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Fla. resumes toll collection after being suspended for Irma evacuees
Most toll road collections in Florida will resume at 12:01 a.m. Sept. 21, the Florida Department of Transportation says. The state had suspended tolls Sept. 5 throughout the state to aid Hurricane Irma evacuations and those evacuees’ return to the state. Tolls, however, will remain suspended on the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike, south of […]
September 21, 2017
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FEMA: Alabama disaster assistance tops $100 million
More than $100 million in federal disaster assistance has been approved for Alabama survivors of the spring storms and tornadoes. This amount includes funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Small Business Administration to assist survivors who had storm-related losses between April 15 and May 31. Federal disaster assistance has been provided […]
June 23, 2011
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FEMA assistance for Oklahoma
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to Oklahoma to supplement the state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of May 22-25, 2011. Federal funding is available to affected individuals in the counties of Canadian, Delaware, Grady, Kingfisher, […]
June 7, 2011
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“We’re still, in many cases, even further back tha
“We’re still, in many cases, even further back than Katrina, still rebuilding and paying for costs of recovery operations,” says Craig Fugate, FEMA’s administrator. “These are longer-term commitments that are ongoing in addition to the most recent disasters.” –as quoted by National Public Radio in a June 6, 2011 broadcast
June 6, 2011
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TRB: Disaster guide bids solicited
The Transportation Research Board is soliciting bids to create a “Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies and Significant Events.” Bids on the $250,000 project, which is expected to take 15 months to complete, review and revise, are due on July 6th. The guide, which will segue off a 2010 publication directed toward state […]
May 31, 2011
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DeKalb County: $5 million to clean up debris
The DeKalb County Commission in northeast Alabama decided today to let the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers handle the county’s debris cleanup. The county says a “conservative estimate” has clean up costs between $4.5 and $5 million. As quoted in the Fort Payne Times-Journal, County Engineer Ben Luther, said, “They have guys who are waiting […]
May 12, 2011
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“During an emergency operations center planning me
“During an emergency operations center planning meeting immediately following an event, try to determine how long recovery will take. Once there’s an agreement on a time, multiply it by 10.” –Carlos J. Castillo, writing in the January/February 2011 issue of Emergency Management Magazine. Castillo is a former FEMA assistant administrator for disaster assistance.
May 6, 2011
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