Authorities are seeking two men suspected of participating in a scam that used phony insurance certificates and fake contractor bonds to win bids on public works projects. Three other suspects have already been arrested following a one-year investigation by the …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has made available federal funds to help fight California’s French and Lake Fires in Shasta County. Michael Brown, under secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response, approved …
Catastrophe modeling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has estimated insured losses from Hurricane Charley at $6 to $8 billion based on a detailed reconstruction of the storm’s windfield and damage pattern. RMS engineers have been surveying damage since Saturday, and …
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Tuesday signed into law the Commonwealth’s most far-reaching fire safety legislation since the Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942, strengthening the state’s laws to prevent tragedies like the 2003 Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island. “Sadly, …
Three days after Hurricane Charley slammed into the Florida coast, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency approved the first disaster aid checks to help victims of the storm. In addition to providing disaster assistance to individuals, FEMA …
On behalf of Gov. Edward Rendell, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director David Sanko announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved the Governor’s request for disaster loan assistance for homeowners, renters and small businesses affected by the recent flooding …
West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court against the following: * Praise Construction Inc., a Logan County general …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has committed initial federal funding of $151,000 to local governments in the declared counties of South Dakota for repairing damage to public infrastructure caused by severe storms and floods between May 28 to June …
Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist has filed the first round of civil complaints over price gouging and deceptive and unfair trade practices of consumers as they fled the fury of Hurricane Charley. In two separate civil complaints, the Attorney General’s …
North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven announced that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Ann Veneman has designated 35 North Dakota counties secretarial disaster areas due to losses caused by drought, late season frost, flooding, snow and rain storms, and severe …