The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can ...

States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed ...

FEMA’s search and rescue chief resigned because of ICE Barbie Kristi Noem’s sluggish response to the Texas flooding disaster, sources have told CNN. Ken Pagurek had become increasingly frustrated with ...

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

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be a Cabinet-level agency that reports directly to the president under a new bipartisan bill. The proposal comes as the Trump ...

Changes ‘will still happen’: President Trump’s FEMA plans loom over Texas flood response President Donald Trump visited Texas to assess flood damage as his administration considers ...

Decades of disaster response history help explain how changes to FEMA’s structure have affected its ability to manage ...