FEMA was ready to respond to this week's floods in Texas—but was delayed by administrative hurdles and approval processes ...

In the early stages, flexibility is key—employees often step beyond their official roles to ensure launch success. As scaling ...

That warning proved prescient. Officials said that compared to the billions typically required for disaster response, $100,000 is essentially “pennies.” Yet FEMA was forced to seek Noem’s direct ...

Franklin County is making changes in emergency response with the addition of a new, state-of-the-art 911 facility. This ...

With hurricane season just weeks away, about 20% of FEMA’s permanent full-time staff – roughly 1,000 workers – are expected to take a voluntary buyout as part of the latest staff reduction ...

Behind the bulldozers and debris removal teams, however, stood a critical capability that ensured recovery operations moved with speed, efficiency and precision: contracting.

In March, all training operations were paused after President Trump’s Executive Order Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

FEMA’s new leader has admitted that the all-important disaster relief agency has not completed its plan for hurricane season, which begins in just two weeks. The stunning admission was made by ...

Governor Tina Kotek has expressed concerns over the potential dismantling of FEMA, citing the need for federal funds to aid ...

FEMA makes late push to bolster hurricane preparedness, but effort may be too little, too late, officials say ...

Safety remains the top priority in operations, and efficiency follows closely behind. AI in the form of applications like ...

New FEMA head says he'll 'run right over' staff who resist changes David Richardson replaced acting FEMA head Cameron Hamilton, who was fired for telling Congress the emergency response agency ...