Disaster & Emergency Agencies

The federal government was immune from liability in lawsuits brought by hurricane victims who were allegedly exposed to dangerous levels of formaldehyde while living in emergency housing units, the 5th Circuit has ruled...

It's right there on the Sewerage and Water Board website: The president of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board is the mayor of New Orleans. But recent developments point toward the need...

Construction is set to begin on the building that will replace the facility that housed the offices for the LSU Health Foundation until Hurricane Katrina. Satterfield and Pontikes Construction Group became the apparent...

Louisiana accounted for the third most premiums through the National Flood Insurance Program as of Nov. 30, with policyholders having paid $345.1 million into the program. Florida had the most with nearly 2.1...

Iowa Low-Income Housing Credit Disaster Relief The Internal Revenue Service is suspending certain requirements under § 42 of the Internal Revenue Code for low-income housing credit projects to provide emergency housing relief needed...

Advanced Dispatch Software Controls Most Radio Technologies GILBERT, S.C. -- Avtec Inc., a provider of Internet Protocol (IP)-based dispatch console systemsin North America, announced its latest software release, Scout(TM) 2.1, is now in...

MASA SWORD's New PIVTS Service Offering Improves Training Efficiency and Effectiveness While Reducing Costs NEW ORLEANS -- During the new International Disaster Conference & Expo (IDCE), at booth #509, MASA Group ("MASA"), a...

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Florida Venture Forum (http://www.floridaventureforum.org) has selected 19 Florida companies to present at the 21st annual Florida Venture Capital Conference, to be held at the Naples Grande Beach Resort in...

Louisiana accounted for the third most premiums through the National Flood Insurance Program as of Oct. 31, with policyholders having paid $344.4 million into the program. Florida had the most with nearly 2.1...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- EQECAT, Inc. is proud to announce that Kate Stillwell, Product Manager of Earthquake Products, has been selected by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) as a member of the first...

-- ShelterBox USA Engages Firm for Communications Counsel and Publicity Services throughout the U.S. -- WASHINGTON -- ShelterBox USA, the U.S. affiliate of ShelterBox Trust, an international humanitarian aid organization that provides emergency...

Ask an accountant to say which is worse, the annual audit, a fire, or a lawsuit and the response will be reminiscent of the old Jack Benny joke "Your money or your life?"--"I'm...

A potential roadblock to FEMA's effectiveness is its relationship with private insurance companies. The agency doesn't issue relief funds to homeowners or businesses until their flood insurance claims have been processed. But in...

When a disaster hits the United States, FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is there to save the day- at least in theory. Whether it's a cataclysmic event, such as 2005's Hurricane Katrina,...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There has been discussion about the viability of an Arctic deep water port in the United States, but those talks took a serious turn when Senator Lisa Murkowski joined Secretary of...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is still trying to account for nearly $20 million that came in during the relief efforts following Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne more than seven years ago, according...

TUALATIN, Ore. -- Powin Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Powin Corporation (OTCBB:PWON), has launched its new line of scalable and affordable energy storage solution products for the residential, commercial, industrial and utility...

Nature has taken its toll on the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center in Mid-City, but man has been far more vicious. During a tour of the site, the light attached to site supervisor...

Federal disaster aid will continue flowing to New Jersey as relief efforts stemming from four major storms this year carry on and as the state receives new funding to buy homes in eight...