Hurricane preparations at Federal Emergency Management Agency have slowed to a crawl, and the disaster relief agency “is not ready” for the June 1 start to the season, according to an internal ...

The underlying principle of FEMA is that the country has a shared responsibility to help communities stricken by natural ...

FEMA's acting director, David Richardson, testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday ...

Soon after Donald Trump was sworn into his second term as president, he declared that “FEMA must go away.” This was echoed by ...

Outdated systems are holding back disaster response. It’s time to invest in smarter, integrated platforms that empower both ...

It remains to be seen how this change will impact the overall effectiveness of disaster response efforts. Trump prepares changes at FEMA, it is not finished ...

During a briefing of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 4, FEMA representative Ina Chan said the agency uses flyers, text messages, calls and emails to attempt to contact residents ...

Operational Phases; About Us; Operational Phases; Staff Directory; Operational Phases. Emergency Preparedness and Planning operations are categorized into four phases. These include the prevention or ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency still doesn't have the information technology capacity to deal with a major disaster response six years after Hurricane Katrina exposed weaknesses in the ...