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June 25, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- In the aftermath of recent spring storms and flooding in the Kansas City area, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials are urging homeowners, renters and businesses to...
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June 25, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- This year thousands of homeowners, renters and business owners will be faced with devastating financial loss due to flooding. Many will be surprised to learn after the fact that...
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June 22, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- On June 26, local, state and federal partners will gather at the Council Bluffs Community Hall, 205 South Main St., to discuss strategies to make Council Bluffs a more disaster-...
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June 14, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- Bolivar, Missouri will enter a new level of commitment in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities program during a...
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June 6, 2001
Bob and Joni Hocken don't plan to let the muddy waters of the Wapsipinicon River drive them from their Independence, Iowa, home again. Twice in 1999-first in May and later in July- the "Wapsi" as...
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June 6, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that the Blessed Sacrament Catholic School and the Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School in Wichita, Kan., will...
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June 1, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is participating with Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse during its Safety Day at the company's Northland store, located at the...
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April 25, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- Butler County, Kansas, will formally join the disaster-resistant efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant...
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April 24, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The city of Hannibal, the latest Missouri community to join Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities, is thinking ahead on ways to better prepare itself when...
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April 19, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- Spring has barely arrived and already severe winds and tornadoes have struck the Midwest. While improved warning has helped reduce the loss of life and injuries, safe refuges...
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April 2, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The first days of April are a reminder that spring is just around the corner. Warmer weather brings a spring thaw, rainy days, and flooding. FEMA is committed to helping Americans...
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March 20, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that Trinity Jr./Sr. Catholic High School in Hutchinson, Kan., will receive over two hundred thousand dollars in...
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March 19, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is conducting 10 flood program workshops for...
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March 19, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that over one million dollars in federal funds have been made available to help construct safe rooms in Reno County,...
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March 12, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- Hannibal, MO is celebrating becoming Missouri's most recent community to join Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities, an initiative of the Federal Emergency...
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March 8, 2001
In 2000, 45 national major disasters were declared, inflicting more than $3.3 billion in damage to homes and businesses across the country. State emergency management agencies in Iowa, Kansas,...
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March 7, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- As Iowa holds its annual Severe Weather Awareness Week, April 2-6, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities...
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March 6, 2001
Kansas City, MO, March 6, 2001 -- As Kansas holds its annual Severe Weather Awareness Week, March 12-16, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant...
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February 27, 2001
Kansas City, MO February 27, 2001 -- As Nebraska holds its annual Severe Weather Awareness Week, April 2-6, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Project Impact: Building Disaster...
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February 27, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- Federal, state and volunteer agency representatives gathered here recently for a three-day certification exercise conducted by the Fifth U.S. Army to train and certify the U.S....
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February 27, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- As Missouri holds its annual Severe Weather Awareness Week, March 12-16, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Project Impact: Building Disaster...
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February 4, 2001
Kansas City, MO February 4, 2001 -- Any resident of the Midwest who thinks this part of the country is immune to earthquakes and that they only occur in California or...
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January 31, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- Robert G. Bissell has been designated the Acting Deputy Regional Director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Region VII in Kansas City, Mo. Region VII covers the...
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January 30, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that over $444,000 in federal funds have been made available to help construct safe rooms in the Wichita, Kan....
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January 19, 2001
Kansas City, MO -- Arthur L. Freeman has been designated the Acting Regional Director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Region VII in Kansas City, Mo. Region VII covers the states...
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