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Received the 2011 North America Competitive Strategy Leadership award in the M2M communications market from Frost & Sullivan. Awarded, along with QinetiQ North America, renewal of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) contract for asset...
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Houses were destroyed, others damaged beyond repair. And now, as The N&O's Mandy Locke reported on Sunday, residents face another level of frustration and fear. FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has to move the trailers some families have...
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People watch the new Emergency Alert System(EAS) test on November 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. The FCC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, conducted the first-ever nationwide test of the national Emergency Alert System. EAS participants... View Photo »
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The law enforcement guys really came in and took over and helped establish a place for everyone to go, a place families could call for information, and helped track down everyone's critical medications ... It was textbook NIMS (the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Incident Management Syste...
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According to town officials, the changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance maps mean some people will find their properties are now located in the flood plain and many others whose properties have been in flood plains will see...
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In January new Flood Insurance Rate Maps — developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency — went into effect in Taylor County. While largely similar to the maps in place since the early 1980s, the edges of the floodplain morphed slightly,...
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That total is expected to increase soon. The Port Hueneme Police Department recently received a $25,000 pass-through grant by the Oxnard Harbor District from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to add a fifth K-9. That which would give the agency...
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A TV monitor showing the new Emergency Alert System(EAS) test is seen on November 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. The FCC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, conducted the first-ever nationwide test of the national Emergency Alert System. EAS... View Photo »
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I took the initiative to get a hold of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), having conversations at the highest level. In fact, finances had been approved and they were coming our way so I felt that I was able to weigh in with that. I called the mayor, the fire chief and the superintendent of sch...
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Macciocca, a flood mitigation specialist from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is...- 3:12 pm TOWN OF CHENANGO The Cornell Cooperative of Broome County is offering two workshops in March.- 12:45 pm JOHNSON CITY The Cornell Cooperative Extensions...
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The two chambers still have to reconcile those differences, but it remains a priority for both. The House and Senate unveiled competing budgets Sunday , which included millions more for public schools, local governments and health-care providers,...
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Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing for disaster before it occurs, disaster response (e.g. emergency evacuation, quarantine, mass decontamination, etc.), as well as supporting, and rebuilding society after natural or human-made disasters... Full Article
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate (L) greets Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R) prior to testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee Homeland Security Subcommittee on Capitol Hill October 12, 2011 in Washington DC. The...
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) representatives walk down the street in Duryea, Pa. , Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, after Vice President Joe Biden toured the area. The homes were damaged by flood waters from the Lackawanna River swollen after the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee...
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Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator W. Craig Fugate talks on the telephone Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, in Paterson, N.J. , as he stands near a crowd of people while on a tour of areas in northern New Jersey flooded by Hurricane Irene with Department of Homeland Security...
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William Craig Fugart Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ,left, speaks as Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano listens during a news conference after touring the damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene in Prattsville, N.Y. , Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011.
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William Craig Fugart Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, left, speaks while Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo listen during a news conference after touring the damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene in Prattsville,...
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Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) Director Craig Fugate speaks during a briefing as White House Press Secretary Jay Carney (R) looks on August 29, 2011 at the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Fugate updated reporters on actions being taken in the...
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Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) Director Craig Fugate speaks during a briefing August 29, 2011 at the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Fugate updated reporters on actions being taken in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate speaks about damage done by Hurricane Irene in the press room at the White House in Washington August 29, 2011.
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President Barack Obama, left, listens as Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, speaks about Hurricane Irene in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.
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President Barack Obama with Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, speaks about Hurricane Irene in the Rose Garden at the White House, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Washington.
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President Barack Obama, right, enters the Rose Garden with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, left, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, to speak about Hurricane Irene at the White House in Washington, on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.
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The logo of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seen at its headquarters August 27, 2011 in Washington, DC.
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US President Barack Obama (2ndL), with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate (3rdL) and Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (L) visits with emergency workers on duty at the National Response Coordination Center in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2011. ...
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US President Barack Obama (2ndR) listens as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate (R) updates representatives from various US safety agencies, including US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (3rdR), regarding Hurricane Irene on August 27,...
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Craig Fugate, right, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) briefs President Barack Obama on the status of Hurricane Irene at FEMA headquarters in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano listens at left.
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Kari Howard assembles a baby mobile in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trailer in Joplin, Missouri August 16, 2011. Residents are still recovering and rebuilding from a devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin, in late May, killing nearly 160 people and destroying...
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Melissa Hunter walks her dogs in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trailer park in Joplin, Missouri August 16, 2011. Residents are still recovering and rebuilding from a devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin, in late May, killing nearly 160 people and destroying more...
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Displaced resident William Martin smokes in his Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trailer in Joplin, Missouri August 15, 2011. Residents are still recovering and rebuilding from a devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin, in late May, killing nearly 160 people and...
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trailers are seen in Joplin, Missouri August 15, 2011. Residents are still recovering and rebuilding from a devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin, in late May, killing nearly 160 people and destroying more than 8,000 homes and other...
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A two bedroom mobile home provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency sits in the front yard of Athen Fisher's flood-damaged house near Des Arc, Ark. , Thursday, June 23, 2011.
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Regional coordinator Doug Mayne with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, left, sits with Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Thursday, June 23, 2011 to sign paperwork formalizing assistance for the state's flood emergency, in Helena, Mont.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill June 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Fugate testified about the reauthorization of the National Flood...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate (L) greets Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) before a committee hearing on Capitol Hill June 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Fugate testified...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate (R) looks over his opening statement before testifying to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill June 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Fugate testified about the...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate (R) talks with FEMA Legislative Liaison Vince Fabrizio ahead of testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill June 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. ...
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate (L) greets Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R) prior to testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee Homeland Security Subcommittee on Capitol Hill October 12, 2011 in Washington DC. The...
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