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Iowa FEMA winner announced

September 17, 1999 By admin

The city of Des Moines is the year’s Project Impact winner in Iowa. Project Impact is a nationwide initiative that the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency started to boost disaster prevention.FEMA Director John Miller says since the floods of ’93 — 47 localbusinesses and several citizens teamed up to prevent disasters. He says thecity was a good candidate for the award with its detailed plan of action.Miller says Iowa’s cities need to be on the ball when it comes to disasterprevention and mitigation.Only two other Iowa cities — Denison and Cherokee have been selected asProject Impact communities.

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