Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.

The agency was created in the late 1970s and is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters nationwide.

Most states are “highly dependent” on FEMA’s Emergency Management Preparedness Grant, which matches 50% of a state’s investment in emergency management activities for planning and training ...

Explainer-What Is FEMA, US Emergency Agency Under Fire ... order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, just days after he floated shuttering the agency whose ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency ... idea of shuttering FEMA during a trip to ...