News, Media & Events: Wisconsin

Events



Sep 24, 2024 - Oct 23, 2024
Important Date
National Disaster Recovery Framework Public Comment Period
FEMA is requesting public comments on its National Disaster Recovery Framework, which explains the federal government’s roles and responsibilities for organizing and deploying disaster recovery assistance.

Oct 21, 2024 EST - Oct 21, 2024 3:00 p.m. EST
Virtual
Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Exigency or Emergency Training on Purchasing Under a FEMA Grant
FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) is offering a series of one-hour 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).

Oct 22, 2024 EST - Oct 22, 2024 4:00 p.m. EST
Virtual
Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Purchasing Under FEMA Awards Training
FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) is offering a series of one-hour 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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Press Releases and Fact Sheets

FEMA Awards More than $872,000 to Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin for Infrastructure Protection Project

Through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program, FEMA has awarded $872,894 to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin (MITW) for an underground power line conversion project. The project will convert a series of overhead copper weld power lines to underground aluminum power lines. Since their installation in the 1950s, these lines have sustained repeated outages from natural hazards. By converting the overhead lines to underground lines, this project will ensure power to the reservation remains operable during severe weather, ice storms and extreme cold.
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FEMA Launches First Virtual Internship Program

The application period is now open for the FEMA Region 5 Virtual Internship Program, an opportunity for students living in or attending colleges or universities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin to get hands-on training in the growing field of emergency management. These unpaid positions will offer students the chance to learn about FEMA programs and services and gain real-world experience with the potential for future full-time employment at FEMA or another federal agency.
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FEMA Provides $66.9M to Wisconsin Department of Health Services

FEMA and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) announced today that $66,992,779 in federal funding has been made available to Wisconsin Department of Health Services for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration on April 4, 2020.
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