By Brian Balfour Raleigh, NC – recording of a 2023 FEMA webinar recently went viral on social media and made national news for all the wrong reasons. You’ve probably heard about it by now. In it, FEMA employees and consultants…
By Andy Foshee Pittsboro, NC – Covid-19, twin hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, 500 fires burning in California, a contentious political environment. While all this sounds like the tag line to a thriller action novel it’s the world we’re…
Pittsboro, NC – After extensive effort to document damage around the county, Chatham County Emergency Management received notice today that residents and business owners in the county may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage and…
Pittsboro, NC – Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) is a national program that educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search…
Pittsboro, NC – FEMA mitigation specialists are on hand this week at several local community facilities to answer questions and offer home improvement tips to prevent or reduce damage from future disasters and techniques to build hazard resistant homes. Most…
Raleigh, NC – At the request of the State of North Carolina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved a 31-day extension for Hurricane Matthew survivors to apply for federal disaster assistance. The state has requested more time for registration…