Washington County is partnering with FEMA for a weeklong class at its Emergency Operations Center, teaching law enforcement and first responders about federal emergency response.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to ...

"I will achieve the president’s intent," the new acting head of FEMA said on a recent staff call Tia Dufour After the acting head of FEMA was fired, the new acting administrator warned staffers not to ...

Federal funding for North Carolina disaster response and mitigation is paused, putting pressure on the state to pony up more cash for staff and equipment to defend against natural disasters or ...

SURRY, Va. — Federal homeland security officials will conduct an emergency preparedness exercise later this month at Dominion Virginia Power's Surry Power Station. The biennial exercise, planned for ...

Late last week, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem issued a directive to all DHS agencies including FEMA to immediately stop all work connected to climate change and the ...

The enforced compliance order comes nearly a year after FEMA terminated the program, calling it "wasteful" and "politicized." ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to current and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tia Dufour David Richardson became the acting head of FEMA last week. After the acting head of FEMA was fired, the new acting ...

With hurricane season less than two weeks away, U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has cut its training for state and local emergency managers. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that ...