Volunteers, a Federal Emergency Management Agency Disability
Volunteers, a Federal Emergency Management Agency Disability Integration team, Moviemento Autonomo de Sordos, and the members of the Royal LAO Airborne crisis response unit assist hearing impaired families comp... More
Team Rubicon assists in the dirty clean of the results of superstorm S...
Volunteers turned out by the hundreds to help with the clean up of debris in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, including some 20 members of Team Rubicon, a California-based organization of former U.S. military... More
New York residents are resilient in the face of adversity
On Oct. 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall along the coastline of New York State causing widespread devastation to homes and property. The residents of Midway Beach on Staten Island are a close knit comm... More
Superstorm Sandy wrought havoc with buildings on Staten Island
When Superstorm Sandy made landfall on the Midway Beach area of Staten Island on the night of Oct. 29, she brought rising water and high winds. Some winds toppled trees, while other trees were blown into build... More
Soldiers assigned to 42nd Infantry Division, New York
Soldiers assigned to 42nd Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard, receive a brief from planning officer, Lt. Col. Patrick Macklin before they provide aid to Far Rockaway, N.Y., a community heavily impa... More
Thousands of home in New York state experienced flooding
Thousands of home in New York state experienced flooding in their basements as well as the first floors of their homes, ruining furnaces, water heaters, washer and dryers, carpeting, bedding, and numerous other... More
FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino discusses
FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino discusses FEMA’s role the recovery from the affects of Sub-tropical Storm Sandy with Red Cross leaders and local religious leaders. FEMA is part of a broader team respon... More
When sub-tropical storm Sandy struck the New York City
When sub-tropical storm Sandy struck the New York City area on October 29, 2012, it knocked out electricity for tens of thousands of residents of the New York City area, and no electricity soon equated to deal ... More
Citizens of Long Beach wait in line to receive support
Citizens of Long Beach wait in line to receive support from local volunteers in Long Beach, N.Y., Nov. 6, 2012. Citizens were able to go to a local distribution center to receive clothing, food, and water gath... More
Volunteers, a Federal Emergency Management Agency Disability
Volunteers, a Federal Emergency Management Agency Disability Integration team, Moviemento Autonomo de Sordos, and the members of the Royal LAO Airborne crisis response unit assist hearing impaired families comp... More
Volunteers, a Federal Emergency Management Agency Disability
Volunteers, a Federal Emergency Management Agency Disability Integration team, Moviemento Autonomo de Sordos, and the members of the Royal LAO Airborne crisis response unit assist hearing impaired families comp... More
Super Storm Sandy Creates Mountains of Debris in the Northeast
People living in the Northeastern United States are used to nor'easter storms, but Super Storm Sandy was different. Originally billed as a hurricane, Sandy weakened a bit as she worked her way north past the c... More
FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers provide clothing and basic needs
FEMA's Disaster Recovery Centers are designed to provide assistance to victims of disasters, and the newly opened center at the Hockey Rink on Magnolia Blvd in Long Beach is staffed by FEMA as well as a variety... More
Hurricane winds spawn electrical fires
Electrical wiring problems spark fires. When Hurricane Sandy blew through Belleville, New Jersey on the night of Oct. 28, 2012, her high winds caused sparking in electrical wires in this home that resulted in ... More
Medical patients and Department of Health and Human
Medical patients and Department of Health and Human Services care team members exit a C-130H3 Hercules at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., Oct. 1, 2017. Dobbins is currently serving as a federal coordinating cent... More
Shakerra McGee, left, and Yolanda Major, Department
Shakerra McGee, left, and Yolanda Major, Department of Veterans Affairs medical team members, speak with a patient at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., Oct. 1, 2017. Dobbins is currently serving as a federal coord... More
FEMA Corps youth members arrive in New York to help
FEMA Corps youth members arrive in New York to help in FEMA's role in providing aid to the survivors of sub-tropical storm Sandy. FEMA Corps youth focus on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery activiti... More
FEMA community relations worker canvases New York area affected by sub...
FEMA community relations worker walks through a neighborhood in the Breezy point area of the the Rockaways near New York City devastated by sub-tropical tropical storm Sandy, talking to residents about the vari... More
FEMA Corps youth assist in sub-tropical storm Sandy relief efforts
FEMA Corps is a group of young people devoted to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. By joining the FEMA Corps these youth have an opportunity to expand their education and economic opportunity while... More
Craig Fugate, administrator for the Federal Emergency
Craig Fugate, administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, spoke to the press after touring the area of burned homes in Breezy Point, N.Y. Fugate told reporters that his agency was in New York to ... More
Thousands of homes in Northeast damaged or destroyed by Super Storm Sa...
When Super Tropical Storm Sandy came ashore the night of Oct. 29, 2012, many residents of New Jersey and New York considered it just another nor'easter, a type of storm they had weathered many times in the past... More
Volunteers, a Federal Emergency Management Agency Disability
Volunteers, a Federal Emergency Management Agency Disability Integration team, Moviemento Autonomo de Sordos, and the members of the Royal LAO Airborne crisis response unit assist hearing impaired families comp... More
A community relations worker talks to a resident in
A community relations worker talks to a resident in the Breezy Point area of the the Rockaways near New York City whose home was damaged by sub-tropical tropical storm Sandy. FEMA community relations workers t... More
US Army Sgt. Patty Eddy and Sgt. Geovanni Alfaro of
US Army Sgt. Patty Eddy and Sgt. Geovanni Alfaro of the National Guard 42nd Infantry Division team up with New York City's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and the Red Cross, to provide food, water, and cle... More