FEMA was first established by the Presidential Reorganization in 1978, signed by President Jimmy Carter, and put into effect by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. FEMA is a department of the US Department of Homeland Security. The organization's primary goal is to plan and coordinate the reaction to a disaster that has struck the country and exhausted the capabilities of local and state authorities. The federal government and FEMA emergency declaration must respond to the crisis once the gov