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DHS inserts staffers at FEMA in major shakeup before hurricane season
The homeland security officials will replace several longtime FEMA leaders, marking an inflection point in the Trump ...
Moskowitz, expert in disaster management, warns FEMA ‘is going to fail’ during hurricane season
Congressman Jared Moskowitz, a former Florida emergency management director and executive at a disaster response company, ...
‘Get FEMA out of Homeland Security’: Former FEMA director
The former director told host Blake Burman that FEMA being under DHS makes it “a bureaucracy on top of a bureaucracy.” “Make ...
Florida Democrat: FEMA ‘is going to fail this summer’
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) warned Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is ill prepared for ...
FEMA faces backlog of emergency aid requests as hurricane season nears
Eleven requests for disaster declarations are pending at the agency — a sign that it is reducing disaster aid to states, ...
As FEMA is in upheaval entering hurricane season, Houston emergency leaders say they have a plan
FEMA funding and aid may be uncertain ahead of hurricane season, but Houston-area emergency management officials say they are ...
National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg to resume classes in June
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday that it will resume in-person training at the National Fire ...