FEMA News, Media Advisories and Disaster Updates http://www.fema.gov/news/recentnews.fema en-us FEMAWebmaster@dhs.gov (FEMA Office of Public Affairs) FEMAWebmaster@dhs.gov (FEMA Webmaster) 60 Regional/North America/United States/Government/Executive Branch/Departments/Homeland Security/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:36 EDT FEMA News, Media Advisories and Disaster Updates http://www.fema.gov/news/recentnews.fema http://www.fema.gov/graphics/rss_logo.gif http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49983WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced a final rule enabling host states that shelter residents evacuated from presidentially declared disaster areas to receive reimbursements from FEMA more quickly and efficiently.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:49 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49983http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49982WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate addressed the National Guard Senior Leadership conference in National Harbor, MD. During his address, the Administrator emphasized the critical partnership between the National Guard and FEMA.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:20:27 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49982http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49961WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, today addressed students and faculty at Savannah State University, in Savannah, Georgia, at an event sponsored by the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Student Organization (HSEMSO). The FEMA Administrator praised students for choosing to study emergency management and recognized the administration of Savannah State, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), for joining the growing number of schools offering a Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, as our nation continues to foster and recruit the next generation of emergency managers. Savannah State is one of the first HBCUs in the nation to offer a bachelors degree in emergency management.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:37:22 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49961http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49939WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate today keynoted the inaugural Random Hacks of Kindness, Disaster Relief Codejam (RHoK). RHoK is an initiative, sponsored by industry leaders such as Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! in conjunction with NASA and the World Bank that brings together disaster relief experts and software engineers to work on identifying key challenges to disaster relief, and developing solutions to these critical issues.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:17:24 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49939http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49936SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Today, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate met with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to discuss emergency response and preparedness, as well as the mayor’s focus on building upon the city’s resiliency, specifically as it relates to earthquakes. Today’s event was the most recent in a series of meetings between the administrator and key partners in our nation’s emergency response team.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:16:43 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49936http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49919WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today addressed the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (National VOAD) Board of Directors Meeting. The gathering of national nonprofit organizations, who are dedicated to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, took place at the Salvation Army headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:48:48 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49919http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49884WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced a new avenue for the public to provide input regarding the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)—launching a 30-day public comment period following a two-day listening session with NFIP stakeholders hosted by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate on Nov. 5-6.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:03:39 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49884http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49867WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today a series of public meetings that will be held to discuss the DHS Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation and Certification Program (PS-Prep).Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:09:49 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49867http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49859WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today delivered the keynote address at the 57th Annual International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Administrator Fugate was joined at the conference by FEMA leadership, including Deputy Administrator Richard Serino.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:23:44 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49859http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49849WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate met today with Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño to discuss FEMA’s partnership with Puerto Rico, as well as the response to the explosions and fires that struck the island late last week. Over the weekend, President Obama signed an Emergency Declaration for Puerto Rico, making federal assistance available for emergency protective measures.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:03:03 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49849http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49848WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier this month, on October 13, the Organization for the Advancement of Structural Information Standards (OASIS) voted to approve the OASIS Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) v1.2 USA IPAWS Profile as a technical specification for public alert systems. The profile will enable emergency managers across the country to use a common format for creating emergency alert messages that can travel across multiple alert systems. The availability of such a profile furthers FEMA’s objective of increasing interoperability across federal, state and local alert systems.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:45:16 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49848http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49836Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama's emergency declaration issued for Puerto Rico.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:19:00 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49836http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49835WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and ordered federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by explosions and fire beginning on October 23, 2009 and continuing.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:15:49 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49835http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49834WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate met with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and a diverse group of faith leaders to discuss the state of Missouri’s partnership with local religious and community groups during disaster response and preparedness efforts. The meeting was part of Administrator Fugate’s continued efforts to build partnerships with key stakeholders and community leaders as FEMA works to increase public preparedness and strengthen our nation’s emergency response team.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:10:00 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49834http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49831WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) renewed its partnership with Feeding America, the nation’s largest nongovernmental hunger-relief charity at an event at the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Chicago, IL. At the event a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and Feeding America Senior Vice President for Government Relations George Braley, extending the important relationship between the organizations and allowing Feeding America to continue to provide FEMA with support during the response and recovery phases to emergencies and disasters.Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:53:54 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49831