User:Kai7471234/Fema corps

Kai7471234 (talk) 21:45, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

FEMA Corps FEMA Corps is a collaboration between the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the jurisdiction and direction of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC). The partnership between the two agencies was created in March of 2012 and solely focuses on natural disasters and emergency response, cleanup, logistics, and assistance.  Unlike the traditional NCCC platform, FEMA Corps only focuses on natural disasters and emergencies, but still follows the NCCC guidelines, and is open to young American men and women between the ages of 18 and 24. In addition to natural disaster emergencies, FEMA Corps is also responsible for responding to terrorist attacks, and are intended to be first responders to help assist survivors if such an attack were to occur. The corps is made up of 1,600 corps members in addition to the 1,600 corps members of the traditional NCCC platform.

The following is the official applicant description: FEMA Corps, part of the AmeriCorps NCCC program, is a full-time, team-based residential program for people ages 18-24. Members are assigned to regional campuses, located in Perry Point, MD; Vinton, IA; Vicksburg, MS; Denver, CO; and Sacramento, CA. The mission of AmeriCorps NCCC is to strengthen communities and develop leaders through team-based national and community service. Like our traditional program, FEMA Corps requires a 10-month commitment of its members, who serve on teams of 8-12 people. Teams are assigned to disaster related service projects with FEMA throughout the region of their campus and can expect to complete between 4-6 projects during their term of service. FEMA Corps members will be devoted solely to FEMA disaster response and recovery efforts. Structured like our traditional program, the FEMA Corps will provide support in areas ranging from working directly with disaster survivors to supporting disaster recovery centers to sharing valuable disaster response and mitigation information with the public.