FEMA to pay for lead testing at 100 homes destroyed in Eaton fire, after months of saying it was unnecessary

For months, federal officials have said post-cleanup soil testing for fire-stricken homes in L.A. was unnecessary. Now, they ...
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FEMA to pay for lead testing at 100 homes destroyed by Eaton Fire, report says

Federal officials are expected to announce that FEMA will pay to test soil for lead at homes destroyed by the Eaton Fire, ...

Leaked memo reveals California debated cutting wildfire soil testing before disaster chief's exit

Nancy Ward, the head of CalOES, left office on Dec. 30. She had publicly begged FEMA to test for toxic substances after the ...
The Hill

FEMA declines to test soil after California fires despite Newsom administration concerns

Federal officials have declared they will not order soil sampling after completing debris removal on Los Angeles properties that succumbed to the region’s devastating fires earlier this year, ...
ABC7

Presidential alert test sent by FEMA; new national system lets presidents send notifications to your phone

WASHINGTON -- This is why you may have gotten a notification from the White House on Wednesday. The government tested a new national alert system that would let presidents send out emergency messages ...
Homeland Security Today

Nationwide Emergency Alert Test Postponed Because of Hurricane Florence

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), postponed the nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) until Oct. 3 due to ...
Yahoo

FEMA to pay for lead testing at 100 homes destroyed in Eaton fire, after months of saying it was unnecessary

In a remarkable reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay for soil testing for lead at 100 homes that were ...