Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Damage onNew Jersey shore Precisely detailed geospatial satellite imagery is being used by FEMA to see into areas most damaged by Hurricane Sandy to help qualify storm survivors for two months of rental assistance. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post…
FEMA using satelite imaging to qualify Sandy assistance
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Damage onNew Jersey shore Precisely detailed geospatial satellite imagery is being used by FEMA to see into areas most damaged by Hurricane Sandy to help qualify storm survivors for two months of rental assistance. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post…
FEMA approves more than $200 million in Sandy assistance
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Sandy damage A little more than a week after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the east coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has approved more than $200 million in assistance money for than a quarter of a million people in the…
FEMA purchasing a range of emergency supplies and services
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Stage 2baby food As one might imagine, FEMA must procure a wide range of products and services as it attempts to implement a sweeping disaster relief operation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. This is being illustrated by the growing list of…
FEMA will distribute at least 120,000 kosher meals in hurricane-stricken areas
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response As part of its effort to feed victims of Hurricane Sandy on Long Island and in New Jersey, FEMA plans to procure 120,000 kosher meals for delivery on Nov. 2 The agency issued a solicitation on Oct. 31, and informed prospective suppliers that they…
Intelligence mapping agency aides FEMA in Sandy Recovery
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Katrina damage photo As with past catastrophic hurricanes, the little-known agency that supplies the U.S. intelligence community with mapping and other geospatial information is helping emergency management agencies assess the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy across the middle Atlantic states and northeast….
FEMA looking toward recovery operations as Sandy moves ashore
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: FEMA’s Craig Fugate As Hurricane Sandy moved closer to its New Jersey landfall, federal emergency management administrators are moving past the preparation stages for the storm and looking to support recovery efforts by states in the coming days. Federal Emergency Management Agency…
FEMA gives a look inside NRCC during Sandy prep
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: FEMA’s NRCC, Oct. 28 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided a glimpse of the hectic activity inside its Washington D.C. response coordination center ahead of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall. An Oct. 28 blog post on the agency’s Web site showed FEMA employees…
Intl. Assn. of Emergency Managers lands half-million-dollar FEMA award
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response FEMA intends to award a contract worth just under $500,000 to the International Association of Emergency Managers, headquartered in Falls Church, VA, to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Integration Center’s current Private Sector Preparedness Program. The contract will also ask the emergency managers…
FEMA raises ceiling on disaster assistance payments to individuals and households to $31,900
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Applicant for FEMA’sindividual assistance FEMA announced on Oct. 9 that it was raising the maximum amount of assistance available under its “Individuals and Households Program” for emergencies and major disasters by $500 – from $31,400 to $31,900. This new ceiling on assistance…