US Army Colonel Richard L. Durden, 1ST Army Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Operations discusses Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) request for sleeping cots with Ron Jones, 1ST Armys Military Planner during the 1ST Armys Joint Military Support to Civil Authorities Exercise (SRAFFEX-99). The request is based on an earthquake occurring in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The Zone extends Northeast from Arkansas through Southeast Missouri Western Tennessee and Kentucky then northward into Southern Illinois