Reforms · CrisisGraph

A running index of every reforms tracked in CrisisGraph — from the earliest historical records to the most recent event added by our contributors.

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2020s

Climate Resilience Integration into Emergency Management 2021
EO 14008 + IIJA + IRA embedded climate adaptation into federal preparedness, FEMA mitigation, FFRMS, and DOT/EPA resilience programs.
COVID-19 Era FEMA-HHS Mobilization 2020
Largest peacetime mobilization of FEMA + HHS; Stafford emergency declarations applied to a biological event; PPE/vaccine distribution at federal scale; redefined public-health emer…

DRRA-Era Pre-Disaster Mitigation Reform 2018
DRRA elevated pre-disaster mitigation funding through 6% set-aside, launched BRIC, expanded code-enforcement, wildfire and earthquake mitigation, and tribal authorities.
Federal Cyber Resilience Reform Wave 2018
Creation of CISA, ONCD, CSRB, JCDC; EO 14028 zero-trust mandate; CIRCIA reporting; National Cybersecurity Strategy 2023; NSM-22 CIP modernization.
Sandy-Era Disaster Recovery Reform 2013
SRIA, Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, and NDRF deployment transformed recovery doctrine: alternative-procedure PA, faster grants, integrated resilience and climate adaptation.

Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 2006
Reorganization of FEMA within DHS, restoration of preparedness functions to FEMA, codification of national preparedness reforms via PKEMRA.

FEMA Reform Under James Lee Witt 1993
Reform of FEMA under Director Witt: customer-focused culture, mitigation directorate, all-hazards model, cabinet elevation.