| This study examined the significant difference between a Culture of Preparedness and the Stafford Act among states facing a Natural disaster. This projection came as a result of samples purposively selected using participants within the scope of the study. An increase in disaster declarations has led to the reduction of funding at the state and local level, hence reducing citizen preparedness and rendering the Federal Emergency Management Agency less capable and less prepared for a natural disaster of catastrophic proportion. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) identifies a "Culture of Preparedness" as a special way of life that holds a group of people together and makes it different from all other groups. A causal-comparative design was chosen to examine a causative-comparative relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable. This comparative design enabled the researcher to select between two different groups in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. |
