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Uniontown Herald Standard
February 20, 2018
Uniontown Emergency Management Agency coordinator and Fayette County VOAD Chairman Greg Crossley said that if an organization is designated to become the main fiscal agent for distributing relief funding, that information will be given to 211 as well. PA 2-1-1 is a free, accessible three-digitÃÂ ...
The Brown and White
February 19, 2018
According to his website, the declaration is “the first-of-its-kind for a public health emergency in Pennsylvania and will utilize a command center at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to track progress and enhance coordination of health and public safety agencies.” Wolf said he took this stepÃÂ ...
Tribune-Review
February 17, 2018
Under Chapter 10 of the Pennsylvania Code, school districts in cooperation with their local emergency management agency, must create and implement a comprehensive disaster response and emergency preparedness plan. Districts must distribute copies of building blueprints, aerial photos, teacher andÃÂ ...
Philly.com
February 17, 2018
(AP) - Weather officials say the tornado that touched down in western Pennsylvania was an EF-1 packing wind gusts up to 105 mph. ... The Uniontown emergency management agency said after an initial assessment that 20 to 25 buildings had significant damage after the tornado, which traveled for twoÃÂ ...
GCN.com
February 13, 2018
When Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf declared the opioid epidemic a statewide disaster in January, he tapped the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to oversee a newly created Opioid Operational Command Center. The center tracks opioid prescription and overdose information collected by theÃÂ ...
FOX43.com
January 29, 2018
The opioid epidemic is a crisis that's received disaster declaration in Pennsylvania. Governor Tom Wolf recently declared the epidemic a disaster in the the state, and issued a directive to take emergency action. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency also known as PEMA, where officials areÃÂ ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
January 29, 2018
“A lot of different agencies had a lot of different initiatives going on,” and now they're “under one roof,” said Ray Barishansky, deputy secretary for health planning and assessment for the state Department of Health, at a press conference Monday at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency'sÃÂ ...
witf.org
January 28, 2018
Rick Flinn, Director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, says one of the biggest issues centers on what happens once a major event is over. "After the life-saving side has occured we find that disaster survivors have been flooded out , homes destroyed, all their personal belongingsÃÂ ...
Government Accountability Office
January 17, 2018
Weaknesses in the quality of Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) appeals data limit its ability to oversee the appeals process. For example, FEMA's data are inaccurate and incomplete because regional offices do not consistently track first-level appeals and FEMAÃÂ ...
PennLive.com
January 17, 2018
"I believe we have a methodic plan," county Commissioner Preston Boop said Tuesday following an on-site meeting with representatives of a number of agencies including the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. The county Emergency Management Agency awarded an emergency contract forÃÂ ...
WJAC Johnstown
January 17, 2018
To send a push alert to any cellphone in a particular area, the county would have to ask the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to approve it. In a statement, PEMA Director Richard Flinn, Jr. said that outgoing alerts have to be approved by two people, including a supervisor. Plus, Flinn said that the agency hasÃÂ ...
The Philadelphia Tribune
January 17, 2018
In the background are Acting Secretary of Health and Physician General Dr. Rachel Levine, left, and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director ... HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's governor declared the state's opioid addiction epidemic a public health emergency Wednesday and ordered aÃÂ ...
CBS Philly
January 17, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The head of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says there are no plans to cancel a test of the Emergency Alert System in the wake of a nightmare in Hawaii where false reports of a missile attack were issued. The PEMA director says such a mistake is unlikely toÃÂ ...
Herald-Mail Media
January 16, 2018
The team also met with representatives from the Greencastle Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police, Franklin County (Pa.) Department of ... “All administrators have completed courses with the National Incident Management System through the Federal Emergency Management Agency,” Trail said.
Sunbury Daily Item
January 15, 2018
The proclamation also will direct officials in nine agencies to convene in an Opioid Command Center, coordinated by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. His order also allows emergency responders to leave naloxone with overdose victims so they can use it again if they decide not to getÃÂ ...
EMS1.com
January 14, 2018
Wolf highlighted the creation of the command center, which will be overseen by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) and will work to monitor all initiatives with the state Department of Health, state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency,ÃÂ ...
StateScoop
December 31, 1999
The center manages the new visualization tool and is based out of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. In addition to greater monitoring with data, Wolf has also endorsed a set of bills aimed at curbing drug addiction. The legislation limits prescription duration to seven days, requires residentÃÂ ...
PennLive.com
December 31, 1999
After the Hawaii incident, PEMA reviewed its policies to prevent a similar mistake from happening here. "What occurred in Hawaii would not have occurred in Pennsylvania," said Richard Flinn Jr., Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency director. PEMA tests its emergency alert system regularly, but itÃÂ ...
