The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can ...

The decision was likely in part due to the agency's delayed response to the flooding disaster in Central Texas. Senior FEMA ...

As Texas lawmakers consider how to improve future disaster response, emergency management officials from Kerr, Travis and ...

David Richardson, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Wednesday defended his agency’s ...

DHS head Kristi Noem refuted a CNN report that her requirement for personal sign-off on DHS contracts over $100,000 slowed ...

As natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and landslides piled up this spring, FEMA accumulated a backlog of disaster requests going into the Gulf of Mexico's hurricane season.

Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz has called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be investigated over the ...

As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and ...

Lawmakers have already identified some local shortfalls. A hearing Thursday will be their first chance to question key ...

During Thursday's public hearing, testimony from several officials is expected, including the Kerrville mayor, the Kerr ...

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...

The homeland security secretary said a report that thousands of calls to a disaster hotline went unanswered because of ...