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"The objectives of the AFG Program are to provide critically needed resources that equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, outfit responders with compliant personal protective ...
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Fill out a DisasterAssistance.gov application online. Apply using the FEMA app. Download the free app from your smartphone’s app store. Apply by phone at 1-800-621-3362.
The Citizen Corps booth at FEMA's Hurricane Awareness Day at FEMA Headquarters to raise awareness and community emergency preparedness. In 2011, the Citizen Corps made $9.98 million in grant funding available [ 18 ] for integrating the community and government to better coordinate local involvement in the preparation, planning, mitigation ...
The program provides grants for two types of disaster recovery work. The first is emergency work – this includes the debris removal and the preventative measures taken to secure the property and prevent further damage to the property and to public health. The second is permanent work – which covers the measures needed to restore, or replace ...
The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 was created in response to the 1973 National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control report, America Burning. [1] The report's authors estimated fires caused 12,000 deaths, 300,000 serious injuries and $11.4 billion in property damage annually in the United States, asserting that "the richest and most technologically advanced nation in the ...
Here's FEMA's step-by-step breakdown of how to start an application for disaster assistance and what happens after you register: How to start your FEMA registration:
As a result, FEMA became part of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate of Department of Homeland Security, employing more than 2,600 full-time employees. It became Federal Emergency Management Agency again on March 31, 2007, but remained in DHS. [19] President Bush appointed Michael D. Brown as FEMA's director in January 2003 ...