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Infrastructure

Emergency Management & Public Safety

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The hours before anyone official arrives

The agency that arrives late, the line that does not pick up, the cupboard that is a store. Ham radio is on the Communication pages. Flood design is on the Civil pages. The grid as an industry is on the Energy pages.

Problem
Late relief

GAO: 4 percent of FEMA’s incident staff left to deploy after Helene and Milton. The 2024 season opened at 17 percent.

Solution
Mutual aid

Know the house next door. The first crew is already on the street.

Problem
Unanswered 911

240 million calls a year. 74 percent of centers still reporting empty chairs in 2025.

Solution
First aid in the field

The bleed will not wait for the truck. A class is not a kit in a drawer.

Problem
The empty cupboard

The official plan assumes three days in the house. Most houses have supper. Heat, smoke, and a dead grid now arrive together.

Solution
Seventy-two hours

One gallon. Three days. A radio that is not a phone.

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