TEMA Will Provide Update On Response to Flooding and Tornadoes and Recovery Efforts

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) will provide a one-month review of the state response to the recent record flooding and tornadoes in Tennessee, and discuss the next steps to recovery, during a press conference at 11:20 a.m., CDT, on Thursday, May 26, 2011, at the State Emergency Operations Center, 3041 Sidco Drive, in Nashville. Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will also join TEMA for the press conference.

 

WHO:             Jim Bassham, TEMA Director

Winfield "Q" Montague, FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer

WHAT:           Press conference covering the response to and recovery from recent, record flooding and tornadoes in Tennessee.

INTERVIEWS: Question and answer session with presenters during the press conference and media availability for one-on-one interviews following.

 

TV MEDIA: Please arrive by 10:30 a.m., CDT, for cable throws and live shots. Parking will be available for trucks on the back side of the base by the TEMA entrance.