National Disaster Coordination Plan
Here is a pretty good article from the AP (via Firehouse.com), that discusses the possibility of a national plan to coordinate response to major disasters.
Military officials told President Bush on Sunday that the U.S. needs a national plan to coordinate search and rescue efforts following natural disasters or terrorist attacks.Bush said he is interested in whether the Defense Department should take charge in massive national disasters.
"Clearly, in the case of a terrorist attack, that would be the case, but is there a natural disaster of a certain size that would then enable the Defense Department to become the lead agency in coordinating and leading the response effort?" Bush asked. "That's going to be a very important consideration for Congress to think about."
I'm not sure its a good idea to have the Department of Defense in charge of a disaster, however, we should find ways to get them involved and utilize their resources.
