Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Ideas

Two counties in the Panhandle of Florida recently came together to promote business continuity initiatives to all the small businesses in a two county area. The brain child of the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, this initiative, which included public and private sector partners from Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties, have entered a cooperative arrangement to the benefit of small businesses. It was proposed that ...more »

FEMA HQ should approach Congress with a proposal to create a tax credit for individuals who purchase emergency kits from an approved list of kits and providers. Each kit should be a sealed five gallon plastic paint type bucket, color coded. Kit types should include; 1) Food-dehydrated (suitable for long term storage, 2) water purification with instructions (both tablets and water filter pump), 3) emergency medical (with ...more »