William Craig Fugate
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator (since May 2009)
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Fugate has been repeatedly described as the "calmest guy in the room." It's high praise for a man who has spent most of his career in life-or-death situations. And it should be a major asset in his new job as the nation's top disaster cop managing a troubled agency struggling to regain its reputation after Hurricane Katrina.
Fugate became a volunteer firefighter in high school and was named emergency manager of Alachua County in 1987. He was named to Florida's Emergency Management division as deputy director in 1997, and became the division's head in 2001. In that role, Fugate has coordinated the response to more than 23 hurricanes, fires and storms. He also developed long-term responses for the state's potential terrorist attacks and nuclear explosions, earning him national recognition.
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