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One of the most experienced emergency response experts in the country, who lives in Maine, says the nation is becoming less prepared to respond to disasters.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be a Cabinet-level agency that reports directly to the president under a ...
Emergency management experts warned that suddenly shutting off the funding and resources FEMA provides to local and state ...
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency would report directly to the U.S. president instead of the Homeland ...
While the Federal Emergency Management Agency typically provides aid after federally declared natural disasters, it’s not designed to be a replacement for your home insurance policy, says a risk ...
Pennsylvania’s emergency director urged FEMA to reconsider policy changes that could raise aid thresholds and cost shares, ...
The head of FEMA offered no guarantees about the agency’s survival during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. He also ...
As he concluded his letter to FEMA, Padfield “strongly urged” the agency to reconsider the policy changes and instead engage in collaborative dialogue with state emergency management leaders ...
Ken Pagurek had told colleagues the Trump administration was causing ‘chaos’ inside FEMA and creating dangerous delays in ...
The Trump administration wants to shrink the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and on Tuesday the president said the agency will start winding down after this year’s hurricane season. During ...
David Richardson, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, defended the Trump administration’s ...
How FEMA could change President Donald Trump said in a June 10 press briefing that he plans to "start phasing [FEMA] out" after this year's hurricane season, which spans from June 1 to November 30.