Number one, to make sure that there is a nimble and effective local response, Thad Allen has now assigned deputy incident commanders to each of the individual states, so Florida will have its own deputy incident commander, as Mississippi and Alabama do.

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Most impressive of all were the precinct commanders, the captains and deputy inspectors who ran the show.

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