What is the primary role of FEMA in disaster management?

• A. To support citizens and first responders in building, sustaining, and improving the capacity to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
• B. To regulate health care facilities.
• C. To provide medical services directly to victims.
• D. To supervise local police departments.

Answer: (D)

FEMA’s primary role in disaster management is to support citizens and first responders by helping them build and sustain the ability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards. It acts as the federal coordinating body, providing grants, technical assistance, planning guidance, training, and logistical support to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and community organizations, and it helps implement unified response efforts through frameworks like the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework. It does not regulate health care facilities, provide direct medical services to victims, or supervise local police departments, which are handled by health regulators, medical providers, and local law enforcement respectively.