A New York Times report found thousands of calls to FEMA went unanswered after the Department of Homeland Security laid off ...

Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem denied that Texas flood victims could not contact FEMA's call centers in the days following the disaster.

But Noem had severely botched FEMA’s Texas response by failing to renew contracts with companies staffing FEMA call centers, ...

A 911 outage is a disruption in emergency call services where individuals are unable to reach dispatchers by dialing 9-1-1.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is under fire amid reports of a botched disaster response effort in Texas, one that the editorial board of the state’s biggest newspaper is comparing to ...

More than 80% of survivor calls went unanswered after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem abruptly cut FEMA’s contractor workforce—days after deadly flooding devastated Texas.

A week after the government’s principal emergency response agency took the lead on the growing coronavirus pandemic, officials have been trying to catch up, hoping to streamline communication ...

More than a week after massive flooding killed at least 132 people in central Texas, acting administrator David Richardson emerged in Kerr County, Texas.

On Friday, he and other Democratic members of Congress sent letters to the Federal Emergency Management Agency requesting ...

During the 2023 Maui wildfires—which killed over 100 people and left historic Lahaina in ruins—survivors were stranded ...

How 911 call system, radio failures hindered police ... depending on the emergency. ... three of which were transferred to the Broward County Sheriff's Office for the law enforcement response. ...