News, Media & Events: Massachusetts

Events

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Nov 13, 2024 - Jan 15, 2025
Important Date
Call for Abstracts: 2025 Hazard Mitigation (HM)Partners Workshop
The 2025 Hazard Mitigation Partners Workshop will be held in-person in Rosemont, Illinois, April 22-24, 2025. This year's theme is: Stronger Tomorrow, Together. To build our strongest agenda, we are seeking abstracts that support the theme.
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Dec 9, 2024 EST - Dec 9, 2024 9:00 p.m. EST
Virtual
Purchasing Under FEMA Awards Training: Interactive Procurement Under Grants
FEMA’s Grant Program Directorate (GPD) is offering a series of trainings on the federal procurement under grants rules applicable to recipients and subrecipients purchasing under a FEMA grant award. These virtual trainings will be facilitated by GPD’s Procurement Disaster Assistance Team (PDAT).
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Dec 10, 2024 EST - Dec 10, 2024 10:00 p.m. EST
Virtual
FY 24 AFG Application Period Q&A Session #10
This Q&A session provides an opportunity for 2024 AFG applicants to interact with AFG HQ and Regional program staff and to ask questions about the AFG Program, the 2024 AFG application and/or FEMA GO.

Preparedness Tips

  • Floods: A few inches of water in a 1,000-square foot home could cost more than $10,000 in repairs and replacement of personal possessions. Homeowner’s insurance doesn’t cover most floods. Learn more.
  • Hurricanes:  Hurricanes are not just a coastal problem. Make sure everyone in your household knows your hurricane plans, evacuation routes, and has several ways to receive alerts. There are also things you can do to strengthen your home ahead of time. Learn more.
  • Extreme heat: Learn to recognize the signs of heat illness, especially for older adults, children and sick or overweight individuals who are at greater risk. You can also take steps to weatherize your home ahead of time to keep the heat out. When dealing with excessive heat be sure to drink lots of water, avoid strenuous activity in the middle of the day and never leave children or pets in the car. Learn more.
  • Thunderstorms and lightning: Strengthen your home by cutting down or trimming trees that may be in danger of falling on your home. Sign up for your community’s warning system and when the thunder roars, go indoors and avoid using electronic devices and running water. Learn more.
  • Tornadoes: Sign up for your community’s warning system. If under a tornado warning, immediately go to a safe shelter such as a small, interior, windowless room or basement on the lowest level of a sturdy building. Learn more.

Press Releases and Fact Sheets

FEMA Approves Over $6 Million for Massachusetts Residents Affected by September Storms

Over $6 million has been approved to date for 971 households. Homeowners and renters in Bristol and Worcester counties with uninsured losses from the September 2023 storms and flooding may be eligible for financial assistance for temporary lodging, basic home repairs, personal property losses and other uninsured disaster-related expenses.
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Two weeks Left to Apply for FEMA Assistance

The deadline to apply for FEMA assistance for Massachusetts residents affected by the severe storms and flooding that took place Sept. 11-13, 2023 is July 15.
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FEMA Encourages Those Affected by September Flooding to Stay in Touch

Massachusetts residents in Bristol and Worcester counties affected by the severe storms and flooding that took place from Sept. 11-13, 2023 should stay in touch with FEMA after they have registered. This ensures that your application stays on track.
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