San Diego-based FEMA worker back home after Maui mission; Doug Nakama helped coordinate efforts to search for remains
SAN DIEGO - A local FEMA worker and former firefighter is back from Maui, after helping in the grim task of searching for human remains.
A firefighter with San Diego's Fire Department for more than two decades before joining FEMA, Nakama has been in disaster zones like Ground Zero after 9/11 and the Camp Fire in Paradise. “It could be in a bedroom, living room, exit doorway. It was difficult for us to even estimate if persons were asleep, awake, or trying to get out,” said Nakama.“To find some semblance of closure for their families,” said Nakama.Nakama says mental health resources were provided to his teams.
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