The Jefferson County EMA said if FEMA funding is cut operational and personnel costs will be too. Training and equipment to effectively respond to disaster will also be affected.

California Governor Gavin Newsom reiterated warnings of Trump’s growing authoritarianism as he accused the US president of ...

Amid signs of turmoil at the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the Atlantic hurricane season is about to begin, Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’s not concerned. In his view, Florida state and ...

With concern and confusion over how the federal government will respond to disasters this summer, aid groups are readying to ...

President Donald Trump’s plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane ...

(WTOC) - This upcoming hurricane season is looking more daunting for local ... as though FEMA is not going to be here. We will have to be ready to fix, maintain whatever we need whether or not we get ...

Democratic Congressman Troy Carter of Louisiana shares those concerns ... needs to be reformed and that states and local governments should do emergency response with the support of the ...

“Local governments are going to be expected ... I’m worried it may be too little, too late.” Harbaugh, a FEMA spokesman, waved off concerns from former officials and told the Herald ...

Cleo Fields D-Baton Rouge expressed their "profound concerns" about ... She said that many local governments are not prepared for the shift away from FEMA support, given the speed that the federal ...

Several local officials were instructed ... De Losada and at least six other emergency management officials from Washington voiced concern that the changes would undermine long-term disaster ...