Arkansas Severe Winter Storm

[From www.fema.gov]
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:00:00 -0600
Emergency Declaration number 3301 declared on Jan 28, 2009

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Kentucky Severe Winter Storm

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Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:00:00 -0600
Emergency Declaration number 3302 declared on Jan 28, 2009

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Hazard Mitigation Saves Historic Galveston Home

[From www.fema.gov]
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:55:04 -0600

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Free Workshop For Local Businesses Set For February

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:00:00 -0600
(Source: wwww.FEMA.gov)
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is offering a free workshop for local businesses interested in government disaster contract work.

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Rental Resources Still Needed More Than Three Years After Hurricane Katrina

FEMA Urges Landlords To Register Rental Property

(Source: www.FEMA.gov)
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:00:00 -0600
BILOXI, Miss. -- Federal officials have stepped up efforts to help Mississippi families continue their recovery and transition to permanent housing following Hurricane Katrina. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Housing Resource department has identified 5,684 available rental resources on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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National Disaster Housing Strategy Released

[From FEMA]
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:00:00 -0600


WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced the release of the National Disaster Housing Strategy. The Strategy summarizes, for the first time in a single document, the many sheltering and housing capabilities, principles, and policies that guide and inform the disaster housing process. The Strategy also charts the new direction that our disaster housing efforts must take to better meet the disaster housing needs of individuals and communities moving forward.

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Municipal Water Supply System Challenges

There are numerous challenges in administering a local water supply system to ensure adequate water supply and pressure for fire protection. Water storage capacity, system demand, supply interruption, number and performance of fire hydrants, use of non-potable water, and alternative water supply are some of the issues that confront both water utilities and fire departments.

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Five-Year Threat Forecast for the U.S.

A new intelligence assessment says the terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy.

The Associated Press’ Eileen Sullivan says the report, obtained by AP, also found that chemical biological, radiological and nuclear attacks are considered the most dangerous threats that could be carried out against the US, but also the most unlikely.

“Intelligence officials also predict that in the next five years, terrorists will try to conduct a destructive biological attack,” Sullivan says. “Officials are concerned about the possibility of infections to thousands of US citizens, overwhelming regional health care systems.”

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