Latest FEMA Headlines
All the headlines from our FEMA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FEMA Taxed to Its Limits; Promises to Maintain Recovery Funds
May 12 2005 // “The hurricanes of 2004 taxed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to its limits, Michael Brown, FEMA director and undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security told more than 1,500 state emergency...
FEMA Pledges to Improve its Public Education; Will Produce Video
May 2 2005 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency pledged at a conference in Orlando to improve its public education efforts to that in the future hurricane victims will not have unreasonable expectations about how FEMA can help...
FEMA Director Defends Agency; Critics Claim Payments Slow, Exaggerated Death Benefits
Apr 29 2005 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is being criticized in Florida for being too slow to pay counties for hurricane claims and too aggressive in paying benefits for people who died during last year’s hurricanes;...
Fla. Congressmen Appalled: Investigations Reveal Some FEMA Inspectors Had Criminal Records
Apr 25 2005 // Florida members of Congress said Sunday they were appalled by revelations that some Federal Emergency Management Agency housing inspectors had criminal records. “There is just simply no excuse for this,” said...
FEMA Asking 7,300 Recipients to Return Payments
Apr 19 2005 // More than 7,300 people in areas hit by hurricanes last year, all of whom received payments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, are beginning to receive notices asking them to pay back money they should not have...
Fla. Auditor General to Scrutinize Miami-Dade County Disaster Aid Payments
Mar 30 2005 // Florida’s Auditor General has agreed to legislators’ demands that the state scrutinize the legitimacy of insurance and federal disaster aid payments in Miami-Dade County and possibly other parts of the...
FEMA Encourages States to Implement Flood Training Program for Agents
Mar 4 2005 // States will soon require minimum training, education and knowledge requirements for insurance agents who write flood insurance, Ed Pasterick, an industry relations spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency told...
14 South Floridians Indicted in Dade County for Filing False FEMA Claims
Mar 4 2005 // Fourteen South Floridaians were indicted this week for filing false claims to obtain Federal Emergency Management Authority grants and charged with federal wire and mail fraud. Federal legislators meeting in Washington...
FEMA Funds Jefferson County (Texas) Flood Project
Feb 8 2005 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced it has obligated $1.35 million to the state of Texas to fund flood protection measures in Jefferson County. The project...
KY. A.G. WARNS AGAINST FAKE FEMA INSPECTORS:
Jan 24 2005 // Kentucky homeowners have received a warning from Attorney General Gregory D. Stumbo to report individuals posing as Federal Emergency Management Agency inspectors. Stumbo’s office was notified by the Kentucky...
Ky. AG Issues Warning About Fake FEMA Inspector
Dec 31 2004 // Kentucky homeowners have received a warning from Attorney General Gregory D. Stumbo to watch out for individuals posing as inspectors from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Stumbo issued a news release which...
FEMA Extends Aid Deadline to Feb. 28
Dec 30 2004 // The deadline for anyone who suffered losses from hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan or Jeanne to apply for assistance has been extended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to Feb. 28. A U.S. Small Business...
Victims of Tornado Damage Still Waiting on FEMA
Dec 30 2004 // Those without insurance whose homes were damaged in the Nov. 23 tornado that ripped through Holum and Olla, Louisiana are still waiting to hear if they can expect any help from the Federal Emergency Management...
Va. Officials Join Critics of Flood Program
Dec 6 2004 // Two Virginia members of Congress are asking U.S. officials to take a closer look at possible mishandling of flood claims by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Rep. Jo Ann Davis, R-1st, and Sen. George Allen, also a...
FEMA Notes Record Aid for 2004 Hurricane Season
Nov 30 2004 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported this week that a record $4.27 billion in FEMA disaster funds have been expended to date to aid people and communities...
FEMA Paid $28M Bogus Claims in Dade County, Fla.
Nov 24 2004 // The Florida Legislature has asked for an investigation on $28 million in illicit insurance claims paid for damage done by Hurricane Frances in Miami and Dade County, an area barely touched by the hurricane. U.S. Rep. Clay...
Pa. Gov. Unveils Letter to Congressional Delegation Regarding Flood Relief
Oct 21 2004 // Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell this week released the following letter to the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation in reference to flood relief for the Commonwealth: Dear Senator Santorum: “As a follow up to our...
W. Va. Hurricane Ivan Aid at $10.5 Million
Oct 14 2004 // Federal and state funds to assist West Virginians with flood recovery efforts have reached $10.5 million, state and federal recovery officials said this week. President Bush’s Sept. 20 Hurricane Ivan disaster...
FEMA Opens Hurricane Recovery Centers in N.J.
Oct 12 2004 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has opened two disaster recovery centers to help people and businesses whose property was damaged last month by the remains of Hurricane Ivan and subsequent flooding in New...
Md. Report Faults FEMA for Failing Isabel Victims
Oct 1 2004 // Problems within the federal flood insurance agency have kept victims of Tropical Storm Isabel from getting adequate settlements for storm damage, according to a report by a flood insurance activist. The report, which...
