In response to the deadly floods in the Hill Country, lawmakers from both the House and Senate formed the Disaster ...

A proposed federal budget would eliminate funding for over half of FEMA’s emergency and homeland security grant programs, for ...

FEMA Publishes Notices of Funding Opportunity, Empowering States to Take Charge of Their Own Individualized Disaster ...

The first Legislative hearing into the July Fourth floods revealed gaps in training and communications. It also countered ...

State emergency management officials discussed emergency preparedness and resilience amid natural disasters in a conversation hosted by the Atlantic Council. Topics included investing in ...

The flood disaster that struck Texas over Independence Day weekend was beyond the state’s ability to predict or fully manage, ...

Whenever a state is hit by any type of disaster, they know to immediately call FEMA and their costs will be covered. This is because the 1988 Stafford Act changed how and when FEMA is called into ...

The Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Joint Committee met for the first time on Wednesday with the goal of improving flood ...

The first bills related to revamping disaster preparedness in the aftermath of the deadly flooding have been filed.

At a joint hearing of special legislative committees probing the deadly Hill Country floods, the state’s emergency management ...

Traditional disasters with an acute phase and a relatively finite timeline for the immediate response are becoming a thing of the past. Emergency management and public health must now, instead, pivot ...

The Health Collaborative's CEO says programming slated for elimination in the current US budget proposed by President Donald Trump would cut funds for disaster preparedness efforts in the Tri-State.