We would like to thank the following people for the time and effort they expended in participating in this study:

Art Cleaves (Federal Coordinating Officer FEMA Region 1 Director),

Kenneth Horak (FEMA Deputy Regional Director),

Dennis H. Kwiatkowski (former Deputy Associate Director of FEMA),

Kelvin Kelkenberg (Director of FEMA Administration and Resource Planning Division),

Stephen Kempf (Regional Director, FEMA Region II),

Jesse Munoz (Federal Coordinating Officer FEMA Region IV),

Craig Fugate (Director of Florida Emergency Management),

James Turner (Director of Emergency Management Agency, DE)

Dale Shipley (former Executive Director of Ohio Emergency Management Agency),

Ricky Little (Regional Coordinator, AL),

Pete McGough (Regional Coordinator, AL),

Robert Latham (former Executive Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency),

Frank McCrory (Emergency Management Agency, AL),

Gen. Robert LeBlanc (Director of Vermilion Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness, LA),

Harry Lee (Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, LA),

Deano Bonano (Deputy Chief Administrative Assistant Emergency Services, Jefferson Parish, LA),

Bob Darcey (Emergency Management Department, Jefferson Parish, LA),

Steve Mutz (Emergency Management Department, Jefferson Parish, LA),

Dean Messing (Deputy Commissioner of Erie County, NY),

Stephen McGonagle (Amherst Police Department, NY),

Greg Blossat (Buffalo Police Department, NY),

James Zymmanek (Director of Emergency Services and Safety, Amherst, NY),

Dave Humbert (Chief of North Bailey Fire Department, NY),

James Quigley (Chief of East Amherst Fire Department, NY),

James Guy (Chief of Environmental Affairs, University at Buffalo),

Joe Raab (Director of Environment, Health & Safety Services, University at Buffalo),

John Grella (Chief of Police Department, University at Buffalo),

Martin Kalis (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, DHHS),

Elysa Jones (Chair of OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee),

John Vocino (Senior Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office),

Steve Beatty (Senior Emergency Management Officer, Ontario, Canada),

Tom Maxiam (Twin City Ambulance CEO, Tonawanda, NY)