Michael Casey, PhD
Director, FEMA THD
THD Director’s Foreword
The Technological Hazards Division (THD) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program is moving into its fifth decade of providing radiological preparedness support and oversight for state, local, and tribal governments surrounding nuclear power plants (NPPs). Regardless of how our mission and structure have changed over the years, the fundamental character, inspiration, and motivation of the REP Program remains the same: serve our Nation by assisting our communities and first responders, especially when they are most in need, before, during, and after disasters.
As we continue to enhance FEMA’s REP Program, we must view all the work FEMA does in concert with the emergency management community as part of a broad plan for addressing the demands and challenges of catastrophic disasters. FEMA THD drives FEMA initiatives through the REP Program’s interactions with the state, local, and tribal governments as well as the Federal interagency.