Four Communities At The Top Of The Gulf Get Special Recognition FEMA Region IV
Release Date: June 21, 2002
Release Number: R4-02-47
Atlanta, GA -- Three adjoining counties and a city on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico were recognized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IV Saturday for their extraordinary effort in promoting disaster resistant communities. In 2000 and 2001, Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin and Mobile counties in Alabama, and the city of Pascagoula, Mississippi, worked together to plan, host and manage The Central Gulf States Project Impact Conference.
"While we cannot prevent hurricanes, tornadoes and other disasters from occurring, we can do something to reduce the possibility of personal injury and the amount of property damage," said FEMA Region IV Director Ken Burris. "Besides being on the Gulf of Mexico, these communities have in common a desire to do all they can to become more resistant to disasters. They took that all important first step of bringing the decision makers together to make it happen."
The award was presented during the 2002 Southeast Disaster Resistant Communities Summit in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 22. The award was one of four special recognitions made to individuals for their outstanding work in furthering disaster mitigation in the Southeastern states. Twelve other awards were made in categories ranging from corporate involvement in mitigation, to innovative new construction projects. Each of the 12 recipients was honored for their work in safeguarding communities by making them more resistant to natural disasters. Award recipients were nominated by county, state or federal emergency management workers.
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