July 9, 2025
FEMA Publishes Updated Preliminary Damage Assessment Guide
By News Editor
The PDA Guide helps officials collect, validate, quantify, and document the cause, location, and details of damage following a disaster.
July 2, 2025
FEMA Rolls Back BCA Rates for Mitigation Projects
By News Editor
The Benefit-Cost Analysis discount rate has been increased from 3.1% to 7% following recent action by the OMB.
May 8, 2025
Bipartisan Draft Bill Proposes Major Overhaul of FEMA
By Mary Bart
ASFPM, which participated in a stakeholder call led by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee staff, is reviewing the bill and will share feedback in the coming weeks.
May 2, 2025
Trump Denies Disaster Aid, Tells States To Do More
By Alex Brown, Stateline
NSC spokesman says states and local governments “often remain an impediment to their own community’s resilience” and need “an appetite to own the problem.”
April 17, 2025
FEMA Provides Update to BRIC Termination
By News Editor
The latest advisory provides some clarification on the status of projects that have started construction.
April 11, 2025
FEMA’s Former Resilience Exec Sounds the Alarm on Ending BRIC
By David Maurstad
David Maurstad, who spent 16 years at FEMA serving with appointees under four presidential administrations, explains why BRIC was a valuable mitigation program.
April 8, 2025
FEMA Ends BRIC Program, Leaving States in the Lurch
By News Editor
This move to cancel BRIC not only disrupts mitigation work already underway, but it also weakens our national commitment to preparing for disasters before they strike.
March 19, 2025
Executive Order Issued on State and Local Preparedness
By News Editor
ASFPM has long supported the belief that state, territories and local communities should take a more active role in their preparedness and resilience.
March 13, 2025
Congressional Hearing Highlights Need for FEMA Reform
By Mary Bart
Witnesses provided suggestions for how FEMA could be improved in what was a clear call to reform rather than eliminate the federal agency.
May 16, 2025
ASFPM Submits Recommendations to Strengthen FEMA
By News Editor
ASFPM strongly urged the Review Council to keep FEMA but fix what’s broken.
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