Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday issued a disaster proclamation for various counties throughout the state in response to ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has responded to a record number of billion-dollar weather-related disasters so far in 2023. And in recent years, FEMA has been called on for duties beyond ...

FEMA employs over 20,000 people in Washington, D.C., and across its 10 regional agencies. During a disaster it also utilizes thousands of contractors, who can assist with logistics, debris removal ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities and first ...

"FEMA has what it needs for immediate response and recovery efforts," spokesperson Jaclyn Rothenberg said on X. "As [Administrator Deanne Criswell] said, she has the full authority to spend ...

A 2023 Government Accountability Office report indicated that FEMA only had 5,000 full-time staff members, as well as a group of reservists and emergency-response workers who could be called up to ...

"Reform is good as long as it's holistic, but it's also got to be time-phased in over the next three years," said Brock Long.

DeVoe says that like many of the responsibilities being shifted from FEMA to local response, the task of surveying survivors door-to-door will now fall to local and state responders.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long speaks to reporters about Hurricane Maria relief efforts after meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S ...

SPRINGFIELD Governor JB Pritzker today issued a state disaster proclamation after severe weather and flooding caused ...