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Former FEMA Director and Director of Corporate Strategy for Cotton Companies
Michael D. Brown Available for Interviews Regarding California Wild Fires

394 words , 23 October 2007 , 18:12 , PR Newswire (U.S.) English

Copyright © 2007 PR Newswire Association LLC. All Rights Reserved.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michael D. Brown, Former FEMA
Director and Current Director of Cotton Companies, one of the leading
disaster preparedness and restoration organizations in the nation, is
available for comment regarding the wild fires that are devastating Southern
California.

Currently, the brush fires are affecting hundreds of local businesses and
have forced more than 500,000 people out of their homes. Of these 500,000
people, an estimated 10,000 of them have taken shelter at the local NFL
stadium, Qualcomm, vaguely reminiscent of circumstances of Hurricane Katrina
evacuees two years ago.

"The agency has learned some hard lessons regarding the handling of mass
evacuations especially in regard to the bureaucratic red tape that is
involved in such a process," said Mr. Brown. "This is a tragic time for many
of the people of California, and Cotton Companies is working to ensure that
normalcy is restored and that businesses and organizations are back up and
running as soon as possible."

Cotton has already deployed a team to San Diego to prepare recovery efforts
and has a Community Assessment Team in full force.

Mr. Brown can speak to the turmoil being caused by the California wild fires
as well as to some of the new processes in disaster relief efforts that will
help to restore California communities. He can offer advice to residents and
businesses on proper relief and recovery efforts and provide suggestions for
future disaster preparedness.

Since its inception in 1996, Cotton Companies, the nation's leading provider
of disaster recovery services, has been coming to the aid of businesses and
communities coast to coast with its ability to react, take charge, mobilize
and execute on the spot crisis management. Cotton has responded to such
high-alert disasters as Hurricane Katrina and the tragedy of 9/11 in New
York City.