U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at the White House following an interagency briefing on hurricane preparedness at Joint Base Andrews, in Washington, U.S., May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden walks towards the White House from Marine One following an interagency briefing on hurricane preparedness at Joint Base Andrews, in Washington, U.S., May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden checks his watch after arriving at the White House following an interagency briefing on hurricane preparedness at Joint Base Andrews, in Washington, U.S., May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

Firefighters hold their gear for inspection during the annual Ishi Conservation Camp Preparedness Exercise training in Paynes Creek, California, U.S. May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino 

Firefighters begin a timed hike during the annual Ishi Conservation Camp Preparedness Exercise training in Paynes Creek, California, U.S. May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino 

A California National Guard firefighter crew cuts a line during the annual Ishi Conservation Camp Preparedness Exercise training in Paynes Creek, California, U.S. May 3, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino 

A CalFire firefighter crew cuts a line during the annual Ishi Conservation Camp Preparedness Exercise training in Paynes Creek, California, U.S. May 3, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino 

A California National Guard firefighter crew cuts a line during the annual Ishi Conservation Camp Preparedness Exercise training in Paynes Creek, California, U.S. May 3, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino 

Canada’s Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Canada’s Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair, with Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino and Canada's Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc, speaks to journalists on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Canada's President of the Queen's Privy Council and Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair, speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives with Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, Canada's Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino, and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair at a news conference to announce that the Emergencies Act is being revoked after Canadian police evicted the last of the trucks and supporters occupying the downtown core in a protest against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

A civilian defence specialist shows a mockup of a cannon ammunition during emergency preparedness training for students at a local school in Kharkiv, Ukraine February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy 

Civilian defence specialists conduct emergency preparedness training for students at a local school in Kharkiv, Ukraine February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy 

Canada's Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair speak to media after voting on the implementation of the Emergencies Act in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill after police ended three weeks of an occupation of the capital by protesters seeking to end coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Canada's Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair speak to media after voting on the implementation of the Emergencies Act in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill after police ended three weeks of an occupation of the capital by protesters seeking to end coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Canada's Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill after police ended three weeks of an occupation of the capital by protesters seeking to end coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks at a press conference while Canada's Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino, and Canada's Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair, listen, as truckers and their supporters continue to protest against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

Canada's Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair speaks at a press conference, as truckers and their supporters continue to protest against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

Canadian President of the Queen’s Privy Council and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair speaks during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino, Minister of Justice David Lametti, and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair take part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Canada's President of the Queen’s Privy Council and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair takes part in a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino, Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Justice David Lametti, and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair, takes part in a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Dawn O'Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), attend a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS 

Dawn O'Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS 

Dawn O'Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Shawn Thew/Pool via REUTERS 

Dawn O'Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS 

Dawn O'Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), gives her opening statement during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on "Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz 

Dawn O'Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), answers a question during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on "Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz 

President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair arrives to a cabinet meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell discusses hurricane preparedness amid surging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, and the impact of climate change on severe weather, during an interview with Reuters in Washington, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Gabrielle Crockett 

Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell discusses hurricane preparedness amid surging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, and the impact of climate change on severe weather, during an interview with Reuters in Washington, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Gabrielle Crockett 

Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell discusses hurricane preparedness amid surging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, and the impact of climate change on severe weather, during an interview with Reuters in Washington, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Gabrielle Crockett 

Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell discusses hurricane preparedness amid surging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, and the impact of climate change on severe weather, during an interview with Reuters in Washington, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Gabrielle Crockett 

Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell speaks with a FEMA employee after discussing hurricane preparedness amid surging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, and the impact of climate change on severe weather, during an interview with Reuters in Washington, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Gabrielle Crockett 

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) book as he hosts a briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and his Homeland Security and COVID-19 response teams on how the pandemic is impacting hurricane preparedness," in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2021. Picture taken August 10. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and his Homeland Security and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response teams on how the pandemic is impacting hurricane preparedness, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci participates in a Homeland Security & FEMA briefing on how the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is impacting hurricane preparedness, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and his Homeland Security and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response teams on how the pandemic is impacting hurricane preparedness," in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and his Homeland Security and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response teams on how the pandemic is impacting hurricane preparedness," in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he meets with governors virtually to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he meets with governors virtually to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a virtual meeting with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a virtual meeting with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a virtual meeting with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden listens to Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, during a virtual meeting with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts to the 2021 wildfire season, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a virtual meeting with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with governors virtually to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with governors virtually to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with governors virtually to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures during a virtual meeting with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts to the 2021 wildfire season, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a virtual meeting with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a virtual meeting with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with governors virtually to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden listens to Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, during a virtual meeting with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts to the 2021 wildfire season, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris arrive to a virtual meeting with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts to the 2021 wildfire season, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

U.S. President Joe Biden virtually meets with governors to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts to the 2021 wildfire season, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 

Dawn O'Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 20, 2021. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS