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

FEMA helps respond to disasters when local leaders request a presidential emergency declaration, a signal that the damage is ...

On Monday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp declared a statewide State of Emergency, effective immediately, in preparation for the ...

On the fifth day of President Donald Trump's second term the Republican president attended an anti-abortion rally before ...

President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is responsible for helping states ... he said after landing in the Asheville area. "Let the state take care of the tornadoes and the hurricanes and all ...

President Donald Trump floated “getting rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday as he visited ...

FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of FEMA” as he visited hurricane-battered ...

According to a news release from Kemp’s office, “The State of Emergency authorizes the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) to activate the State Operations ...