Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If a home was damaged by Tropical Storm Helene, FEMA suggests people contact the local planning, zoning or code enforcement ...

For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is offering help for alerting authorities who want to use the new event code for Missing and Endangered Persons (MEP). Each year, over 180,000 people go missing ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the International Code Council have released an updated guide on integrating I-Codes into floodplain management regulatory processes related to ...

The Biden administration’s unprecedented effort to convince states to increase the resiliency of new buildings came under attack Wednesday from Republican lawmakers and witnesses. A small but key part ...