Dismantling the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will leave thousands upon thousands of disaster survivors abandoned by the federal government. Now we have an urgent opportunity to fight back! The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently formed a FEMA Review Council and is seeking comments from the public describing past experiences with FEMA 

We invite you to take a moment to submit a comment sharing your experience with FEMA and to urge the DHS's Council to protect FEMA and federal disaster relief. 
 

Here's how to submit your comment:

1. Draft or copy sample comment. Copy our sample comment, which can be found at the bottom of the page
2. Go to the website. Go to the Federal Register's webpage for Public Input on Experience with FEMA Disaster Responses
3. Paste in your comment. Scroll down slightly until you see a large white text box. Paste the comment inside the text box. If you'd like, you can edit the comment at this stage. (Optional: In the text box with "Email" written beside it, type your email address. Click the box right below the text box to receive an email confirmation of your comment submission, as well as its tracking number.)  
4. Identify yourself. Scroll down slightly to the section of the comment submission form where it asks you to identify yourself, and click the small circle to the left of the text that describes you best.  
5. Acknowledge. Scroll down, and click the box to acknowledge that you are submitting a comment. 
6. Submit. Finally, click submit comment. That's it!
    

Sample Comment to COPY and AND THEN PASTE on the comment page on Regulations.gov (DON'T FORGET THE SECOND STEP!)

I am writing to strongly urge the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council to preserve FEMA to ensure that all disaster survivors, especially those with the greatest needs, safely and successfully rebuild their communities while mitigating the risk of future devastation. 

Federal disaster response certainly needs improvements, but dismantling FEMA will be disastrous for communities across the country. Without FEMA's support, states will be unable to adequately respond to disasters, leaving survivors and communities stranded without the resources to rebuild and prevent disasters from happening again.

I strongly urge the FEMA Review Council to preserve and strengthen FEMA to better serve communities, not to eliminate it. 

After you've submitted your comment, let us know how it goes!