Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) on Wednesday unveiled the Disaster Assistance Improvement and ...

Learn how Los Angeles wildfire survivors can appeal FEMA denials, what documents you need, and where to get local support.

Weather-related disasters have increased in frequency and severity across the U.S. over the past five years, and when ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has completed the draft of Nigeria’s National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy and Action Plan for 2025-2030 following a two-day technical ...

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The lack of reliable information about health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa became very clear during the COVID-19 ...

By Andrea Worker Monday, March 25, 2019 Photo by Andrea Worker Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management director Seamus Mooney talks about the new Community Emergency Response Guide.

Less than a third of the 1,012 older adults surveyed said they had created an emergency plan, which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) considers vital. Nor have they invested in a ...

As disasters loom, emergency managers say they aren’t counting on FEMA President Donald Trump has said he wants state and local officials to shoulder more of the burden of disaster response ...

With those disasters in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency made a big change to its Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide in 2023.

The bill would remove restrictions that limit FEMA to paying only for minor home repairs after a disaster and would create a “permanent repair program of owner-occupied homes,” the summary says.

FEMA said the canceled program was part of an order by the Trump administration to leave disaster planning and response to states, with a goal of eliminating FEMA.