[CEMA Signal] CEMA Signal: FEMA Director Craig Fugate to Visit SSU on Monday

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Chatham Emergency Management Agency
 
For Immediate Release
November 12, 2009, 1:00 PM
 
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K. Courtney Cunningham
912.201.4508  (O)
912.657.8671  (C)
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FEMA Director Craig Fugate to Visit Savannah State University on Monday
Savannah, GA – November 12, 2009


Savannah State University (SSU) will host Craig Fugate, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. in the Jordan Building auditorium on the SSU campus. 
Fugate will join campus and community officials to talk about preparedness issues, both on college campuses and in coastal Georgia. Discussion will address multiple aspects of preparedness, including personal, household and campus plans as well as dealing with hazards specific to the Chatham County area. The Homeland Security and Emergency Management Student Organization (HSEMSO), a student chapter of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), is organizing the program on personal preparedness, which is free and open to the public. 
Fugate was nominated by President Barack Obama in March and confirmed by the Senate in May 2009 to lead FEMA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As Administrator of FEMA, Fugate oversees federal emergency preparedness, response and recovery policies and activities. Before joining FEMA, Fugate served as Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management. He began his emergency management career as a volunteer firefighter, progressing to emergency paramedic and later as a lieutenant with the Alachua County Fire Rescue. Eventually, he moved from exclusive fire rescue operations to serving as the Emergency Manager for Alachua County in Gainesville, Fla. 
Launched at Savannah State in 2007, the Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) program was the first bachelor’s degree of its kind in Georgia and the first in the nation at a historically black college or university. The degree program prepares students for public and private sector positions in the growing field of emergency management and homeland security to improve disaster outcomes.  In 2008, DHS awarded the university a $300,000 scientific leadership grant to explore and improve emergency policy and planning for underserved and socially vulnerable populations, including those in Chatham County, over a three-year period.
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Alternate contact: Michael Lovett, HSEMSO/Student Chapter of IAEM, 912-224-1179 or mlovett1 at student.savannahstate.edu.


K. Courtney Cunningham
Emergency Management Specialist
External Affairs / Volunteer Coordination

Chatham Emergency Management Agency
124 Bull Street, Suite 140
Savannah, GA 31401

kccunnin at chathamcounty.org
912.201.4508
912.657.8671
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