History Main / NoFEMAResponse

* Somewhat justified in ''{{Akira}}'' (manga version), as by the time major humanitarian aid efforts are on their way to Neo-Tokyo, Tetsuo and his followers have already organized the survivors into a militantly isolationist nut cult who ''attack'' the relief workers.

* ''DevilSurvivor'' features the Yamanote Circle, a vast swathe of Tokyo's shopping district, cordoned off by military forces ordered to ''kill'' anyone trying to escape the blackout zone. [[JustifiedTrope Partly justified]] by the government's advance knowledge of events that are soon to take place and their attempts to keep the released demon-summoning technology from spreading to the rest of the world, [[spoiler: and then FULLY jusitfied when it's revealed that the angels were the ones who told them to lock down the circle, and have them under threat of heavenly retribution if they refuse.]]

This response may be {{Justified}} if the disaster involves something contagious, such as a disease or [[ZombieApocalypse zombies]].

This covers isolated disasters ignored by the outside world, not conditions where the ''entire'' fabric of civilization has been destroyed by global-scale events.

* The premise of ''IAmAlive'' is that massive earthquake in Chicago coincides with mass water shortages worldwide, so no early rescue teams arrived at the city.
** The finished game, meanwhile, had the Event, a cataclysmic series of disasters so widespread and destructive that it not only hindered relief efforts but also effectively ''destroyed'' almost all semblance of civilized order within a year after it began. This in turn left the survivors to fend for themselves...[[HumansAreBastards against other survivors]].

* The premise of ''I Am Alive'' is that massive earthquake in Chicago coincides with mass water shortages worldwide, so no early rescue teams arrived at the city.

* Averted in ''{[Uzumaki}}'', where relief is quick to come in once news about the weird shit going on in town reaches the outside world. The problem comes when whirlpools form in the harbor and sink all the ships, and any attempts to get into or out of town run headlong into [[AlienGeometries the roads following entirely different paths]].

*** And Metropolis, a city that had similarly been extensively damaged by Lex Luthor shortly before, was fixed magically (by Zatanna the Magician) but nothing was done to restore Gotham (until, ironically, Luthor paid for the repairs to get the publicity that got him elected President.)

** ''TwentyEightWeeksLater'' reveals that there were a large number of refugee camps in Europe,
so at the very least Britain's nearest neighbours were probably pulling uninfected civilians out of the ports or off the beaches.

* The premise of ''I Am Alive'' is that massive earth in Chicago coincides with mass water shortages worldwide, so no early rescue teams arrived at the city.

* After the opening destruction in the video game ''[[InFamous inFamous]]'' the government occasionally drops food and medical supplies, but no personnel enter the area, and there are groups of soldiers with authorization to use deadly force on anyone attempting to leave the city. Partially justified in that some unknown and deadly plague has infected a goodly amount of the citizenry.

* There is a FEMA in ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' series... it just doesn't do what people expect them to do. Mainly, they maintain the fictional equivalent of CIA black sites.

* There is a FEMA in ''DeusEx'' series... it just doesn't do what people expect them to do. Mainly, they maintain the fictional equivalent of CIA black sites.

* In ''Left4Dead'' and its sequel, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed CEDA]] ''tried'' to respond to the "Green Flu", but got overwhelmed. Inevitably, every time the Survivors try to get to a CEDA evacuation point, it'll be destroyed with nothing but corpses to show for it, and will end up having to escape another way.

* ''DevilSurvivor'' features the Yamanote Circle, a vast swathe of Tokyo's shopping district, cordoned off by military forces ordered to ''kill'' anyone trying to escape the blackout zone. [[JustifiedTrope Partly justified]] by the government's advance knowledge of events that are soon to take place and their attempts to keep the released demon-summoning technology from spreading to the rest of the world, [[spoiler: and then FULLY jusitfied when its revealed the angels were the ones who told them to lock down the circle, and have them under threat of heavenly retribution if they refuse.]]

* ''DevilSurvivor'' features the Yamanote Circle, a vast swathe of Tokyo's shopping district, cordoned off by military forces ordered to ''kill'' anyone trying to escape the blackout zone. [[JustifiedTrope Partly justified]] by the government's advance knowledge of events that are soon to take place and their attempts to keep the released demon-summoning technology from spreading to the rest of the world.
* [[spoiler: and then FULLY jusitfied when its revealed the angels were the ones who told them to lock down the circle, and have them under threat of heavenly retribution if they refuse.]]

* In ''Left4Dead'' and its sequel, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed CEDA]] ''tried'' to respond to the "Green Flu", but got overwhelmed. Inevitably, every time the Survivors try to get to a CEDA evacuation point, it'll be destroyed with nothing but corpses to show for it, and will end up having to escape another way.

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* The FEMA response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans can be generously described as "inadequate".

* In ''Left4Dead'' and its sequel, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed CEDA]] ''tried'' to respond to the "Green Flu", but got overwhelmed. Inevitably, every time the Survivors try to get to a CEDA evacuation point, it'll be destroyed with nothing but corpses to show for it, and will end up having to escape another way.

* After the opening destruction in the video game ''[[InFamous inFamous]]'' the government occasionally drops food and medical supplies, but no personnel enter the area, and there are groups of soldiers with authorization to use deadly force on anyone attempting to leave the city. Partially justified in that some unknown and deadly plague has infected a goodly amount of the citizenry.

** Note that the government actually declared Gotham to no longer be part of the American territory (something that's not possible under the US Constitution) and literally [[WallBanger shot down any attempts to bring relief aid to the people who insisted on staying!]]

* [spoiler: and then FULLY jusitfied when its revealed the angels were the ones who told them to lock down the circle, and have them under threat of heavenly retribution if they refuse.]

* [Spoiler: and then FULLY jusitfied when its revealed the angels were the ones who told them to lock down the circle, and have them under threat of heavenly retribution if they refuse.]

* [[Spoiler: and then FULLY jusitfied when its revealed the angels were the ones who told them to lock down the circle, and have them under threat of heavenly retribution if they refuse.]]

In the real world, when some horrible disaster happens, humanitarian aid generally pours in to the area. In the United States, these efforts are (in theory) coordinated by the FederalEmergencyManagementAgency, hence the trope name. It may not be effective for whatever reason, but people ''try'' to help.