Protect Your FEMA Assistance Eligibility and Apply Now
Protect Your FEMA Assistance Eligibility and Apply Now LOS ANGELES – If your home or personal property was damaged by the Los Angeles County wildfires or straight-line winds between Jan. 7 – Jan. 31, 2025, you may be eligible for FEMA disaster assistance. Individuals who are uncertain about their eligibility for FEMA assistance, are awaiting insurance claim settlements, or do not currently have unmet needs but may in the future are strongly encouraged to apply for FEMA Individual Assistance by the March 31 deadline. Filing an application ensures that if your insurance claim is denied, you are underinsured, or your
FEMA urges West Virginians to protect their identity and stay informed
FEMA urges West Virginians to protect their identity and stay informed CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a natural disaster, it is important to protect your identity against fraud and identity theft. In some cases, criminals may try to get information by pretending to be disaster workers. Scam artists may try to apply for FEMA assistance using names, addresses, and Social Security numbers they have stolen from people affected by a disaster. Keep these things in mind to protect your identity and stay informed: Federal and local disaster workers do not solicit or accept money. Don’t trust anyone who offers financial or contracting help and
Protect Your Property: Flood Insurance is Vital in New Mexico
Protect Your Property: Flood Insurance is Vital in New Mexico SANTA FE, New Mexico — A single inch of floodwater can cause up to $25,000 of damage to a home, and can occur anywhere and often catches homeowners, renters, and business owners by surprise, leaving them unprepared and vulnerable. When buying or renting a home or managing a business, we often overlook other programs or services that we may need to protect our property. Many people assume their homeowner's or renter’s insurance covers flooding. However, most standard policies do not. Many Chaves County residents and business owners whose property was damaged by
Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA invest $15 million to help protect Western U.S. communities from wildfire
The Department of Commerce and NOAA announced today that approximately $15 million has been provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to construct and deploy a new suite of fire weather observing systems in high-risk locations in the Western United States to support wildfire prediction, detection and monitoring. The investments support four distinct but related components of a regional fire weather observing system that relies on different technologies and approaches with the goal of improving wildfire prediction, detection and monitoring from the regional to local scales. “Catastrophic wildfires threaten the lives and livelihoods of many communities across the country, which is
FEMA Urges West Virginians to Protect Your Identity and Stay Informed
FEMA Urges West Virginians to Protect Your Identity and Stay Informed CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a natural disaster, it is important to protect your identity against fraud and identity theft. In some cases, criminals may try to get information by pretending to be disaster workers. Scam artists may try to apply for FEMA assistance using names, addresses and Social Security numbers they have stolen from people affected by a disaster. Protect your identity and stay informed by doing these easy things: Federal and local disaster workers do not solicit or accept money. Don’t trust anyone who offers financial or contracting help and then asks
Partnerships are Nurtured to Protect a Culture Steeped in Tradition
Partnerships are Nurtured to Protect a Culture Steeped in Tradition LAHAINA, Hawaiʻi – Each day, work crews clearing debris from the burned areas greet the rising and setting sun in prayer. In their dusty, steel-toed boots and neon vests, these men and women form a circle, their rhythmic clapping a signal of their physical, emotional and spiritual connection to each other and the land they labor over. They believe the blessing, or pule, keeps them safe from the dangers they navigate daily. In Lahaina, cultural ceremonies are as commonplace in safety protocols as donning protective gear or hazmat equipment. Since