Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

FEMA
United States of America
Governments

Mission

FEMA coordinates the United States federal government's role in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror.

FEMA’s mission is to support citizens and first responders to ensure that the nation works together to build, sustain and improve capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.

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Restoration and Recovery - Guide for Private-Public Partnerships (May 2025)
This guide outlines how private-public partnerships can support disaster restoration and long-term recovery through coordinated planning and resilience-building.
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Pre-Disaster Housing Planning Initiative 2023 Final Report
This report was published by FEMA in partnership with HUD to promote collaborative approaches to disaster housing recovery challenges and to bolster state planning for housing recovery before disasters occur.
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Puerto Rico: From Recovery to Resilience Region 2 Interim Progress Report April 2024
The Puerto Rico Region 2 Interim Progress Report highlights recovery on the ground and FEMA’s ongoing efforts to build back better after hurricanes María and Fiona, and the earthquakes.
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Achieving equitable recovery a post-disaster guide for local officials and leaders
This guide provides a framework and actionable strategies for local leaders to ensure an inclusive and equitable recovery process following a disaster, with a focus on addressing the needs of all community members.
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Mitigation assessment team report Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico building performance, observations, recommendations, and technical guidance
This assessment report is intended to provide decision makers, government officials, academia, homeowners, and business owners, operators among other stakeholders with information and technical guidance that can be used to reduce future hurricane damage.
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National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) Overview
The National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) outlines the basis for a national approach to disaster recovery.
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FEMA Preliminary Damage Assessment Guide
The Preliminary Damage Assessment Guide (PDA Guide) is a standard framework for how emergency management officials conduct preliminary damage assessments (PDAs) following a disaster and was effective starting Oct. 1, 2021.
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COVID-19 pandemic operational guidance for the 2020 hurricane season
To help federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) emergency managers and public health officials respond to incidents during the 2020 hurricane season amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is releasing the COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season. This document is comprised of two main sections: response planning (p. 1) and recovery planning (p. 11).

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

http://www.fema.gov
+1-202 646 4600
Fax:
+1-202 646 4600