Latest FEMA Headlines
All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former FEMA Director Witt to Address Insurers Group, April 9-11
Feb 16 2006 // James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a leading authority in public safety and emergency management, will speak at the 2006 Annual Conference of the American Association of...
GAO: FEMA’s Weaknesses Exposed Government in Hurricane Responses
Feb 15 2006 // As a result of widespread congressional and public interest in the federal response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted an audit of the Individuals and Households Program...
Miss. Hurricane Victims to Lose Subsidized Hotel Rooms
Feb 13 2006 // More than 1,200 families left homeless in Mississippi by Hurricane Katrina will lose their federally subsidized hotel rooms beginning Monday. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials said Saturday that hotel...
Thousands of Hurricane Evacuees In Georgia Missed FEMA Deadline
Feb 1 2006 // Thousands of hurricane evacuees around the state will have to start paying their own hotel bills next Tuesday after missing a deadline to register for additional federal funds. Evacuees in nearly 2,000 hotel rooms missed a...
Florida Didn’t Make Sure Hurricane Payments Were Legit
Jan 30 2006 // Florida officials didn’t confirm the legitimacy of some hurricane claims before it paid out more than $150 million as part of an agreement to share the cost with Washington, a state audit has found. As part of a deal...
La. Gov. Says Wait for FEMA Standards is Delaying Recovery
Jan 27 2006 // The wait for federal standards for home building is hampering Louisiana’s hurricane reconstruction efforts, according to Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is developing a new set...
Dole Tells Banking Committee: Insurance Reforms Should Not Disproportionately Affect North Carolina
Jan 26 2006 // U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole told the Senate Banking Committee on proposals to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, meeting in Washington that North Carolinians recognize their vulnerability to flooding and are...
FEMA Issues New Maps to Assist Miss. Recovery Effort
Jan 19 2006 // The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has developed a series of topographic maps for...
Former FEMA Director Witt Advocates Need for National CAT Fund
Jan 19 2006 // James Lee Witt, former FEMA director and co-chair of ProtectingAmerica.org, told the members of the Task Force on Long-Term Solutions for Florida’s Hurricane Insurance Market on Thursday that there is an urgent need...
FEMA Calculates Storm Damage in 25 Counties in South Dakota
Jan 18 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has determined that ice and snow storms hitting South Dakota last November did not cause enough damage to private property to qualify for an overall federal disaster designation, but...
Calif. Commissioner, FEMA Warn Residents to Prepare for Next Flood
Jan 13 2006 // Urging residents to make disaster preparedness and insurance readiness a top priority, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and FEMA officials cautioned Sacramento County residents, Friday, to take proactive...
FEMA Flood Insurance Program Launches Agent Web Site
Jan 9 2006 // The National Flood Insurance Program has launched a FloodSmart Agents Web site to provide access to agent materials and new content in a password-protected agents-only section of www.FloodSmart.gov. After registering for a...
Fla.’s Generator, Chainsaw Reimbursement Program Could Be Axed
Jan 6 2006 // Florida officials are scrutinizing a state program which reimburses residents for last-minute purchases of generators, chain saws and other hurricane-related purchases and considering eliminating it, because according to...
FEMA Says Condo Owners Can Apply for Hurricane Wilma Assistance
Jan 5 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency in Orlando, Fla. has reversed its position and is encouraging condominium associations needing financial assistance to repair roofs and other property destroyed or damaged by...
FEMA Authorizes Millions to Assist Texas, Okla., N.M. Fight Fires
Jan 3 2006 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) this week authorized the use of federal funds from the Nation’s Disaster Relief Fund to help Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico...
Individual Assistance for Katrina Victims in Miss. Hits $1B Mark
Jan 1 2006 // Federal and state aid to Mississippians affected by Hurricane Katrina throughout Mississippi has surpassed $1billion, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and...
FEMA Awards $3.7M to State of Alabama for Disaster Mitigation
Jan 1 2006 // The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a total of $3.7 million in Hazard Mitigation Grant funds for disaster mitigation projects to the Town of Brookside, the...
Floridians Have Until Jan. 5 to Apply for Wilma Assistance
Dec 30 2005 // Less than a week remains for Florida residents and business owners who sustained damage from Hurricane Wilma to apply for disaster assistance. The deadline to apply is Jan. 5. “For individuals who have already...
Hurricane Katrina Leads to Large Number of Claims, Frustration
Dec 19 2005 // While Hurricane Katrina spent only a couple of days menacing the Gulf Coast, the trail of destruction in both lives and properties lingers on months later. As places like New Orleans, Mississippi and other surrounding...
Nine Broward County Residents Indicted for Falsifying FEMA Claims
Dec 19 2005 // Arrests of nine Broward County residents indicted for defrauding the Federal Emergency Assistance Agency to obtain disaster relief after last year’s Hurricane Frances have been announced jointly by R. Alexander...
