![[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding] Lafayette, TN, February 8, 2008 -- FEMA Regional Director Phil May(left) and Willie Womack, Emergency Response Officer of FIRSTeam Atlanta confer prior to team departure. The FIRSTeam is the first FEMA presence at disaster sites and missioned to provide FEMA headquarters immediate video flow to aid initial planning and response. George Armstrong/FEMA](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDgvMDIvMDgvc2V2ZXJlLXN0b3Jtcy10b3JuYWRvZXMtc3RyYWlnaHQtbGluZS13aW5kcy1hbmQtZmxvb2RpbmctbGFmYXlldHRlLXRuLWZlYnJ1YXJ5LTA5YmRiMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/212/jpg "[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding] Lafayette, TN, February 8, 2008 -- FEMA Regional Director Phil May(left) and Willie Womack, Emergency Response Officer of FIRSTeam Atlanta confer prior to team departure. The FIRSTeam is the first FEMA presence at disaster sites and missioned to provide FEMA headquarters immediate video flow to aid initial planning and response. George Armstrong/FEMA")
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![[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding] Lafayette, TN, February 8, 2008 -- FEMA Lead IP Ron Simmons and Mark Hall, Telecom Specialist are attached to FEMA Mobile Emergency Response Support(MERS-Thomasville, GA) and are in the command center of the Initial Response Vehicle(IRV) to provide support to the FEMA FIRSTeam in uploading live video feed to FEMA headquarters concerning the severe storm and tornado which impacted this community. George Armstrong/FEMA](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDgvMDIvMDgvc2V2ZXJlLXN0b3Jtcy10b3JuYWRvZXMtc3RyYWlnaHQtbGluZS13aW5kcy1hbmQtZmxvb2RpbmctbGFmYXlldHRlLXRuLWZlYnJ1YXJ5LWM4NTM4MC02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding] Lafayette, TN, February 8, 2008 -- FEMA Lead IP Ron Simmons and Mark Hall, Telecom Specialist are attached to FEMA Mobile Emergency Response Support(MERS-Thomasville, GA) and are in the command center of the Initial Response Vehicle(IRV) to provide support to the FEMA FIRSTeam in uploading live video feed to FEMA headquarters concerning the severe storm and tornado which impacted this community. George Armstrong/FEMA")
[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding] Lafayette, TN, February 8, 2008 -- FEMA Regional Director Phil May(left) and Willie Womack, Emergency Response Officer of FIRSTeam Atlanta confer prior to team departure. The FIRSTeam is the first FEMA presence at disaster sites and missioned to provide FEMA headquarters immediate video flow to aid initial planning and response. George Armstrong/FEMA
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Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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08/02/2008
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