社評 0201 聯邦緊急救濟總署向社區招手

聯邦緊急救濟總署向社區招手

組織龎大的美國聯邦災難救濟總署週二中午派遣五位主管官員親臨休斯敦美南新聞總部，和華亞裔媒體進行了非常廣泛之交流。   

首先，由主管德州及西南地區之副執行長布拉雪爾向大家報告多年來聯邦政府對於重大災難發生時盡力支援受災區是他們最重要之職責，除了協助重建之外， 並透過聯邦小商業局之貸款協助商家恢復正常營業。

在會中也有國家氣象局專家黎利、 赫里斯郡國土安全部新聞協調官牧瑞及全國老人協會代表屠杜等，他們分別在會中呼籲社區領袖們必須做好準備，面對未來可能發生之災難。

我們非常感謝政府救難單位對社區之重視和關怀， 許多無法預測之災難必須提前作好萬全之準備。

FEMA Came To Our Community

With the arrangement of Sandy Close, Director of the Ethnic Media Service Team, the Federal Emergency Management Agency came to Southern News Group STV studio for a very extensive exchange with local ethnic media groups. First of all, Traci Brasher, Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 6 which is comprised of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas and 68 tribal nations, explained how the federal government can help when disasters hit local communities. The meeting Included Brian Murray, Deputy Coordinator for Homeland Security & Emergency Management and Public Information Officer Dan Reilly, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service and Jason Tudor from AARP who all commented on the importance of being prepared for disasters in the future. 

We are so grateful that this is the first time we were able to sit down face-to- face to ask our questions to FEMA representatives . 

 We also want to urge all our people  to learn more about emergency situations and procedures and to be prepared.