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When Anniston's Center for Domestic Preparedness resumes offering training for first responders around chemical and biological material, there will be some changes in procedures, officials said today. The changes are part of the response to the disclosure last month that almost 10,000 first responders were exposed to toxic ricin at the center over a five-year period.
Microtel Hotel manager Debbie Aulis, left, looks through ad circulars with a lady in the lobby of her hotel where she has helped People displaced after floods destroyed their homes in August. Many will spend Christmas in hotels since their homes are not renovated yet.
Submitted Photo Mayor Chuck Barney signs FEMA paperwork giving Minot a Class 8 rating in the flood insurance program, which entitles residents in the flood hazard area to receive a 10 percent premium discount. City Engineer Lance Meyer looks on at right.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has acknowledged that hundreds of Ohio emergency responders were exposed to a potentially fatal toxin while training at a FEMA facility in Alabama, according to an Associated Press report. The federal agency released a statement Wednesday saying that they had received no reports of illness as a result of the ricin exposure.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has acknowledged that hundreds of Ohio emergency responders were exposed to a potentially fatal toxin while training at a FEMA facility in Alabama. The federal agency released a statement Wednesday saying that they have received no reports of illness as a result of the ricin exposure.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has acknowledged that hundreds of Ohio emergency responders were exposed to a potentially fatal toxin while training at a FEMA facility in Alabama. The federal agency released a statement Wednesday saying that they have received no reports of illness as a result of the ricin exposure.
Anniston's Center for Domestic Preparedness has suspended use of all chemical and biological material until further notice as officials continue to probe how almost 10,000 first responders were exposed to toxic ricin over a five-year period. In addition, the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General is investigating how people at the center may have come in contact with the poison.
Her ruined furniture, books, pictures and other belongings lie stacked at the curb, left there by volunteers with Samaritan's Purse. They've placed family photos that might be saved on the porch.
Students from Glen Oaks High School in Baton Rouge are set to return their school grounds for classes sometime in the spring, but they will be moving back into a sea of temporary classrooms because a return to the permanent buildings will have to wait another two more years at least. East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent Warren Drake said he's received preliminary approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to purchase and install at least $7.5 million worth of temporary buildings at the high school, including a cafeteria, career-and-technical building and 30 classrooms.
Landslide victim Christina Gretz is pictured at her home on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Photo by Stacie Scott, The Gazette Christina Gretz is determined to make this Christmas merry for her husband and three children, even as their landslide-ravaged home cracks and creaks around them.
One of the first orders of business for the Chatham County Commission in the new year, or sooner, is to enact a local ordinance that gives clear legal responsibility for storm debris clean-up to the county government. The lack of such an ordinance, according to U.S. Rep Buddy Carter and others, has apparently been a stumbling block in getting the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse Chatham County for clearing storm debris from inside gated communities.
Shipping mistake with bioterror pathogen ricin exposes almost 10,000 trainees over about five years at Alabama terrorism response center. Emergency trainees mistakenly exposed to deadly ricin Shipping mistake with bioterror pathogen ricin exposes almost 10,000 trainees over about five years at Alabama terrorism response center.
USA Today is reporting 9,600 firefighters and paramedics may have been exposed to dangerous levels of ricin at FEMAs Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston. According to the paper, the center says it ordered a ricin extract unlikely to cause harm from a company in Florida.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says more than 4,800 people have registered for aid since wind and flooding struck two months ago. FEMA has approved nearly $8 million in aid so far, while the National Flood Insurance Program has paid policy holders $30 million.
FEMA's Disaster Recovery Center at the old Kmart in Lumberton will be closed for at least part of the day on Thursday because of a problem with the heating system. Nate Custer, media relations specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said today it's unclear exactly when the system would be fixed and the center would reopen, but was hopeful it would be later in the day Thursday.
Advocate staff file photo by STACY GILL -- Zachary resident Mandie Barnes, left, applies for flood assistance through FEMA representative Rebecca Thurman, of Texas, at the Disaster Recovery Center inside the Zachary Men's Club on Rollins Road in September. Advocate staff file photo by STACY GILL -- Zachary resident Mandie Barnes, left, applies for flood assistance through FEMA representative Rebecca Thurman, of Texas, at the Disaster Recovery Center inside the Zachary Men's Club on Rollins Road in September.
Many displaced Hurricane Matthew survivors face a challenging holiday season. Governor Pat McCrory has called a special session of the legislature to address pressing needs.
In Lumberton alone, more than 600 people are still in temporary housing, such as area motels. There just aren't enough available houses to accommodate the need.
Virginia suffered only a glancing blow from Hurricane Matthew last month when unprecedented amounts of rain fell, but on Wednesday officials estimated flood damage to be hundreds of millions of dollars, making it the costliest storm since Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Emergency management officials are now renewing calls for residents to get flood insurance, saying a vast majority of homeowners in areas vulnerable to major hurricane storm surge lack coverage.
If Jefferson City residents want flood insurance, it's available at an affordable premium, according to state and federal emergency management officials who led a Flood Insurance Open House at City Hall this week. Floods, flood insurance, stormwater and the municipal infrastructure that handles stormwater have been issues of citywide concern since the flash floods of August and September.