FEMA Unveils Nationwide Phone Tree In Case Of Emergency

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FEMA Unveils Nationwide Phone Tree In Case Of Emergency

APRIL 27, 2009

WASHINGTON—The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday unveiled its

new $48.2 million Phone Tree Response System, a program designed to alert

every American in the event of a large-scale disaster. " The safety of our

great nation is the responsibility of all 300 million of its citizens, so

make sure you memorize the names and phone numbers of the three people you

are supposed to call, " said acting FEMA administrator Ward, who

assured reporters that, in the event of a chemical or biological attack,

President Obama would be notiï¬ed ï¬rst so that he could inform Vice President

Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Gates, and Meredith Soto of Winslow, AZ.

" Remember: If they don't pick up, leave a message telling them there's a

national emergency, and then call the next name listed in the 176,935-page,

253-volume directory until someone answers. " According to FEMA ofï¬cials,

regular tests of the phone tree will be conducted on a semiweekly basis to

identify any numbers that are no longer in service.

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Is this a joke? A phone Tree?

Penny Engelking LP

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Bledsoe bbledsoe@...>wrote:

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> FEMA Unveils Nationwide Phone Tree In Case Of Emergency

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> APRIL 27, 2009

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> WASHINGTON—The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday unveiled its

> new $48.2 million Phone Tree Response System, a program designed to alert

> every American in the event of a large-scale disaster. " The safety of our

> great nation is the responsibility of all 300 million of its citizens, so

> make sure you memorize the names and phone numbers of the three people you

> are supposed to call, " said acting FEMA administrator Ward, who

> assured reporters that, in the event of a chemical or biological attack,

> President Obama would be notiï¬ed ï¬rst so that he could inform Vice

> President

> Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Gates, and Meredith Soto of Winslow,

> AZ.

> " Remember: If they don't pick up, leave a message telling them there's a

> national emergency, and then call the next name listed in the 176,935-page,

> 253-volume directory until someone answers. " According to FEMA ofï¬cials,

> regular tests of the phone tree will be conducted on a semiweekly basis to

> identify any numbers that are no longer in service.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Is this a joke? A phone Tree?

Penny Engelking LP

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Bledsoe bbledsoe@...>wrote:

>

>

>

> FEMA Unveils Nationwide Phone Tree In Case Of Emergency

>

> APRIL 27, 2009

>

> WASHINGTON—The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday unveiled its

> new $48.2 million Phone Tree Response System, a program designed to alert

> every American in the event of a large-scale disaster. " The safety of our

> great nation is the responsibility of all 300 million of its citizens, so

> make sure you memorize the names and phone numbers of the three people you

> are supposed to call, " said acting FEMA administrator Ward, who

> assured reporters that, in the event of a chemical or biological attack,

> President Obama would be notiï¬ed ï¬rst so that he could inform Vice

> President

> Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Gates, and Meredith Soto of Winslow,

> AZ.

> " Remember: If they don't pick up, leave a message telling them there's a

> national emergency, and then call the next name listed in the 176,935-page,

> 253-volume directory until someone answers. " According to FEMA ofï¬cials,

> regular tests of the phone tree will be conducted on a semiweekly basis to

> identify any numbers that are no longer in service.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Is this a joke? A phone Tree?

Penny Engelking LP

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Bledsoe bbledsoe@...>wrote:

>

>

>

> FEMA Unveils Nationwide Phone Tree In Case Of Emergency

>

> APRIL 27, 2009

>

> WASHINGTON—The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday unveiled its

> new $48.2 million Phone Tree Response System, a program designed to alert

> every American in the event of a large-scale disaster. " The safety of our

> great nation is the responsibility of all 300 million of its citizens, so

> make sure you memorize the names and phone numbers of the three people you

> are supposed to call, " said acting FEMA administrator Ward, who

> assured reporters that, in the event of a chemical or biological attack,

> President Obama would be notiï¬ed ï¬rst so that he could inform Vice

> President

> Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Gates, and Meredith Soto of Winslow,

> AZ.

> " Remember: If they don't pick up, leave a message telling them there's a

> national emergency, and then call the next name listed in the 176,935-page,

> 253-volume directory until someone answers. " According to FEMA ofï¬cials,

> regular tests of the phone tree will be conducted on a semiweekly basis to

> identify any numbers that are no longer in service.

>

>

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