The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, responsible for coordinating responses to domestic disasters that overwhelm local and state resources. While not directly involved in space technology development, FEMA utilizes space-based assets like satellite communications and data to support disaster response and emergency communication efforts. FEMA also collaborates with agencies like NASA to simulate responses to potential space-related disasters, such as asteroid impacts and space weather events, ensuring preparedness for a wide range of hazards.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is providing geospatial intelligence support to combined search and rescue efforts in the aftermath of the Hawaii wildfires as part of a Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Support Team in Maui.
The White House fact sheet accompanying the Earth System Observatory program included $1,000,000,000 in pre-disaster mitigation resources for communities provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Geospatial data delivered through G-EGD is used by national security agencies and civilian agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other emergency management and health organizations that rely on satellite data for COVID-19 response efforts.
Boundless Spatial provides geospatial products and services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency in addition to other U.S. government customers.