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December 23, 2009
SEATTLE – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that it intends to re-issue the recently released preliminary flood insurance maps for...
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December 15, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is releasing preliminary flood risk maps to communities in Skagit County, Wash. The preliminary...
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December 8, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Each and every year millions of American lives are disrupted by natural disasters ranging from earthquakes and tsunamis to floods and wildfire. But all disasters—large or small—...
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November 24, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has obligated $1,118,672 in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funding to Washington State...
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October 20, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Municipality of Anchorage residents are about to pay less for flood insurance, as a direct result of their community’s active participation in the National Flood Insurance...
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September 17, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- September is National Preparedness Month, and this year the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is using the calendar observance to focus on changing perceptions about...
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September 9, 2009
September is National Preparedness Month, four calendar weeks set specifically aside to encourage citizens to prepare for disasters and emergencies by developing a plan, creating a disaster supply...
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September 3, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reminding everyone that September is National Preparedness Month. This National Preparedness...
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July 30, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urges residents and business owners to take extra precautions when returning after wildfire-caused evacuations. Dennis Hunsinger, FEMA...
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July 29, 2009
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Sustained record-breaking temperatures have raised wildfire hazards throughout the Pacific Northwest.? With wildfires burning in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington state, FEMA...
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