News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

Recently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved over $114 million to repair the Enrique Ortega Water Treatment Plant, which has the capacity to treat about 85 million gallons of water per day for clients of the La Plata Reservoir

Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in portions of the cities of Campbell Station, Diaz, Newport and Tupelo; the towns of Jacksonport and Weldon; and unincorporated areas of Jackson County, Arkansas.

Puerto Rico residents who received temporary rental assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after Hurricane Fiona may be eligible to continue receiving this benefit, if they can demonstrate an ongoing need for rental assistance and meet program qualifications.

For homeowners and renters who sustained damage from the July 25-28 floods in St. Clair County, the deadline to apply for federal assistance has passed. In rare cases, though, you may be eligible to submit a late application to FEMA.

The White House announced an Amendment to the Emergency Declaration today authorizing FEMA to extend Direct Federal Assistance to 14 additional counties in California.

FEMA has announced its 2023 traditional reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program, continuing its risk management practice against catastrophic flood losses.

Disaster survivors who are repairing their homes after Hurricane Fiona can visit Walmart in Barceloneta and Canóvanas, Home Depot in Bayamón and Ponce and National Lumber hardware stores in Caguas, Guayama, Mayagüez and Utuado to talk with FEMA mitigation specialists about their damage and discuss how to make homes stronger and safer during the rebuilding process.

U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), a component of FEMA, released the “Executive Summary of the U.S. Fire Administrator’s report” following the first U.S. Fire Administrator’s Summit on Fire Prevention and Control held in October 2022.

Representatives from FEMA will host a Virtual Flood Map Information Open House for communities in Marion County, Indiana, on January 12, 2023, from 5 – 7p.m. ET.

If you applied for assistance from FEMA after sustaining damage from the July 25- 28 floods, you would have received a letter from FEMA.

FEMA would like to remind survivors when two or more disasters are declared in the same state, FEMA ensures survivors receive all eligible assistance while preventing a duplication of federal benefits

More than $4.5 billion in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments has been provided to the state of Florida and to households affected by Hurricane Ian to help survivors jumpstart their recovery.

FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of California to supplement state, local and tribal response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from severe winter storms, flooding and mud slides beginning Jan. 8, 2023, and continuing.

FEMA and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) announced today that $16,380,000 in federal funding has been made available to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of April 4, 2020.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $1.1 million to seven federal laboratories that support DHS missions and homeland security stakeholders.