FEMA Region V
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FEMA Region V is the Midwestern regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts across several states in that area.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FEMA Region 5 | 1 |
| FEMA Region V canonical | 1 |
| Mitigation Division for Region V | 1 |
| Preparedness Division for Region V | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T930596 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FEMA Region V Context triple: [Federal Emergency Management Agency, hasSubdivision, FEMA Region V]
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A.
FEMA Region IV
FEMA Region IV is the southeastern regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery across several states in that part of the United States.
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B.
FEMA Region III
FEMA Region III is the regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts in the Mid-Atlantic area of the United States.
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C.
FEMA Region II
FEMA Region II is the regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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D.
Region IX
Region IX, also known as the Zamboanga Peninsula, is an administrative region in western Mindanao in the Philippines known for its diverse cultures and strategic coastal location.
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E.
Rock Island District
Rock Island District is a Metra commuter rail line in the Chicago area that connects downtown Chicago with its southwestern suburbs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FEMA Region V Target entity description: FEMA Region V is the Midwestern regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts across several states in that area.
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A.
FEMA Region IV
FEMA Region IV is the southeastern regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery across several states in that part of the United States.
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B.
FEMA Region III
FEMA Region III is the regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts in the Mid-Atlantic area of the United States.
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C.
FEMA Region II
FEMA Region II is the regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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D.
Region IX
Region IX, also known as the Zamboanga Peninsula, is an administrative region in western Mindanao in the Philippines known for its diverse cultures and strategic coastal location.
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E.
Rock Island District
Rock Island District is a Metra commuter rail line in the Chicago area that connects downtown Chicago with its southwestern suburbs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FEMA regional office
ⓘ
government organization ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FEMA Region V
ⓘ
surface form:
FEMA Region 5
|
| coordinatesWith |
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
ⓘ
Indiana Department of Homeland Security ⓘ Michigan State Police ⓘ
surface form:
Michigan State Police Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division
Minnesota Department of Public Safety Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management ⓘ Ohio Emergency Management Agency ⓘ Wisconsin Emergency Management ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
natural hazards in the U.S. Midwest
ⓘ
technological and human-caused hazards in Region V ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalUnit |
Mission Support Division for Region V
ⓘ
FEMA Region V self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mitigation Division for Region V
FEMA Region V self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Preparedness Division for Region V
Recovery Division for Region V ⓘ Regional Response Coordination Center for Region V ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.fema.gov/region-v ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
|
| inception | 1979 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Illinois
ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ Michigan ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Ohio ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ |
| legalForm | federal agency regional office ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| mandate | support state, local, tribal, and territorial governments before, during, and after disasters in Region V ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
United States Department of Homeland Security
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
|
| partOf |
National Response Framework
ⓘ
surface form:
FEMA National Response Framework implementation structure
Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ |
| regionNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
continuity of operations planning support in Region V states
ⓘ
coordination with local governments in Region V ⓘ coordination with state emergency management agencies in Region V ⓘ coordination with tribal governments in Region V ⓘ disaster preparedness coordination in Region V states ⓘ disaster recovery coordination in Region V states ⓘ disaster response coordination in Region V states ⓘ emergency management training and exercises in Region V states ⓘ hazard mitigation programs in Region V states ⓘ individual assistance programs in Region V states ⓘ public assistance programs in Region V states ⓘ supporting presidential disaster declaration processes in Region V states ⓘ |
| sector | emergency management ⓘ |
| uses |
Incident Command System
ⓘ
National Incident Management System ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FEMA Region V Description of subject: FEMA Region V is the Midwestern regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts across several states in that area.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FEMA Region 5
this entity surface form:
Mitigation Division for Region V
this entity surface form:
Preparedness Division for Region V