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Louisa and Spotsylvania Disaster Recovery Centers To Change Hours

on 01 12, 2012 | No Comments

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. -- New hours for the Louisa County Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) and the Spotsylvania County Disaster Recovery Center will go into effect Sunday, January 15, officials of the Virginia

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Meeting Focuses On Bastrop Wildfire Recovery And Endangered Houston Toad

on 01 12, 2012 | 1 Comment

AUSTIN, Texas — Ensuring the protection of the endangered Houston toad while maintaining the brisk pace of Bastrop County’s recovery from the Labor Day 2011 wildfires was the subject of a meeting

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Chalmette High Athletic Facilities To Be Repaired With More FEMA Funds

on 01 12, 2012 | 1 Comment

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced today nearly $3.8 million to the St. Bernard Parish School Board as additional funding for complete restoration of several of Chal

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President Declares Disaster For Massachusetts

on 01 10, 2012 | No Comments

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the commonwealth of Massachusetts and

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Preliminary Flood Maps in Curry County, NM Ready for Public View

on 01 10, 2012 | 1 Comment

DENTON, Texas -- Homeowners, renters and business owners in Curry County, New Mexico are encouraged to look over newly released preliminary flood maps in order to determine their flood risks and make

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Public Invited to Comment on Caddo Parish, LA Preliminary Flood Maps

on 01 10, 2012 | 1 Comment

DENTON, Texas -- After months of collaboration and the continuous sharing of information resulting in preliminary flood maps, officials with Caddo Parish and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (F

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FEMA Regional Administrator Encourages Arkansans to Resolve to Be Ready in 2012

on 01 10, 2012 | 1 Comment

DENTON, Texas -- As 2012 follows one of the most active years for disasters in recent history, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) encourages all Americans to Resolve to be Ready by taking

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Emergency Management and The Use of Social Media

on 01 10, 2012 | No Comments

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. -- Survivors of the Aug 23 earthquake from the City of Fredericksburg, and the counties of Culpeper, Fluvanna, Goochland, Orange, Spotsylvania and Louisa are eligible for Individual As

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Assistance to Texas Wildfire Survivors Nearly $36 Million in Four Months

on 01 10, 2012 | 1 Comment

AUSTIN, Texas -- Almost four months since a Sept. 9 major disaster declaration for the Texas wildfires, assistance to survivors and affected communities is at nearly $36 million, recovery officials sa

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Total Unpaid Overtime Worked is Equivalent to a Million Extra Jobs

on 01 5, 2012 | No Comments

The total amount of unpaid overtime worked last year was 1,968 million hours - worth a record £29.2 billion to the UK economy - and roughly equivalent to a million extra full-time jobs. If workers w

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