June 5, 2025
Most Americans Support Stricter Building Codes in High-Risk Areas, Pew Finds
By News Editor
77% of U.S. adults say it’s a good idea to implement stricter building codes in areas at high risk of extreme weather events.
May 14, 2025
ASFPM Leads Coalition Urging Continued Support for FEMA Mitigation Programs
By News Editor
ASFPM and 54 allied organizations sent a joint letter to President Donald Trump, urging continued investment in the FEMA’s critical hazard mitigation programs.
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 5, 2025
Congress Eyes Budget Tools That Could Cripple Nation’s Disaster Preparedness
By Elizabeth Duffy, ASFPM Washington Liaison
Agencies like FEMA, NOAA, USGS, and EPA represent the best of American governance — data-driven, service-oriented, forward-looking. Disinvesting in these agencies will make us less prepared, less safe, less prosperous, and less resilient.
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.”
May 1, 2025
Reflect. Connect. Advance. Join Us in New Orleans for the 2025 ASFPM Annual Conference
By Mary Bart
This year’s theme, Extraordinary Lessons Below Sea Level: 20 Years of Innovation, is especially fitting as we return to the Big Easy two decades after Hurricane Katrina.
April 23, 2025
Threat of FEMA Abolishment, Layoffs Lands Mississippi as American Rivers’ Top Endangered River for 2025
By News Editor
Communities along the river need significant support for disaster prevention and response, as well as river restoration.
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 15, 2025
Now Is the Time for Radical Honesty in Flood Policy
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
A call for radically honest conversations on flood policy to ensure government decisions truly serve constituents and reduce future flood risk.
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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