Empowering Communities With Funding Information, Planning Resources, and Technical Support to Tackle Future Challenges HANOVER, MD (November 12, 2024) — The Maryland Office of Resilience (MOR), which is part of the Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM), is proud to announce the launch of the Maryland Resilience Toolkit, available at ResilientMaryland.com. This new tool Read the Rest…
Howard County Residents, Businesses to Benefit from Multiyear Project Developed by MEMA and County REISTERSTOWN, Md. (May 10, 2018) — Governor Hogan today announced that Maryland, in collaboration with Howard County, has been awarded $1,044,224 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fund a project that will reduce the flood risk of areas surrounding Read the Rest…
The Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has recently provided over $5 million in federal grants to local jurisdictions and qualified organizations throughout Maryland that are at risk for impacts of or have been adversely affected by natural disasters. These grants, which originate from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), fund specific projects that have been Read the Rest…
Reisterstown, MD – The Draft 2011 Maryland State Hazard Mitigation Plan Update is ready for public review. The plan’s public outreach website is located at http://www.mema.state.md.us/MitigationOutreach. This site contains a summary of the hazards facing Maryland and includes maps that identify each Maryland jurisdictions’ potential vulnerability to a wide range of natural hazards. The site also contains a survey Read the Rest…