, June 16, 2010

 

Dana Amihere, Hearst Newspapers  

WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency acknowledged Tuesday that it has failed to implement a natural disaster plan for the disabled and told a congressional panel that the agency lacks the resources to put a plan in place.

Marcie Roth, FEMA’s senior adviser on disability issues and director of the Office of Disability Integration and Coordination, said FEMA has developed a plan to evacuate, shelter and supply disabled people in a disaster. Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-fema_16nat.ART.State.Edition2.297c953.html