On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...

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 ...

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.

Each FEMA region maintains a Regional Response Coordination Center (RRCC), which provides the initial response coordination across various levels of government for a specific incident.

FEMA is doubling down on its decision to not test soil after cleanup of toxic wildfire ash and debris in Los Angeles County, ... Brandi Richard Thompson, a spokesperson for FEMA Region 9, ...

Richard Thomspon, the FEMA Region 9 spokesperson, explained that soil sampling was never “a universal practice” but that prior to 2020, the agency “conducted soil testing in certain wildfire ...

Robinson began his career with FEMA as an intern in 1987 and has led Region 6, which oversees several disaster-prone states in the Gulf, including Louisiana and Texas, for the past dozen years.

FEMA Region 7 Public Affairs Spokesperson Barb Sturner told 5 On Your Side that the major disaster declaration for the March 14-15 damage includes both assistance to local governments and ...

FEMA Region 4 Regional Administrator Robert Samaan approved the request on May 3 due to the wildfire's threat of a major disaster, the news release states. The grants provide federal funding for ...

FEMA head Kristi Noem got an up-close look at damage. ... Whitaker added many of his neighbors were required to buy flood insurance in 2022 after storms rocked the region, ...