Citizens across the United States are faced with catastrophic disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, hazardous substance spills, and floods. Emergency management situations vary. Managers must take into consideration the type of disasters or citizen response. A great example: the Tuscaloosa, AL hurricane, which required large amounts of medical assistance and debris from crews to restore the destroyed site to its previous condition. National Disaster Medical Systems would be one of the first to respond if a tragic event like the one in Tuscaloosa, AL occurred. I have conducted the research, I hope to cover the history, goals, objectives and support for the National Disaster Medical System. The National Disaster Medical System is a federally coordinated system that increases the nation's medical response capacity according to phe.gov. The NDMS serves as a national medical response team capable of responding to state and local authorities in addressing the medical effects of catastrophic peacetime disasters in which it has aided military and Department of Veterans Affairs medical systems by assisting injured from abroad to USAAll 50 American states receive funding locally through the government, from organizations such as FEMA and the Red Cross. Citizens fail to understand the importance of having financial security during the response phase of a disaster program in damaged areas. Financial stability plays a huge role in the success of many emergency response organizations, and excellent planning should be recognized as an ongoing process. The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) assists the federal medical response to natural or man-made disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, transportation accidents, and terrorist acts inv...... middle of paper ..... .cities and survivors in the United States Work Cited Barrett, Danelle. Plan communications for rescue operations. “Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute”; January 2011, vol. 137 Number 1, p75-77, 3p.Roberts, Alun. Williams, Sue. The QAA Medicine Thematic Review: The NHS dimension. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education; September 99, vol. 3 Issue 3, 2.Niederman, Dan. Can the National Disaster Medical System respond to a major earthquake in Southern California? November 11, 2008 www.fema.gov, accessed April 2, 2011 www.mediccom.org/public/tadmat/ndms/dmat.html, accessed April 2, 2011 www.ndms.fhpr.osd.mil/, accessed November 10 2011 www. phe.gov/Preparedness, accessed March 28, 2011, www.southflorida.edu, accessed February 2, 2010, www.upmc-biosecurity.org, accessed March 30, 2011 IV.