JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The 2024 Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan will be presented Wednesday, February 7, to the Jackson County Board of Commissioners for final adoption. The last plan was adopted and approved by FEMA in 2018. The county updates ...
Wednesday is the Nationwide Emergency Alert from FEMA. At 11:20 a.m. every television, radio, and cellphone in the country will send out a test for an emergency alert. One of the big reasons for the alerts are natural disasters like ...
(NBC) – Retired Maj. Jeff Hickman, a spokesperson for Hawaii’s Department of Defense, said on NBC’s “TODAY” show Monday that search and response efforts are ramping up and Maui will soon be heading into recovery phase — “and that’s going ...
BROOKINGS, Ore. – The Port of Brookings Harbor is set to receive $1.8 million for natural disaster recovery efforts. The harbor’s manager tells NBC5 it’s to help remove debris following a storm in April 2019. The heavy rainfall caused excessive ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over $5 million is heading to Oregon to help clean up the Port of Brookings Harbor and to help with disaster mitigation costs. Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the port and the ...
ASHLAND, Ore. – Ashland Fire and Rescue will get a much needed cancer screening machine with federal grant money. We told you about the $365,000 grant from FEMA earlier this week. It will get the department new breathing equipment to ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Oregon Senior U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said rent for 2020 fire survivors who are living in FEMA temporary housing will not be due until May 1st. In February, FEMA sent letters to survivors of the 2020 ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. —Survivors from the devastating wildfires fires, living in FEMA housing, will soon have to start paying rent. The temporary housing unit program through FEMA was extended until September 15th. By law, FEMA says it has to charge ...
TALENT, Ore. – Local wildfire survivors are getting the option to buy the FEMA trailer they’re currently calling home. It’s something FEMA said it’s never done before. Now NBC5 News is learning that the trailers that aren’t kept will be ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. —Many Almeda Fire victims are still calling FEMA trailers home, across Jackson County. Commissioner Rick Dyer tells us, the residents in the trailers were sent a letter, asking if they would like to purchase their trailer. Dyer ...