Press Releases - FEMA.gov
Jan 6, 2025 · 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.
News and Media | FEMA.gov
4 days ago · News and Media: Disaster 4856. ... FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell will be on the ground today to assess damage, speak to survivors and meet with community officials. Press Release | January 9, 2025. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. …
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell Announces Appointment of …
Dec 31, 2024 · Since its creation in 2006, the council has provided hundreds of recommendations to FEMA on a variety of key emergency management topics. Of the 13 council members selected, 10 are new appointments. Members will serve multi-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2025, and will guide and inform future recommendations.
How did FEMA spend $9 billion so quickly? Back-to-back disasters
Oct 10, 2024 · The US Federal Emergency Management Agency is rapidly spending its disaster funding as it responds to back-to-back major hurricanes Helene and Milton – coming on top of a nonstop disaster year ...
Arrest made after threat to FEMA in North Carolina as ... - CBS News
Oct 15, 2024 · Federal Emergency Management Agency crews were forced to relocate due to a reported armed threat against workers, first reported by The Washington Post.
FEMA has faced criticism and praise during ... - Associated Press News
Oct 5, 2024 · President Joe Biden talks with Deanne Criswell, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as he arrives at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in Greer, S.C., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, to survey damage from Hurricane Helene.
FEMA resumes door-to-door visits in North ... - Associated Press News
Oct 15, 2024 · FEMA’s administrator says disaster workers have resumed door-to-door visits during their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina, after a temporary suspension amid threat reports. She called on people to stop spreading falsehoods about their efforts.
FEMA chief faces questions about response to Helene and ... - NBC News
Nov 19, 2024 · The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Deanne Criswell, faced questions from House lawmakers for nearly five hours on Tuesday about the federal government's response to ...
FEMA overhauls disaster assistance program as climate crisis ... - CNN
Jan 19, 2024 · The Federal Emergency Management Agency is changing how it responds to natural disasters, as the climate crisis fuels more extreme weather events and more destruction to homes.
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Supporting Robust …
4 days ago · Under President Biden’s leadership, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking significant actions to support state and local response efforts for the wildfires in Los Angeles, California.