Federal Emergency Management Agency
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the U.S. government agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts nationwide.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T163692 — 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.
Target entity: Federal Emergency Management Agency Context triple: [United States Secretary of Homeland Security, oversees, Federal Emergency Management Agency]
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United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
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Office for Emergency Management
The Office for Emergency Management was a World War II-era U.S. federal agency in the Executive Office of the President that coordinated national defense and emergency preparedness activities.
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C.
National Protection and Programs Directorate
The National Protection and Programs Directorate was a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security component responsible for enhancing the security and resilience of the nation’s physical and cyber infrastructure.
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Federal Security Agency
The Federal Security Agency was a former U.S. government agency (1940–1953) that oversaw major social welfare, public health, and education programs before its functions were absorbed into other departments.
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E.
United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services is a federal executive department responsible for protecting the health of Americans and providing essential human services, particularly for those least able to help themselves.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Federal Emergency Management Agency Target entity description: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the U.S. government agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts nationwide.
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A.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
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B.
Office for Emergency Management
The Office for Emergency Management was a World War II-era U.S. federal agency in the Executive Office of the President that coordinated national defense and emergency preparedness activities.
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C.
National Protection and Programs Directorate
The National Protection and Programs Directorate was a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security component responsible for enhancing the security and resilience of the nation’s physical and cyber infrastructure.
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D.
Federal Security Agency
The Federal Security Agency was a former U.S. government agency (1940–1953) that oversaw major social welfare, public health, and education programs before its functions were absorbed into other departments.
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services is a federal executive department responsible for protecting the health of Americans and providing essential human services, particularly for those least able to help themselves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
emergency management agency
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federal agency of the United States ⓘ government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Federal Emergency Management Agency
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
FEMA
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| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| employerOf | Administrator of FEMA ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jimmy Carter ⓘ |
| fundedBy | United States federal budget ⓘ |
| hasMission |
to coordinate the response to disasters that overwhelm local and state authorities in the United States
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to support citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation the United States works together to build, sustain, and improve capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Helping people before, during, and after disasters ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
New England
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surface form:
FEMA Region I
FEMA Region II ⓘ FEMA Region III ⓘ FEMA Region IV ⓘ FEMA Region IX ⓘ FEMA Region V ⓘ FEMA Region VI ⓘ FEMA Region VII ⓘ FEMA Region VIII ⓘ FEMA Region X ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
500 C Street SW, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1979 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
United States government ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| legalBasis |
Executive Order 12127
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Executive Order 12148 ⓘ Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
response to Hurricane Katrina
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response to Hurricane Sandy ⓘ response to September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| operates |
AmeriCorps
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surface form:
FEMA Corps
National Response Coordination Center ⓘ United States emergency management system ⓘ
surface form:
Urban Search and Rescue Response System
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| oversees |
Emergency Alert System in the United States
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surface form:
Emergency Alert System (in coordination with other agencies)
National Flood Insurance Program ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy | Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
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surface form:
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Federal Emergency Management Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Office for Emergency Management ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Emergency Preparedness
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| reportsTo |
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
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surface form:
Secretary of Homeland Security
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| responsibleFor |
coordination of federal disaster relief
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disaster mitigation ⓘ disaster preparedness ⓘ disaster recovery ⓘ disaster response ⓘ emergency management ⓘ |
| usesFramework |
United States emergency management system
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surface form:
National Incident Management System
National Response Framework ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fema.gov ⓘ |
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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.
Subject: Federal Emergency Management Agency Description of subject: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the U.S. government agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts nationwide.
Referenced by (145)
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