Under the Stafford Act

Question

Question: Under the Stafford Act

Options:

1.  The Secretary of Homeland Security is responsibility for coordinating Government response efforts.
2.  The FEMA Administrator may assume the authorities of local, tribal, and State authorities on a temporary basis.
3.  The Federal Government may provide unlimited Federal assistance to jurisdictions.
4.  The President may designate an incident as either an “emergency” or a “major disaster.”

Answer 1

4. The President may designate an incident as either an “emergency” or a “major disaster.”

Under the Stafford Act, the President may designate an incident as either an “emergency” or a “major disaster”.