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October 23, 2002
Kansas City, Mo. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) together with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the cities of Elwood and Wathena, Kan. will conduct two public meetings...
Region VII
September 21, 2002
Volunteers from 47 organizations donned work gloves and orange safety vests to help clean up their communities in Polk County, Missouri during a beautiful September fall Saturday.
The...
Region VII
August 25, 2002
Kansas City, Mo. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
announced today that a public meeting will be held on Oct. 25, 2002
to discuss the evaluation of an...
Region VII
August 22, 2002
Kansas City, Mo. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide a booth for the Child Safety Summit in Omaha on Sunday, August 25.
Stressing family preparedness, the...
Region VII
August 15, 2002
Kansas City, Mo. --Team members study scenarios and devise strategies
for deploying from a mock Base of Operations during Rapid Needs
Assessment training...
Region VII
July 26, 2002
Kansas City, Mo. --The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
today announced that a public meeting will be held on August 29,
2002, to discuss the evaluation of the...
Region VII
July 2, 2002
Kansas City, Mo. -- The State of Iowa with Scott and Clinton Counties, and the State of Illinois with Rock Island and Whiteside Counties, will participate in an exercise with the Quad Cities Nuclear...
Region VII
June 11, 2002
Kansas City, MO -- National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) officials will hold a workshop June 13, in Marion, Iowa. The workshop is designed to help insurance producers, lenders and community/...
Region VII
June 11, 2002
Kansas City, MO -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that a public meeting will be held on July 12, 2002, to discuss the evaluation of the utility, and state and local...
Region VII
June 5, 2002
Columbia, MO -- FEMA Region VII, the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency, Premier Marketing Group, Central Electric Cooperative, and the National Weather Service joined in an "Electronic...
Region VII
March 13, 2002
Kansas City, MO -- The deadliest tornado in United States history cut a path of devastation through communities in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana on March 18, 1925. According to the National Weather...
Region VII
March 5, 2002
Please find listed below the information regarding a fire grant workshops that will be held in Region VII states. The purpose of the workshops is to assist fire departments by explaining and...
Region VII
January 29, 2002
Some of the most commonly used winter weather terms are listed
and explained below.
Outlook: is used to indicate a hazardous
weather event may develop...
Region VII
January 29, 2002
Now that winter has officially arrived in the Midwest, it is important
to remember that heavy snows, icy conditions and dangerously cold
temperatures can occur at any...
Region VII
January 29, 2002
Until recently, there has not been detailed guidance available to assist facility owners and design professionals with the selection and evaluation of high wind refuge areas (areas used as evacuation...
Region VII
January 29, 2002
To protect yourself and your home in advance from the dangers associated
with winter weather, FEMA recommends:
Hiring a contractor to check the structural ability of the...
Region VII
January 24, 2002
Kansas City, MO, January 24, 2002 -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that more than $1 million in federal funding will be made available to help reduce the risk of...
Region VII
January 16, 2002
Kansas City, MO -- Recent earthquake activity in the New Madrid Seismic Zone serves as a gentle reminder that earthquakes can occur in the Midwest. During the month of December, ten minor earthquakes...
Region VII
January 14, 2002
Until recently, there has not been detailed guidance available to assist facility owners and design professionals with the selection and evaluation of high wind refuge areas (areas used as evacuation...
Region VII
October 31, 2001
Washington, DC -- Dick Hainje, a 23-year veteran of
the Sioux Falls Fire Rescue Department and a member of the South Dakota state
legislature, has been appointed director of Region VII for the...
Region VII, Headquarters
October 23, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that a public meeting will be held on November 16, 2001 to discuss the evaluation of the performance of the utility,...
Region VII
October 4, 2001
Workshop
Registration Form
Kansas City, MO -- Until recently, there has not been detailed guidance available to assist facility owners with selecting and evaluating high wind refuge areas (...
Region VII
September 24, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) today announced that a public meeting will be held on October 24,
2001, to discuss the evaluation of the performance of the utility...
Region VII
July 13, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The Nebraska communities of Scotts Bluff County and the city of Grand Island will become disaster-resistant communities through the Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA)...
Region VII
July 9, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The summer is a time for backyard cookouts, lazy afternoons spent at the pool and evenings whacking balls at the softball diamond. It is also a time when the hot weather can easily...
Region VII