Table 1.

Milestones in the development of Disaster Medicine in the United States

1803	Congressional Fire Disaster Relief Legislation
1964	Great Alaskan Earthquake
1974	Disaster Relief Act
1977	Natural Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
1979	Formation of FEMA
1980	Civilian Military Contingency Hospital system
1980	Mount St. Helens Volcanic Eruption
1984	NDMS
1985	DMATs
1989	Hurricane Hugo and Loma Prieta Earthquake
1990	Stafford Act
1992	Federal Response Plan
1996	The Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act
2001	September 11 attacks and the Homeland Security Act of 2002
2005	Hurricane Katrina