News

FEMA describes risks to the US from $1B in grant cuts
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding that communities and first ...
EMS111h
FEMA proposes $1B in grant cuts impacting fire, EMS and disaster preparedness programs
A proposed federal budget would eliminate funding for over half of FEMA’s emergency and homeland security grant programs, for ...
ABC Columbia1h
FEMA memos lay out risks of cuts
Internal memos and two FEMA officials familiar with the plans give more detail to the effect if the proposed cuts happen.
Exclusive: ‘A more vulnerable nation’: FEMA acknowledges risks as it proposes nearly $1B in cuts to security, disaster grants
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities and first ...
North Plainfield asks for major disaster declaration, FEMA assistance in flood recovery
North Plainfield is aggressively pursuing a FEMA Public Assistance declaration to securefunding for the borough's own losses, ...
E&E News18h
House committee releases bipartisan FEMA overhaul bill
Both parties have eyed big changes to FEMA for years now, with the aim of streamlining disaster assistance. The “Fixing ...
Explore more
Internal FEMA memo lays out risks of possible funding cuts
According to the sheriff’s office, Burke County has a $94 million operating budget, but Sheriff Alfonzo Williams’ team only ...
FEMA moved quickly to help Texas. These other states waited months.
Several states and two Native American tribes waited months for disaster aid, while hundreds of requests for critical ...
FEMA under fire for 24-hour delay in sending search and rescue teams to deadly Texas floods
The scrutiny on the agency comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned the necessity of FEMA and called for ...