Louisiana Recovery Office 
New Orleans, LA 
FEMA: Week in Review 
October 07, 2011 
Announcements 
Calendar 
FEMA Disaster Relief Fund Update 
In August, to ensure FEMA had the resources needed to continue to provide 
assistance to individual disaster survivors, as well as support our state partners in 
their response to future disasters, FEMA placed funding restrictions on longer-term 
repair, rebuilding and mitigation projects from previous and current disasters 
funded by the Disaster Relief Fund. This “immediate needs funding” has been used 
in previous years to help preserve our Disaster Relief Fund so we can continue to 
meet the immediate needs of individuals and communities affected by disasters. 
Today, because Congress has appropriated additional resources for our Disaster 
Relief Fund, we can announce that we are lifting those funding restrictions and 
once again providing funds for longer-term recovery projects. 
This will include providing funds for projects that were placed on hold since August. 
FEMA is in the process of working with our state and local partners to move these 
projects forward again. For updates on short-term and long-term projects, go to 
http://www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema 
October is National Cyber 
Security Awareness Month 
Visit: http://www.dhs.gov/ 
files/events/stop-thinkconnect.
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Oct. 7: LA School Facility 
Managers Association 
Conference 
Oct. 9-15: National Fire 
Prevention Week 
Oct. 14-16: National Fallen 
Firefighter Memorial 
Weekend; National 
Emergency Training Center, 
Emmitsburg, MD 
Oct. 26: Louisiana ADA 
Symposium, 8181 
Independence Blvd. Baton 
Rouge, LA; Registration 8:30 
a.m. - 9:00 a.m.National Preparedness Goal 
FEMA is pleased to announce the release of the first 
edition of the National Preparedness Goal, which is 
available for download at http://www.fema.gov/PPD8. The 
National Preparedness Goal is the first deliverable called 
for by Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 8 and was 
signed by the Secretary of Homeland Security on 
September 23, 2011. The National Preparedness Goal 
sets the vision for preparedness nationwide and identifies 
the core capabilities and capability targets necessary to 
achieve that vision across the five mission areas: 
prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery. 
The first edition of the National Preparedness Goal builds extensively on prior work 
of various stakeholder groups from around the nation, draws upon lessons learned 
from past large-scale and catastrophic events and represents input from 
preparedness partners from all levels of government, non-profit organizations, the 
private sector and individuals. The input and ideas developed through working 
groups, outreach sessions, and a two-week national review period was critical to 
shaping this document. 
FEMA wishes to thank those who were able to take the time to review and provide 
comments. The National Preparedness System description is due November 24, 
2011. Please direct any questions to PPD8-Engagement@fema.dhs.gov. 
Phone & Mobile Device 
Emergency Tips 
.. 
Maintain a list of 
emergency phone 
numbers in your cell 
phone 
.. 
Keep charged batteries 
and car-phone batteries 
available 
.. 
If you do not have a cell 
phone, keep a prepaid 
phone card to use 
.. 
Prepare a family contact 
sheet that should 
include at least one out 
of town contact 
Housing Update 
Katrina/Rita: 28 units 
Gustav/Ike: 13 unitsContacts 
News Desk: (504) 762-2477 
External Affairs Director, Andrea Davis: (504) 247-6628 / Andrea.Davis1@dhs.gov 
Outreach Lead, Amy Connolly: (225) 678-6673 / Amy.Connolly@dhs.gov 
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