State College News
December 31, 1999
Township officials had hoped the road would reopen by this winter, but after heavy rain in November 2017, it was found that parts of two areas of the road had failed and a plan for repairs was submitted to FEMA and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Corman said in a release that theÃÂ ...
6abc.com
December 31, 1999
Pennsylvania's governor declared the state's opioid addiction epidemic a public health emergency Wednesday and ordered a command center set up to treat ... Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director Rick Flynn described the approach as "a whole government, whole community response.
York Daily Record/Sunday News
October 20, 2017
BETTER UNDERSTAND PA. .... It was to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster and flood insurance budgets, ...
WFMZ Allentown
October 20, 2017
The city will use 911 funds which had been approved by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Council approved a $1 million ...
Lewistown Sentinel
October 20, 2017
–Accepted the 2017 Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Training and Performance Review. Commissioners recognized that the ...
The News Tribune
October 20, 2017
As Smucker pointed out, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. military are working with local officials to distribute meals ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 20, 2017
Authorities say a Pennsylvania volunteer fire company that was ... Lancaster Emergency Management Agency director Randy Gockley tells ...
Press of Atlantic City
October 20, 2017
CAMDEN — A Pennsylvania man was charged Wednesday with .... the Federal Emergency Management Agency and insurance payments for ...
Herald-Mail Media
October 19, 2017
WAYNESBORO, Pa. ... $20 from the $500 she was allocated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency after losing everything she had.
witf.org
October 18, 2017
... the sinkole, the other 28 were as you move out from the sinkhole," said Tom Hughes with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
Government Technology
October 10, 2017
In August, the Public Utility Commission, Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency took part ...
FOX43.com
September 24, 2017
Rick Flinn, the Director of Pennsylvania's Emergency Management Agency, says 24 people, all of whom are highly trained in disaster recovery, ...
Bucks Local News
August 18, 2017
... P.A. of Easton to complete the conceptual design of a new Women's ... through the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA)ÃÂ ...
Lewistown Sentinel
August 17, 2017
... position with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's regional Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency in Harrisburg.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
August 9, 2017
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, which is owed $82,544, was the department's third biggest creditor. In all, the fireÃÂ ...
WDAZ
August 8, 2017
... declaration issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the ... Parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York were issued aÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
August 4, 2017
County officials ordered all residents of the small Pennsylvania town to ... Red Cross and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency areÃÂ ...
WTAJ
August 2, 2017
The Pennsylvania State Incident Management Team is heading to ... from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), theÃÂ ...
WPXI Pittsburgh
July 31, 2017
Channel 11 then reached out to PEMA, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, who said they are actively working on it. Teams ofÃÂ ...
WPXI Pittsburgh
July 28, 2017
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency issued a reminder to southern Pa. residents following forecasts of potentially heavy rain Friday into thisÃÂ ...
Philly.com
July 28, 2017
Schweiker, the former Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency director, held forth through the crisis with resolve, scurrying between theÃÂ ...
FOX43.com
July 28, 2017
SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency or PEMA, along with many inÃÂ ...
ABC27
July 15, 2017
MOUNT JOY, Pa. (AP) – The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says a worker has been killed by a piece of lift equipment at aÃÂ ...
Standard Speaker
December 31, 1999
... Homeland Security Grant Program agreement between the state Emergency Management Agency and the Northeast Pennsylvania RegionalÃÂ ...
WJAC Johnstown
December 31, 1999
Earlier today, I spoke with Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) Director, Richard D. Flinn, in order to receive a briefing onÃÂ ...
WTAJ
December 31, 1999
CSX appreciates the support of the American Red Cross, local first responders, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and theÃÂ ...
6abc.com
December 31, 1999
... scene of a freight train derailment and fire in western Pennsylvania. ... Ruth Miller, a state emergency management agency spokeswoman,ÃÂ ...
Concord Register
March 18, 2017
Two rare avalanches struck a central Pennsylvania township during Tuesday's snowstorm, prompting a temporary travel ban.
Scranton Times-Tribune
March 18, 2017
Damage estimate reports from county emergency management agencies aren't expected until next week at the earliest, said Ruth Miller, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, on Friday. Local governments report thatÃÂ ...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
March 18, 2017
The county already met the first eligibility step of experiencing a record or near-record snowfall, she said. In addition to Luzerne, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) has identified seven other counties that will be eligible to ...
Lebanon Daily News
March 18, 2017
The proclamation is necessary for the county is to receive any money if the state receives federal funding for the costs incurred during the storm, Lebanon County Emergency Management Agency Director Bob Dowd explained. "I don't think there is going to ...
Citizens Voice
March 18, 2017
Wolf did not offer false hope to municipalities that apply for funding from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to recoup costs incurred cleaning up from the storm.
