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FEMA Provides Funds for Eisenhower Junior High Repairs

FEMA has provided Granite School District more than $630,000 or to repair Eisenhower Junior High and mitigation the structure against future earthquake damage.

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FEMA Holds Comprehensive Exercise on Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake and Tsunami Response Plan

BOTHELL, Wash. - From May 3-5, FEMA Region 10 will host Cascadia Rising 2022: Rehearsal of Concept (ROC), a three-day discussion-based exercise at the Pierce County Readiness Center in Camp Murray, Washington, to evaluate FEMA’s coordinated response plan to a massive Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake and resulting tsunami.

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Oakland Office Seeks Analytics Professionals

Are you an entrepreneurial analytics professional interested in using data to help the government prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters? Region 9 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be hiring for several new analytics positions to strengthen the Region’s ability to tackle disaster-related challenges.

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Notice of Funding Opportunities for FEMA Earthquake State Assistance Grants Fiscal Year 2022

FEMA is announcing its annual Fiscal Year National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) State Assistance Grants.

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Over $600 Million from FEMA for Earthquake Recovery

Public housing facilities, police operations centers, childcare centers and libraries are some of the municipal buildings that will be repaired with a multimillion-dollar allocation from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). According to the federal agency, of the $640 million, $309 million is for 488 permanent construction projects that include other structures damaged by the earthquakes.

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FEMA Cost-Share Adjustment Grants More Assistance for Alaska

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional assistance available to the state of Alaska by authorizing an increase in federal funding for public assistance projects undertaken as a result of an earthquake on Nov. 30, 2018. 

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FEMA Remains Focused on The Recovery from The Earthquakes

Two years from the series of earthquakes that hit Puerto Rico at the end of 2019, the recovery continues with the help of over $523 million allocated by FEMA.

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FEMA Approves Over $142 Million for Schools Affected by Earthquakes

FEMA allocated over $24.4 million during October and November to repair and reinforce various schools in the South and West regions of Puerto Rico that experienced structural damage caused by the 2020 earthquakes.

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Earthquake Awareness: The Next Steps

Earthquake Program Managers Sean McGowan, Anne Rosinski and Amanda Siok share tips on how you and your community can prepare for earthquakes.

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Get Earthquake Ready: Join the Annual Shakeout Drill on Oct. 21

The annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drill will take place Oct. 21 at 10:21 a.m. local time and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 5 office wants everyone to Drop, Cover and Hold On, while learning the important steps to stay safe during an earthquake.

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