Some of the stuff FEMA did around here was fine and dandy with me. I think we have folks who are qualified but we had other things on our minds.
Some of the stuff FEMA did down here was stupid. We had FEMA contractors driving around marking trees to take out because they were a danger. THEY complained because we had cleaned up most of our area before they got here. They said we shouldn't have done that ....
KC
He works for a FEMA contractor. There are 4-5 major "clean-up" companies in the country that FEMA contracts to go in a week or two - sometimes longer - after the disaster to do specific jobs.
2 are in California, and they do most of the west coast clean-ups from fires and mudslides. He's only been sent to CA once since 2004 when he went to work for the particular company he works with.
He has been primarily to the SE for hurricane cleanup, but also spent almost a year in NY for flood cleanup. He just got back from Ike cleanup around Thanksgiving.
I had applied to the same company, and took the on-line classwork, but have never been called. It's really good money, but you have to go for a minimum of 90 days. Early last year when he asked me if I still interested, I was coming off of a good year in my business and expected it to continue.... I said no.