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The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on the Environment held a hearing to assess climate change impacts and natural disaster preparedness efforts. Among the witnesses testifying on…

A House Education and Labor subcommittee held a hearing on responses for elementary and secondary schools to natural disasters. In the first panel, Frank Brogan, the assistant Education…

Federal and state officials along with other disaster response experts spoke about the importance of being prepared for extreme weather and catastrophic events. FEMA’s acting deputy…

The National Institute of Health’s Jeremy Brown talked about his book, Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History , the 1918 flu pandemic that killed between…

FEMA Administrator Brock Long talked about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) work in 2018 and looked forward to 2019. He suggested that FEMA was never intended to be a first…

The New America Foundation’s Future Tense program held a discussion about preparedness for public health crises.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials provided an update on Hurricane Michael. Administrator Brock Long said Hurricane Michael left a lot of devastation behind in the Florida…

Air Force General Terrence O’Shaughnessy, commander of U.S. Northern Command, briefed reporters at the Pentagon about the Defense Department’s plans to support FEMA’s recovery and response…

David Redl talked about the Trump administration’s spectrum policy. Topics included the status of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and emergency communications as well as internet…

Governor Roy Cooper (D-NC), FEMA administrator Brock Long, and North Carolina officials briefed reporters on the impact of Hurricane Florence. The governor said that there were 26 confirmed deaths due to the…

House Democrats held a news conference to talk about preparations for Hurricane Florence and the recovery efforts on Puerto Rico and in the Virgin Islands from 2017's hurricanes, Irma and Maria.…

Governor Henry McMaster gave an update on Hurricane Florence preparations in South Carolina. Courtesy WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina.

President Trump met in the Oval Office with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and FEMA Administrator Brock Long on emergency preparations for Hurricane Florence. Administrator Long said that the…

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and law enforcement officials discussed safety recommendations for protecting first responders from exposure to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.…

At the daily White House briefing, Sarah Sanders talked about the federal government’s emergency preparedness efforts for Hurricane Lane as the storm approached Hawaii. In addition, she was asked repeatedly about…

Federal and state emergency management officials testified before a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on hurricane preparedness and response efforts. They discussed…

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on preparedness for biological attacks, pandemics, and infectious disease outbreaks. Among the…

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited FEMA headquarters to attend a briefing on the 2018 hurricane season. Before the closed briefing, the president delivered remarks acknowledging…

FEMA Administrator Brock Long testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on how his agency is preparing for future disasters. He also reflected on some of the lessons learned…

President Trump met with the crew members and passengers of Southwest Flight 1380 two weeks after the Dallas-bound flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia when one of…