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FEMA Region 6 office, located in Denton, TX, partners with federal emergency management for 68 Tribal Nations and the following states.

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Visit the state's page for localized content, such as disaster recovery centers, flood maps, fact sheets, jobs and other resources.

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Acting Deputy Regional Administrator

Region 6 Resources

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Risk Communications Guidebook for Local Officials

Find customizable templates and additional tools to support your Risk MAP outreach. Download the Resource Matrix for all Guidebook templates.

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Use the search filters below to browse content tailored to help Region 6 prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.

Base Level Engineering Tools and Resources

Base Level Engineering (BLE) produces datasets that can assist communities in the local review and management of their floodplains. You can access BLE data available, free-of-charge, on the interactive on-line portal, known as the Estimated Base Flood Elevation (estBFE) Viewer.

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Community Flood Risk Open House Toolkit

This template can help you create a detailed plan on setting up and running a local Flood Risk Open House. It has outreach tactics, news releases, public service announcements, talking points, social media posts, and meeting plans.

Determining Available Flood Hazard Information

The Available Flood Hazard Information (AFHI) tables are produced quarterly and may be issued intermediately in response to a Federal Disaster Declaration. AFHI tables allow access to all available flood hazard information within the FEMA flood mapping program.

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Environmental Requirements to Apply for FEMA Funding

When a community applies for FEMA funding — such as Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation Assistance or Preparedness Grants — potential impacts to the environment and cultural resources must be considered.

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NOTE: Environmental requirements do not apply to individuals and families applying for assistance.

FACT SHEET: What Insurance Professionals Need to Know

Customize this template to create a fact sheet for your community’s insurance professionals.

Contact Us

General
940-898-5399

Exercise Officer
FEMA-R6-Exercise@fema.dhs.gov

News Desk
940-898-5454
FEMA-R6-NewsDesk@fema.dhs.gov

Technological Hazards
Oscar Martinez
FEMA-R6-REPP@fema.dhs.gov

Tribal Affairs
FEMA-R6-Tribal-Affairs@fema.dhs.gov

Regional News and Information

Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire claimants may be eligible for reimbursement for reasonable efforts taken to reduce the risks of future wildfires, flooding or other cascading impacts.
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Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire claimants whose structures were left with increased risks of wildfires, flooding or other cascading impacts may be reimbursed for costs to reduce these risks to pre-fire levels, but they must finish the work by the deadline of November 14, 2025.
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Businesses and residents in seven Oklahoma counties impacted by the March 14-21 wildfires and straight-line winds are eligible to apply for low-interest disaster assistance loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
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AUSTIN – In coordination with the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), FEMA and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) have been staffing Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) to offer face-to-face help to residents of the four South Texas counties affected by the severe storms and flooding that occurred March 26-28, 2025. Starting Saturday, June 21, new weekend hours of operation for all seven DRCs are: • Saturdays: Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Sundays: Closed Weekday hours remain the same: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All DRCs will be closed for the Juneteenth Holiday (Thursday, June 19); and reopen on Friday, June 20, at 8 a.m.
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Oklahoma survivors should be aware that con artists and criminals may try to obtain money or steal personal information through fraud or identity theft after the fires and straight-line winds that began March 14-21. In some cases, thieves try to apply for FEMA assistance using names, addresses and Social Security numbers they have stolen from survivors.
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