FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response 'a model' for dealing with disaster - The acting administrator of ...

In the chaos of a major disaster, FEMA can greenlight hundreds of payments and spend billions of dollars in just days. During Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the agency obligated roughly $7 billion ...

This week, the office of Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation of a state of emergency back-dated to the end of January ...

Members of the Industrial CAER Team, Geismar Volunteer Fire Department, Gonzales Fire Department and Ascension Parish Fire ...

In light of federal plans to phase out FEMA by the end of 2025, artificial intelligence can help multiply and streamline state and local preparation for, response to and recovery from wildfires, ...

Sarah Labowitz is a senior fellow in the Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for ...

Kidd responded by explaining that, at the state level, his team acts as the “alarm bell” when receiving information from the ...

By KOB Updated: June 19, 2025 - 11:01 AM Published: June 17, 2025 - 4:29 PM Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issues emergency declaration in response to Trout Fire ...

But FEMA funds make up a huge proportion of the funding. In the chaos of a major disaster, FEMA can greenlight hundreds of payments and spend billions of dollars in just days.