he is president of the houston texans professional firefighters association and is representing the national association of firefighters. the deputy executive director for the port of los angeles representing the american association of port authorities , the current president of the national emergency managers association, and the director of the washington director of emergency management. he is representing the national emergency managers association. last but certainly not least mr. michael depallo representing the transit association. thank you for being here this morning. we look forward to hearing from each of you as you give us your thoughts and opinions on the reform that has been introduced. we recognize there are challenges and we believe it is also time for reform. if you could, keep your comments to to our three minutes. summarize for the committee. bear in mind your written testimony will be placed in the record. before i began with testimony, let me recognize m
story. because they could not shelter if they end up with that many people that are homeless looking for a place to stay. we re not going to be able to shelter them in that area with that impact. we have to move them to surrounding communities. we also have to bring a lot of resources from outside that area in to support that response. this goes back to national preparedness. there are scenarios that are so big for any jurisdiction to be prepared for it is impossible, how do you leverage those capabilities across, not just within a state but across state lines and in some cases nationally. so the work there that we work with cal-u is looking at that type of catastrophic planning. focus on how do we get to folks? life safety, looking at shelter needs and the fact that we re going to probably have to use a lot of capability outside the immediate area and then look at what it would take to stabilize to even set the stage for getting people back in and repopulating. it s a very c
mr. dan, could you turn your microphone on? yeah, as i mentioned, november fema submitted the subscription to the president as required by policy director eight. in it you describe the various components and how they ll various components and how they interact to build, sustain and deliver core capabilities in order to achieve the national preparedness goal. the report describes how these components help us understand risk and form a current and future budget year planning and decisions and inform resource allocation plans and aid and understand the progress of the nation. some of these components already exist as i understand it. and some will have to be developed. what are some of the existing programs that will be incorporated in the national preparedness system and what gaps do you see out there? well, the most significant one which was a requirement congress had to develop a recovery framework for catastrophic zast sedisasters i rolled out the national recovery fra
suv with five young adults lost control on jones bridge road at lancaster drive, slamming into a tree. this is just before 3:00 a.m. we were there as emergency crews worked to get the victims out of the vehicle. two of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene. at this time police do not know if alcohol or speed played a role in this crash. all right. and let s get our first forecast of this new year from storm 4 meteorologist kim martucci, who is here for chuck bell. yes. so we have had gorgeous weather. i was telling but we came on air my family and i had been out at the national harbor. it was windy there. temperatures were beautifully. but we re taking a turn for the worst, i should say. we ll give everyone a few more hours of mild weather. this evening and overnight, things will go downhill in a fast hurry. boy, when you see the numbers on any seven-day, you ll know what i m talking about. let s light the fireplace. yes. good morning and happy new year. m
sirens. now, police are working on identifying the victims. again, there were some survivors of this crash. they re talking to them about how this accident may have happened. the gentleman said there have been fatality accidents at this curve. details of this will be coming out as the investigation continues. right now, again, two dead and several others wounded or injured in a fatality crash on jones bridge roaded in bethesda. that s where we re live. now back to you. derrick ward reporting live. thank you for that report. it wasn t the only deadly accident this morning. a motorcyclist is dead in prince george s county after slamming into an suv. police say the motorcycle was headed north on indian head highway at a high rate of speed 1:00 this morning near national harbor when it hit the suv. the driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene. no one in the suv was seriously hurt. welcome no news 4 today,ern. i m angie goff. happy new year to you. good