FEMA Regional Investment Officers
FEMA Regional Investment Officers : Prior to 2008, "Preparedness Officers". In 2008 renamed RIOs who were to "assume increased responsibilities for grant-related consulting, monitoring preparedness investments, assessing improvements in capabilities, and ensuring project compliance with national, State, and local strategies for grant management functions, [while] Headquarters retains responsibility for the management of grant programs that have not yet migrated to the field". (FEMA, Regional-National Preparedness CONOPS, 8Feb2008, 6) FEMA Regional Offices. "FEMA has ten regional offices, each headed by a Regional Administrator. The regional field structures are FEMA's permanent presence for communities and States across America. The staff at these offices support development of all-hazards operational plans and generally help States and communities achieve higher levels of readiness. These regional offices mobilize FEMA assets and evaluation teams to the site of emergencies or disasters". (DHS, NRF Comment Draft, September 2007, 58) The locations are: FEMA Region I: Boston; FEMA Region II: New York City; FEMA Region III: Philadelphia; FEMA Region IV: Atlanta; FEMA Region V: Chicago; FEMA Region VI: Denton, TX; FEMA Region VII: Kansas City; FEMA Region VIII: Denver; FEMA Region IX: Oakland; FEMA Region X: Seattle
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