The US Geological Survey (USGS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) signed an agreement to facilitate partnership activities on Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities, a major natural-disaster initiative.
The partnership will promote federal efforts to improve disaster recovery and mitigation in communities throughout the US. Under the new agreement signed by USGS Director Chip Groat and FEMA Associate Director of Mitigation Michael Armstrong, USGS and FEMA will apply science to better understand and prepare for natural events that cause natural disasters.