Region 7

FEMA Region 7 office, located in Kansas City, Missouri oversees federal emergency management for the following states:

• Iowa
• Kansas
• Missouri
• Nebraska

Potential impacts to the environment and cultural resources must be considered when a community applies for FEMA funding through Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation Assistance and Preparedness Grants.

• Find resources to help conduct an environmental and historic preservation review
• Get guidance for grant applications
• View listings of regional environmental assessments and notices

Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) is a national FEMA program that works with states, tribes, territories and local communities to evaluate and better understand their current flood risk, as well as the actions that can be taken to mitigate and become more resilient against future risk.

• Learn about the Risk MAP program
• Find location-specific project information using Risk MAP products, which provide user friendly analysis of flood risks

Highlighting particularly effective aspects of a local mitigation plans from the Region 7 states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, view our collection of Region 7 hazard mitigation planning case studies and best practices.

Andrea Spillars
Regional Administrator

Andrea Spillars has been a career public servant for over 30 years. From 2009 to 2015, she had a lead role in the Missouri state response to natural disasters as the Deputy Director for the Department of Public Safety, including the devasting Joplin tornado in 2011, the prolonged flooding in 2011, drought relief efforts in 2012, and historic ice storms in 2009.

Andrea Spillars Full Bio

Kathy Fields
Deputy Regional Administrator

Over the past 28 years Kathy has held numerous leadership roles including establishing the National Teleregistration Center and building the foundation for the National Processing Service Centers (NPSC).

Kathy Fields Full Bio

Region 7 Contact Information