On average, response deployments last two to three weeks, but some can last up to 30 days. Before FEMA issues a response ...

FEMA is responding to increasingly frequent climate change-fueled disasters. Hurricane season used to be the agency’s biggest ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the FEMA Review Council, which will be tasked with reviewing ...

“Frankly, FEMA’s not good.” Trump signed an executive order Sunday aimed at revamping the agency. According to the agency's website, it's mission is "helping people before, during and after ...

To meet the urgent demands of its individual and public assistance programs, FEMA has abandoned its core mission of emergency management and instead devotes its time and talent to bureaucratic ...

Trump wants to overhaul, and maybe disband, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Maybe we should focus on the root cause: Climate change.

Before FEMA issues a response deployment, the agency must make a mission assignment detailing the scope of the work, which lasts either 30 or 60 days. The Interior Department must approve the ...

WHAT IS FEMA? The federal agency's mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods. FEMA brings in emergency personnel ...

Here's what to know about FEMA and what Trump has said about the agency. According to the agency's website, it's mission is "helping people before, during and after disasters." The agency says it ...