The City of Modesto held public information meetings on flooding for residents. The effort is in response to a $450,000 grant ...

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FEMA was created in 1979 by an executive order by President Jimmy Carter. The federal agency has over 20,000 employees and is responsible for coordinating responses to disasters in the U.S ...

Before FEMA became part of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, it was an independent agency that had been created by executive order during the Carter administration in 1979. In 1988 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground ... this week said he wants to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the U.S. faces the ...

Los Angeles County officials are now calling for an independent investigation to review the emergency alert system used during the recent Eaton and Palisades Fires to warn residents to evacuate.

Since Hurricane Katrina, when the federal response was severely criticized, FEMA has been led by disaster management professionals who have run state or local emergency management agencies ...

The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the ...

Federal law prohibits FEMA from “duplicating” benefits you receive from another source, which include the crowdfunding site. Brandi Richard Thompson, a public affairs officer with FEMA ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service ... but still have a housing need, should reach out to FEMA. Displacement Assistance helps survivors who can’t return to their ...

During his inaugural address, Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border ... issuing an order directing a 60-day study to come up with a list of countries. Meanwhile, on Monday ...