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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. [1]
In 2004, FEMA began a project to update and digitize the flood plain maps at a yearly cost of $200 million. The new maps usually take around 18 months to go from a preliminary release to the final product. During that time period FEMA works with local communities to determine the final maps. [3]
This image is a work of a Federal Emergency Management Agency employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As works of the U.S. federal government, all FEMA images are in the public domain in the United States.
FEMA's assessments account for the likelihood that a county will be struck by any of 18 different kinds of natural disasters, ranging from hurricanes, floods, or tornadoes, to the less common but ...
Or you can contact a FEMA Map Specialist by telephone at 877-FEMA-MAP (877-336-2627) or email at FEMA-FMIX@fema.dhs.gov.
Using data collected in March 2023 and risk assessments, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has created a map that shows which counties across the United States are the most at risk for ...
FEMA has created a standardized list of equipment that each Task Force maintains. The 16,400 pieces of equipment are cached and palletized for quick access and transportation. The complete load of equipment weighs 60,000 pounds (27,215 kg) and is designed to be transported by tractor trailer or in the cargo hold of one C-17 transport aircraft ...
FEMA is organized into 10 regions across the United States. FEMA Region IV is the predominant region dealing with Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, encompassing the Carolinas and Florida and ...