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The Emergency Procedures Guide is a summary of the Integrated Emergency Management Plan.
The Lifecycle Guide provides recommendations for agencies interested in building, maintaining, and operating an emergency communications system through decommission and replacement. The Lifecycle ...
The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC ...
Multiple FEMA employees tell WIRED that they did not know of another time when a strategic plan was rescinded without another in place.
FEMA has unveiled the 2024 edition of its "Planning Considerations: Putting People First" guide, aimed at equipping emergency management professionals and community planners with tools and strategies ...
Less than two weeks until the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Administrator David Richardson has rescinded the agency's strategic plan ...
Weather-related disasters have increased in frequency and severity across the U.S. over the past five years, and when communities are impacted by things such as flooding, severe storms, hurricanes, ...
The Fairfax County Community Emergency Response Guide can be downloaded from the county’s website and will be available for review in public libraries and governmental district offices.
“While it won’t do us any good to play Chicken Little and recap the struggles experienced the world over since 2017, we have to be prepared for the new (and repeat) emergencies that will inevitably ...
The agency’s leader suggested he recently learned there was an annual hurricane season.
Make an emergency kit When creating an emergency kit, be sure to create a kit for each member of your family, including pets, with enough to last for at least 72 hours. Plan ahead by buying an ...
One FEMA official described the strategic plan as the agency's "organizational backbone," saying, "Without it, there are just a bunch of offices doing whatever they feel like doing." ...