FEMA
If you have special needs, emergency preparedness plan should be high priority
With flood risks about to increase quickly in parts of the Northern Plains, and with a spring and summer of weather warnings ahead, the need for emergency preparedness becomes more apparent. Thats es...
Posted on 4/24/13 at 1:02 PM
The emergency management kinship...
Having spent 10 years now working with the emergency management community I can tell you that there just aren't any finer agroup of folks. I love working amongst them - I consider it an honor and priv...
Posted on 9/13/12 at 9:11 PM
Update: Dayton wants to investigate FEMA aid differences
Gov. Mark Dayton says he wants to look into a reported difference of opinion within the federal agency that rejected Minnesotas request for individual flood recovery aid. Dayton said on Thursday th...
Posted on 7/26/12 at 1:49 PM
Project Dorothy Room
I finally got a project in July, prior to that time life had been enough of a project to keep me busy. Although I have not finished this task yet, I wanted to write about it before summer had ...
Posted on 8/12/11 at 11:57 AM
Napolitano plans to visit Minot on Wednesday
BISMARCK--U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano plans to visit Minot and surrounding areas on Wednesday for an aerial tour of flooding and to meet with local, state and federal offici...
Posted on 7/8/11 at 5:27 PM
FEMA: Grand Forks County Flood damage is minor
Flood damage in Grand Forks this spring amounted to a handful of washed out culverts and a loss of gravel. “There was no real damage,” Grand Forks County Road Superintendent Richard Onstad said. “What we’ve seen is everything was pretty minor compared with what we’ve had in the past.”By Kevin Bonham , May 14, 2013
FEMA housing numbers drop more in Ward County 
The number of temporary federal housing units still occupied in northern North Dakota's Ward County has fallen below 300.
By Associated Press , May 08, 2013
Obama declares storm disaster in SW Minnesota 
President Barack Obama has declared a major federal disaster for five southwestern Minnesota counties hit by an April ice storm.
By Associated Press , May 03, 2013
Gov. Dalrymple seeks extension for FEMA housing program 
Gov. Jack Dalrymple asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday to extend a temporary housing program to Minot and Ward County residents displaced by flooding in 2011.
By Associated Press , April 22, 2013
FEMA frustrated by drop in ND flood policies 
As North Dakota faces another possible major flood this spring, federal officials are frustrated by the number of people in the state who lack insurance for such a disaster.
By Dave Kolpack , March 29, 2013
FEMA giving Minot $2.1 million for floodwall project 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is giving the city of Minot about $2.1 million for the first phase of a project to protect the city's water treatment plant with a floodwall.
By Associated Press , March 19, 2013
Occupied FEMA homes in Ward County down to 400 
The number of temporary federal housing units still occupied in Ward County has dropped to about 400.
By Associated Press , March 07, 2013
Minot getting money to shore up sewer system 
The city of Minot is getting federal grant money to shore up its sanitary sewer system.
By Associated Press , December 21, 2012
ND getting more flood-recovery money from FEMA 
North Dakota is getting a federal grant of nearly $1.4 million to help with recovery efforts following last year's historic Missouri River flooding in the Bismarck-Mandan area.
By Associated Press , December 04, 2012
FEMA to use manufactured housing in Sandy zones 
By Alicia A. Caldwell , November 08, 2012
Occupied FEMA units in Ward County below 1,000 
The number of temporary Federal Emergency Management Agency housing units in Ward County that are still occupied has dropped below 1,000.
By Associated Press , October 19, 2012
Minot housing programs target elderly, disabled 
Programs in Minot to rehab or reconstruct flood-damaged properties are focusing on elderly and disabled people who are still living in temporary housing provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
By Associated Press , September 21, 2012
FEMA temporary housing program extended in Minot 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed Wednesday to extend its temporary housing program in Minot by six months as the city continues its recovery from the historic Souris River flooding last summer.
By Associated Press , August 29, 2012
Dalrymple wants FEMA housing program extended in Minot 
By Associated Press , August 02, 2012
FEMA trailers won't work for teachers in Williston, ND 
School officials in Williston have decided temporary trailers that were used for flood victims won't work for teachers. Assistant superintendent Pam Lambert says the school district purchased five of the units from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
By Associated Press , July 28, 2012
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