$4.1b Grants to disaster survivors (in billions) so far in 2024. 2024 Mitigation Grants 1732 Number of hazard mitigation assistance sub-grants so far in 2024. 2024 Disaster Declarations 182 Disaster declarations for states and counties.See the Declarations. ...
1732 Number of hazard mitigation assistance sub-grants in 2024. 2024 Disaster Declarations 182 Disaster declarations for states and counties.See the Declarations. 2024 Fire Incidents 69 Fire Incidents for states and counties.See the incidents.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (referred to as the Stafford Act - 42 U.S.C. 5721 et seq.) authorizes the President to issue 'major disaster' or 'emergency' declarations before or after catastrophes occur. Emergency declarations trigger aid that protects property, public ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Thursday it will close all COVID-19 disaster declaration incident periods on May 11 when the U.S. government ends two major pandemic-related emergency declarations. All 50 states, five territories and three tribal nat...
for all states, tribes and territories under the Stafford Act. President Biden later approved similar requests from the Navajo Nation and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and made available $3.46 billion in hazard mitigation funding for all areas that had received COVID disaster declarations. ...
“Most people may not realize FEMA is managing 500 open disaster declarations going back to sometimes 20 years to Hurricane Katrina,” Chris Currie, director of the homeland security and justice team for the GAO, said during a March Congressional hearing. “While FEMA is always going to prioriti...
Disaster relief often becomes political because so many people are affected, and because thee is a lot of media coverage surrounding major weather events.
FEMA recently released for public comment a draft policy, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Public Assistance Programmatic Deadlines, that (1) would establish FEMA PA programmatic deadlines across all COVID-19 emergency and major disaster declarations, and (2) provides information on...
As hazards that receive major disaster declarations and PA authorization increase in frequency and severity so, too, do PA costs. Population growth and property development in disaster-prone areas may increase PA obligations per incident, as more communities and facilities eligible to receive...
While both of those are mitigation programs, the former is only available after major disaster declarations and the latter can only be used to address flood hazards on NFIP insured structures. In considering the PDM program’s future, the recent decision by the Administration to place a new ...