Logistics Centers
- FEMA has eight Logistics Centers (LCs): five in the continental U.S. and three in U.S Territories. The LCs are located near Atlanta, GA; Berryville, VA; Ft. Worth, TX; Frederick, MD; and San Jose, CA (Moffett Field). The three offshore LCs are located in Guam, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Additionally, FEMA also stocks commodities in the Emergency Housing Distribution and Logistics Center located in Cumberland, MD.
- The LCs support FEMA disaster responders with critical equipment and supplies and also provide life-saving and life-sustaining resources to states during disaster operations.
- During a disaster operation, the LCs provide a variety of resources including: blankets, Meals Ready-to-Eat (MREs)/Emergency Meals, bottled water, generators, cots, blankets, tarps, blue roof sheeting and other disaster commodities. These resources can be distributed through state and county distribution points in time of need. Also, a portion of these supplies have been pre-positioned in the hurricane-prone states in Regions, I, II, III, IV and VI.
- The LCs also stock pre-positioned medical caches in support of the National Disaster Medical Systems (NDMS). The NDMS is managed by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Emergency Support Function (ESF) 8. FEMA and DHHS work collaboratively to issue the caches at the request from ESF 8.
Last Modified: Thursday, 04-Jun-2009 11:51:36 EDT