Ex-FEMA Chief Back in Preparedness Business

Former FEMA Director Michael D. Brown, heavily criticized for his agency’s slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster-preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sorts of errors that cost him his job.

“If I can help people focus on preparedness, how to be better prepared in their homes and better prepared in their businesses -- because that goes straight to the bottom line -- then I hope I can help the country in some way,” Brown said in Denver.

“I’m doing a lot of good work with some great clients,” he said. “My wife, children and my grandchild still love me. My parents are still proud of me.”