Living through a ‘low-attention disaster,’ Mountain Fire survivors recover in LA’s shadow
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Featuring Chris Smith, Director of Individual Assistance and Disaster Housing at IEM
“Disasters that are beyond the capability of the local government to address and less severe than the federal government would support — that is an area with a lot of potential pain,” said Chris Smith, who directed FEMA’s Individual Assistance program from 2015 to 2022 and is now with disaster management firm IEM.
