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coordinating and directing prompt restoration of telecommunications services in support of national security and emergency preparedness needs during crises such as natural disasters or war, and
FEMA's new, "all-hazard" mission takes a multifaceted, sequential approach to managing disasters: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
The condition of a long-lived asset is affected by its durability, the quality of its design and construction, its use, the adequacy of maintenance that has been performed, and many other factors, including: accidents (an unforeseen and unplanned or unexpected event or circumstance), catastrophes (a tragic event), disasters (a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction), and obsolescence.
In an op-ed article, the Guardian 's Washington correspondent asked why disasters in the United States receive so much more attention in the European press than much worse disasters elsewhere.
Since FEMA issued its mission statement in April 1993, it has been reexamining its approach to limiting deaths and property losses from disasters.