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This is a list of United States federal Disaster/Emergency Declarations, managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. [1] [2] This list does not differentiate between States, Territories and Tribal Nations.
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 and other disaster workers (Urban Search and Rescue, Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, the National Guard, Red Cross, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Forest Service, Internal Revenue Service, and State disaster workers) searching for and/or helping disaster victims. Photographs of damage to private property and public infrastructure.
Emergency in Water Transportation of the United States: Declared a national emergency arising from insufficient tonage to carry the products of the farms, forests, mines and manufacturing industries of the United States, and admonishes all citizens to abide by the regulations in the Shipping Act. Ended Franklin Roosevelt: March 6, 1933 [9]
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 ...
List of disasters in Australia; List of disasters in Canada. List of disasters in Canada by death toll; List of disasters in Croatia; List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland; List of disasters in Haiti; Lists of disasters in Indonesia. List of disasters in Indonesia; List of earthquakes in Indonesia; List of natural disasters in Indonesia
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supervisor told disaster relief workers in Florida to “avoid homes” with signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump, the agency confirmed Friday ...
FEMA's emergency response is based on small, decentralized teams trained in such areas as the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), Urban Search and Rescue (USAR), Disaster Mortuary Operations Response Team (DMORT), Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), and Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS).