FEMA: Billions in Federal Funds Announced to Empower States to Prepare for Disasters
FEMA Issues Seven Notices of Funding Opportunity—With More on the Way Over the coming weeks, FEMA is marking billions of dollars in federal funding available for state, local, tribal and territorial partners. This includes seven Notices of Funding Opportunity that FEMA published yesterday. These funds help states manage their response to disasters like fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and even…
FEMA: Two Notices of Funding Opportunity Published to Empower States to Take Charge of Their Own Individualized Disaster Preparedness
Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published two Notices of Funding Opportunity, making millions in federal funding available to help states and territories protect their communities from floods and earthquakes. Both floods and earthquakes can happen nearly anywhere with little warning, and they both can cause mass devastation to American communities. These funds demonstrate…
FEMA: In-Person Trainings Resume at National Schoolhouses to Strengthen State and Local Government’s Ability to Respond to Disasters
FEMA announced today that in-person training will resume at three national schoolhouses in early June—the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala., the National Fire Academy (NFA) and the National Disaster and Emergency Management University (NDEMU) in Emmitsburg, Md. In-person training was paused in March of 2025 following President Trump’s Executive Order 14222, Implementing the…
FEMA: $360 Million Made Available to Communities to Increase Number of Trained Firefighters and Keep Communities Safe
Additional $36 Million to be Made Available for Research to Improve Firefighter Health and Safety Under the leadership of President Trump, states and localities will be empowered to manage disasters and emergencies. These fire grant programs align with that vision by helping communities build the response capabilities they need to keep their citizens and communities safe….
FEMA: New Dog Man PSA Campaign, DreamWorks Animation, the Ad Council and FEMA Partnered to Encourage Kids to Help Prepare for Emergencies
DreamWorks Animation’s Dog Man, based on the best-selling Dav Pilkey books, arrives in theaters Jan. 31, 2025 FEMA’s Ready Campaign and the Ad Council have partnered with DreamWorks Animation’s new film, Dog Man, based on the best-selling Dav Pilkey book series, for a national public service advertising (PSA) campaign. The campaign features the beloved canine crime-fighting hero spreading the message to children across the nation…
FEMA: Cherokee Nation and FEMA Sign Historic Agreement that Will Help Disaster Survivors
Leaders of FEMA and the Cherokee Nation signed an agreement on Jan. 15 that will enable the Tribal Nation to deploy in support of FEMA’s operations during disasters, the first such agreement ever signed. The Intergovernmental Service Agreement (IGSA) is a formal, binding contract. Under the agreement, FEMA’s Supplemental Response Team (SRT) program is able…
FEMA: National Preparedness Report Highlights Mass Care Services, Public Information and Warning, Infrastructure Systems, and Cybersecurity for a Resilient Nation
FEMA has released a report providing an overview of the nation’s current disaster risk and capability landscape. The 13th annual National Preparedness Report (NPR) outlines progress toward achieving the national preparedness goal of a secure and resilient country. It highlights the nation’s preparedness across all sectors and levels of government for events ranging from extreme weather…
CFPB: New Report Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Mortgages in Southeast and Central Southwest U.S. Likely Underinsured Against Flood Risk
Homeowners facing flooding from rivers and creeks more likely to be underinsured than coastal residents Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new report that found significant differences in the likelihood that homeowners with a mortgage are adequately insured against flooding based both on location and on income and assets. According to findings,…
FEMA: Agency Advancing Implementation of the Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act
FEMA has made progress over the past two years in analyzing the nation’s census tracts to designate those most in-need and at-risk due to natural hazards. The agency has now designated a total of 767 Community Disaster Resilience Zones (CDRZ) eligible for increased federal support to become more resilient to natural hazards and extreme weather. With these…
FEMA: $1.35 Billion Announced to Increase Climate Resilience Nationwide
Today, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced that as part of President Joseph R. Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, FEMA is making $1.35 billion available for two grant programs designed to help communities enhance resilience to the impacts of increasingly frequent and extreme weather events. The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) annual grant program is making $750 million available for projects that…