Fugate's target is what he calls "the culture of the victim;" the conviction among residents that the first fallback after a disaster is government aid.

It's led Fugate to drop the word "victim" and to replace it with "survivors" as he urges those left in a disaster's aftermath to take care of their families and their neighbors while government helps the most needy.

"There's an expectation I think we've created that if a disaster strikes a community, (people think) 'I'm supposed to play the role of victim. I'm supposed to wait until somebody comes in to take care of me,'" Fugate says. "You're a survivor. You're actually part of the solution."

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