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As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...
On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...
May, FEMA had 1,952 trained staffers ready to deploy to disasters; a year earlier, it had 6,588. Meanwhile, NOAA has lost about 20% of staff, including hundreds of National Weather Service employees.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of the Chief Component Procurement Officer (OCCPO) and FEMA Region VII will host a How To Do Business With FEMA ZOOM webinar May 4, 2022 ...
FEMA is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and leads disaster preparation, response and recovery efforts. The agency has helped cover tens of millions of dollars of damage to ...
I saw this week that David Warrington was appointed as Regional Administrator FEMA Region 2, which is progress. Out here in the Pacific Northwest we are still waiting for a Region 10/X ...
FEMA employees are briefed at a staging area in preparation of door to door canvasing in the New Orleans East area Feb. 12, 2017, where an EF3 Tornado struck February 7. (Photo by Sharon Karr/FEMA) ...
An actual FEMA professional is the new FEMA Region 10 administrator. Here’s the announcement: “Willie Nunn Sworn-In as FEMA Region 10 Administrator.” It is great to have “the leader” in ...
A public affairs officer from FEMA Region 9 explained their role in the recovery process, and what steps need to be taken for federal aid to be allocated to this problem.
With the 50th Anniversary of Hurricane Agnes, one of the worst storms to ever hit the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are holding special… ...