WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to ...

Fewer than a dozen emergency services public information officers in the state have gone through a rigorous FEMA course to ...

"I will achieve the president’s intent," the new acting head of FEMA said on a recent staff call Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first joined PEOPLE in 2016.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has solidified the definition of emergency management as well as core characteristics ...

The country's top emergency response agency says it will bring back training on meeting the needs of people with disabilities ...

Amid growing concerns within the Federal Emergency Management Agency that internal turmoil has left it unprepared for the fast-approaching hurricane season, the agency is taking significant steps to ...

Key Takeaways People with disabilities are more likely than other survivors to face hardship due to a major disaster. The ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to current and ...

With hurricane season less than two weeks away, U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has cut its training for state and local emergency managers. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that ...