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, ...

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...

At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when ...

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

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

FEMA’s federal assistance supplements California’s own disaster response and mitigation resources like those allocated to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, which was allotted $4.4 ...

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.

The visit comes as local officials are expressing concern that cost controls are slowing down the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response time. It comes as Department of Homeland Security ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump and Noem have vowed to phase out FEMA after the 2025 hurricane season, which ends on November 30, and plan to shift the burden of disaster relief to the states.

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 ...