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Paul Parsons Jr. answering questions on DCMP

NMTI students and staff, hardware store owners, FEMA FCO and FEMA Hazard Mitigation Staff, CARE staff, and the Governor's office representatives celebrating the completion of the models.

Hazard Mitigation Specialist David Pradell discussing the models with True Value Hardware and Do It Best Hardware owner Ray Yumul.

AmeriCorps Disaster response Team member Teddy Lasky, with community volunteer Karen Layoan assisting at a home site in As Matuis.

Demobilized FEMA generators staged at the Saipan Port after being put to use on the island of Saipan after Typhoon Soudelor clobbered the area back in Augusts, 2015. These generators were installed at key facilities by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to keep lights and power on while a longer term solution was in the works.

[Earthquake] Kapaau, HI, October 25, 2006 - The Polou Valley Lookout road was closed due to recent damage caused by earthquakes, DOT crews examine the damage prior to repair. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA.

Oakland, CA, January 15, 2007- From its offices in Oakland, FEMA's Region IX works in partnership with the emergency management agencies of Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada, as well as the territories of American Samoa and Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA

Memphis, TN, June 16, 2008 -- Representatives from Guam, South Dakota and North Dakota discuss the presentations they heard at the FEMA-NEMA PIO conference in Memphis. The conference brought PIOs from across the United States and territories together outside of disaster response to discuss communications opportunities and policies. FEMA News Photo/ Phot by John Shea.

When Typhoon Soudelor hit Saipan in August of 2015, it affected more than just its human residents--the Saipan Zoo was also heavily impacted. None of the animals were hurt, but the facilities were damaged, and because the zoo is a private, for-profit organization, it was not eligible for FEMA assistance. Forced to close the zoo for safety reasons, owner Frank Aldan set up a GoFundMe account on Facebook to seek additional funds to make the necessary repairs. Through this effort, several of our team members found out about Frank's dilemma and volunteered their time to help him reopen the zoo. Since mid-August, FEMA volunteers have spent their Saturdays clearing debris, cutting trees and providing food to help the zoo recover. One of the largest trees on the island was on the zoo's property, and the typhoon blew it over. The tree was so big that volunteers from our staff spent over four weeks cutting it into manageable pieces. Here, Ryan Brown works on a large segment of the tree.

SAIPAN - Sailors from USS Ashland and Marines from the 31st MEU help remove debris on Saipan. Photo by MC3 David Cox.

The Commonwealth Utility Corporation and Colorado Primary Source Electric crews repair power lines on the island of Saipan as part of the effort to restore long term power to the area after Typhoon Soudelor caused devastation in August.

The first batch of the remaining 306 transformers arriving at the Saipan International Airport. The transformers were loaded on six trucks at Solomon headquarters in Solomon, Kansas and then flown to Saipan on Boeing 727s in a series of five flights.