All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 17 2012 // The last of the once-ubiquitous FEMA trailers has been removed from New Orleans more than six years after floodwalls and levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to fill with floodwaters.The Federal...
Feb 9 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is implementing a plan to waive debts for thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters. An aide to Sen. Mary Landrieu who has been briefed by FEMA said the agency...
Feb 8 2012 // On February 6, 2012, households residing in Federal Emergency Management Agency mobile homes in Joplin, Mo., dropped below 500, recovery officials said.Mobile home occupancy peaked at 586 on Oct. 3, 2011, as a result of...
Jan 30 2012 // State and federal programs offer homeowners in North Jersey’s flood-ravaged areas a buyout. But the combination of red tape and limited funding is keeping many from that promise and a fresh start in a new and drier...
Jan 23 2012 // Swantner & Gordon Insurance Agency has added Thomas Peel in the marketing department of the firm’s Houston office.As a marketing representative, Peel will be responsible for analyzing and placing risk with...
Jan 10 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has named Tony Robinson as the new FEMA Region 6 deputy regional administrator. Region 6 serves five states — Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and...
Dec 30 2011 // When the Federal Emergency Management Agency mailed out 83,000 debt notices this year to victims of Hurricane Katrina and other 2005 storms, one of the letters showed up in David Bellinger’s mailbox. Bellinger, who...
Dec 27 2011 // A levee isn’t perfect, but it exists and that should count for something when deciding if a property is at risk for flooding.That’s the position of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a new proposal that...
Dec 16 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has expanded its wildfires disaster declaration area for Texas to include 119 counties.Gov. Rick Perry announced that FEMA has granted the state’s request to increase the...
Dec 15 2011 // Flood protection might be the last concern of Texas wildfire survivors these days. Yet Texans — even those who live in areas not rated at high risk of flooding — should consider purchasing a flood insurance policy now,...
Dec 12 2011 // Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a new bulletin telling insurers that they should cooperate with state regulators on questions regarding federal flood insurance.There has been an ongoing turf battle...
Dec 7 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is supporting amending federal law to allow tribal governments to make disaster declaration requests directly to the president.FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate announced the...
Dec 5 2011 // U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling on flood insurance companies to speed up their processing of insurance claims from tropical storms Irene and Lee to ensure that FEMA aid reaches flood-damaged communities...
Nov 21 2011 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner says residents need more time to file insurance claims stemming from losses suffered during Hurricane Irene.Wayne Goodwin sent a letter on Friday to Federal Emergency...
Nov 9 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), along with its federal, state and local partners, is reminding the American public that today, at 2:00 p..m Eastern, Americans should expect to see or hear the first-ever...
Nov 7 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has again extended the deadline for residents in six Missouri counties to apply for federal disaster assistance. FEMA spokesman John Mills says the new deadline is Dec. 10 for...
Nov 6 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved Virginia’s second request for assistance for those whose property was damaged in the August earthquake.The agency informed Gov. Bob McDonnell on Friday, Nov. 4,...
Nov 4 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says its flood insurance arm will re-inspect more eastern North Carolina homes and businesses damaged during Hurricane Irene after owners complained claims adjusters weren’t...
Nov 3 2011 // Cedar Rapids faces a $50 million shortfall in expected funding after the Federal Emergency Management Agency reassessed the 2008 flood damage to the city’s wastewater treatment plant. According to The Gazette, Mayor...
Oct 23 2011 // New Jersey residents and businesses battered by Hurricane Irene will now have more time to seek federal aid to help cover their losses. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration...