Aug 30, 2024 · It’s also unclear whether the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) will make federal resources available. The state of Alaska has activated its Individual Assistance program to provide relief funds for Ketchikan’s landslide survivors.

Jul 16, 2024 · The bill reauthorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program, the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, and the United States Fire Administration (USFA).

Mar 6, 2023 · The bill would reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program, the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, and the United States Fire Administration (USFA).

Jun 20, 2019 · Murkowski Supports Southern Border Emergency Supplemental Package Bill Addresses Humanitarian and U.S. Border Security Crisis. U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today voted for a funding measure to address the immediate humanitarian and security crisis at the U.S. southern border.

Apr 3, 2019 · The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security today held a hearing to review FEMA’s FY2020 Budget Request. During the hearing, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) raised Alaska specific concerns to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Administrator Peter Gaynor.

Sep 26, 2022 · Senator Lisa Murkowski was on the ground in Golovin and Elim last week where she saw asphalt roads peeled back, houses moved hundreds of feet and all kinds of storm impacts like significantly exposed permafrost. She wants to remove the cost-share stipulation from the federal disaster funding issued by the President.

Sep 26, 2022 · U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell chatted with KNOM about their reactions to the damage, the resources available to Western Alaska from the federal disaster declaration signed by President Joe Biden on Friday evening, and their priorities for recovery. Alaska’s Director of ...

Mar 2, 2023 · Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Gary Peters (D-MI), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the country.

Yesterday's announcement that the State of Alaska and Ketchikan Gateway Borough have qualified for a Major Disaster Declaration means that federal funds are available for assistance for emergency...

Lisa Ann Murkowski (/ m ər ˈ k aʊ s k i / mər-KOW-skee; born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alaska, having held the seat since 2002.She is the first woman to represent Alaska in the Senate and is the Senate's second-most senior Republican woman. Murkowski became dean of Alaska's congressional delegation upon ...