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Jan 29, 2025 - Apr 30, 2025
Important Date
Delta County, Colorado New Flood Map Appeal Period
Delta County’s flood insurance rate map update is nearing completion. The new maps will provide Delta County and Communities with more accurate flood risk information that can help local officials and residents make informed decisions about reducing flood risks and purchasing flood insurance.
Apr 29, 2025 - Jul 28, 2025
Important Date
Proposed Saguache County Flood Map Reflects Changes to Local Flood Risk, Insurance Rates
Saguache County’s flood insurance rate map update is nearing completion. The new maps will provide Saguache County and the Town of Saguache with more accurate flood risk information that can help local officials and residents make informed decisions about reducing flood risks and purchasing flood insurance.
Apr 29, 2025 EST - Apr 29, 2025 6:00 p.m. EST
Virtual
Purchasing Under FEMA Awards Training: Introduction (1-hour)
FEMA’s Grant Program Directorate (GPD) is offering a series of trainings on the federal procurement under grants rules applicable to recipients and subrecipients purchasing under a FEMA grant award. These virtual trainings will be facilitated by GPD’s Procurement Disaster Assistance Team (PDAT).
May 8, 2025 EST - May 8, 2025 5:00 p.m. EST
Virtual
Purchasing Under FEMA Awards Training: Navigating Compliance in the Procurement Lifecycle (2-hour)
FEMA’s Grant Program Directorate (GPD) is offering a series of trainings on the federal procurement under grants rules applicable to recipients and subrecipients purchasing under a FEMA grant award. These virtual trainings will be facilitated by GPD’s Procurement Disaster Assistance Team (PDAT).
May 12, 2025 EST - May 12, 2025 7:00 p.m. EST
Virtual
Purchasing Under FEMA Awards Training: Emergency or Exigency (1-hour)
FEMA’s Grant Program Directorate (GPD) is offering a series of trainings on the federal procurement under grants rules applicable to recipients and subrecipients purchasing under a FEMA grant award. These virtual trainings will be facilitated by GPD’s Procurement Disaster Assistance Team (PDAT).
May 21, 2025 EST - May 21, 2025 8:00 p.m. EST
Virtual
Purchasing Under FEMA Awards Training: Introduction (1-hour)
FEMA’s Grant Program Directorate (GPD) is offering a series of trainings on the federal procurement under grants rules applicable to recipients and subrecipients purchasing under a FEMA grant award. These virtual trainings will be facilitated by GPD’s Procurement Disaster Assistance Team (PDAT).

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Residents Working toward Permanent Housing Solutions

FEMA, the state, local officials and nonprofit organizations continue to work with hundreds of households displaced from their homes after Hurricane Michael. FEMA is currently providing temporary housing units for about 500 families. FEMA and its partners have helped more than 400 families achieve a more permanent housing solution.

The Direct Housing program ends April 11, 2020. Thereafter, FEMA will collect monthly rent and possible fees if occupants continue to live in their FEMA-provided temporary housing unit(s).

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Public Notice of FEMA’s Intended Procurement of Reinsurance February 2020

Release date: 

May 2, 2020

AGENCY: FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

ACTION: NOTICE REPORTING ON FEMA’S PROCUREMENT OF REINSURANCE FOR THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THE REVISED AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (April 6, 2014) .

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Final Notice of Reinsurance of FEMA's Intended Procurement

Date of Notice: 

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) will be procuring reinsurance for the National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”) to be effective on or about January 1, 2019. To participate in the reinsurance procurement, vendors must submit a request to participate by November 19, 2018, and final tenders by November 29, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT: FEMA’s Reinsurance Broker, Guy Carpenter and Company, at FEMA.GC@guycarp.com or a FEMA representative at FEMA-NFIP-REINSURANCE@fema.dhs.gov.

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Details Matter When Filing a FEMA Appeal

SACRAMENTO, Calif.  – Survivors who registered with FEMA for federal assistance due to one of California’s two 2020 wildfire disaster declarations receive letters containing the agency’s response to their application and the reason for that determination.

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Landmark Nationwide Losses Avoided Study Finds That Building Codes Save

Using big data, FEMA’s modeling of the 18.1 million buildings constructed in the United States since 2000 has found the nation has saved $1.6 billion every year. These savings represent the cumulative losses avoided when structures follow International Codes or similar building codes that mitigate flood, hurricane and earthquake damage. FEMA projects that by 2040, the nation will save around $3.2 billion per year. This adds up to almost $133 billion in total losses avoided from 2000 to 2040.

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PDFs, Graphics & Multimedia

View the Disaster Multimedia Toolkit for social media and video content to help communicate about general disaster recovery.

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Hazus Export Tool Data Dictionary

This data dictionary guides users in understanding and utilizing the data from the Hazus Export Tool for improved use of Hazus results for disaster preparedness.

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Draft Environmental Assessment for Tompkinsville Esplanade and NYCDOT Dockbuilders Pier, FEMA-DR-4085-NY, November 2024

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Public Notice for Tompkinsville Esplanade and NYCDOT Dockbuilders Pier, FEMA-DR-4085-NY, November 2024

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Notice to Congress: February 2025 Update

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Notice to Congress: April 2025 Update

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NIMS Intelligence/Investigations Function Guidance

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Performance of Residential Buildings (Maui Wildfires Summary Report #2)

This summary report focuses on the performance of one- and two-family residential buildings impacted by the August 2023 wildfires on Maui. The performance of residential buildings varied depending on their design, construction type and quality, geographic location, siting, development density, landscape vegetation, distance to other surrounding flammable materials, and maintenance history. Several homes sustained damage from wind as well as fire, including wind damage to roof coverings, windows, and doors.

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Codes, Standards, and Permitting (Maui Wildfires Summary Report #1)

This summary report focuses on the performance of one- and two-family residential buildings impacted by the August 2023 wildfires on Maui. The performance of residential buildings varied depending on their design, construction type and quality, geographic location, siting, development density, landscape vegetation, distance to other surrounding flammable materials, and maintenance history. Several homes sustained damage from wind as well as fire, including wind damage to roof coverings, windows, and doors.

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Fire-Resistant Materials and Assemblies (Maui Wildfires Recovery Advisory #4)

Homeowners, business owners, design professionals and builders in wildfire-prone regions can benefit from understanding general fire resistance characteristics of common construction materials and building products. This Recovery Advisory aims to provide a list of materials that can withstand higher exposure and help slow the spread of fire, but it is important to remember that fire-resistant does not mean fire-proof.

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Designing New Residential Structures to Decrease Wildfire Risk (Maui Wildfires Recovery Advisory #3)

This Recovery Advisory, focused on one- and two-family dwellings, presents important fire safety recommendations for design professionals, including architects, engineers, installation professionals and contractors to reduce the likelihood of ignition and structure-to-structure fire spread in single family homes during a wildfire, where building setbacks and defensible space may be limited.

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