NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) Director Patrick Sheehan was named president of the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), for a one-year term leading the professional organization of emergency managers.
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TEMA Director Patrick Sheehan Elected as President of the National Emergency Management Association
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Tennesseans Make Earthquake Preparedness a Priority with Annual Great Central U.S. ShakeOut
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | 09:19amNASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee will be among 14 central and southern U.S. states on Thursday, Oct., 20, 2022, coordinating the annual Great Central U.S. ShakeOut drill to raise awareness about the importance of catastrophic earthquake preparedness.
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Tennessee Sends 9-1-1 Resources to Florida for Hurricane Ian Response
Friday, September 30, 2022 | 01:15pmNashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) has deployed two teams of 9-1-1 emergency response personnel to Florida to help local first responders answer emergency calls and dispatching resources in Hurricane Ian’s aftermath.
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Gov. Lee, TEMA Send Resources and Personnel to Florida Ahead of Hurricane Ian
Monday, September 26, 2022 | 06:14pmNashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) deployed a Type IV A-Team and two ambulance strike teams to Florida to provide specialized support in anticipation of Hurricane Ian.
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Sequoyah Exercise Tests Coordination of TVA, Federal, State and Local Agencies
Thursday, September 08, 2022 | 01:36pmSODDY DAISY, Tenn. – Emergency responders from federal, state and local agencies will join Tennessee Valley Authority personnel in an emergency preparedness graded exercise involving the Sequoyah nuclear plant on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 14 and 15.
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Announces September is National Preparedness Month
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 | 06:44amNASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) is recognizing September 2022 as National Preparedness Month and urging Tennesseans to get prepared for disasters.
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Recovery Continues in Middle Tennessee One Year after Devastating Flood
Friday, August 19, 2022 | 03:06pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. – The flooding in August 2021 was unlike what most people in Middle Tennessee had ever seen. In 12 hours on Aug. 21, between 10 and 15 inches of rain fell on four counties, as much as one-quarter of the total annual rainfall for the area.
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SBA Opens Two Business Recovery Centers in Pike County, Kentucky
Saturday, August 13, 2022 | 01:10pmATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that two Business Recovery Centers (BRCs) will open on Monday, Aug. 15 in Elkhorn and Virgie, Kentucky. These BRCs are established to provide one-on-one assistance in submitting a disaster loan application for Kentucky businesses impacted by the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that began on July 26.
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SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Businesses and Residents of Tennessee Affected by Wind, Severe Weather and Wildfires in Spring, 2022
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 | 12:38pmWASHINGTON – Tennessee businesses and residents affected by wind, severe weather and wildfires from March 30 through April 6 may apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced today.
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SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Kentucky Businesses and Residents Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides
Thursday, May 26, 2022 | 04:43pmWASHINGTON – Businesses and residents in Kentucky affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and mudslides from Dec. 31, 2021, through Jan. 1, 2022, may apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced today.
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SBA Deadline Approaching in North Carolina for Working Capital Loans for Economic Losses from 2021 Excessive Rain, Flooding and Tropical Storm Fred
Thursday, May 19, 2022 | 10:00amATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that June 20 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in North Carolina for economic losses due to excessive rain, flooding and Tropical Storm Fred on Aug. 15-17, 2021.
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SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Tennessee Businesses and Residents Affected by Wind, Severe Weather and Tornadoes
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 | 12:56pmWASHINGTON – Businesses and residents in Tennessee affected by the wind, severe weather and tornadoes on March 30-31, 2022, may apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced today.
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Statewide Severe Weather & Sevier County Wildfire
Friday, April 01, 2022 | 05:12pmThis afternoon, Division of Forestry representatives at the State Emergency Operations Center in Nashville reported fire crews have made containment progress on the two wildfires currently burning in Sevier County. The Wears Valley wildfire, currently more than 3,700 acres, is 85 percent contained, and the Seymour wildfire, estimated at 800 acres, is 20 percent contained. Drier weather conditions are expected this weekend for East Tennessee. This will mean the potential remains for new fires to ignite and will make fighting existing fires treacherous.
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Statewide Severe Weather & Sevier County Wildfire
Friday, April 01, 2022 | 11:00amLocal, state, and federal fire crews continue efforts to contain and extinguish the 3,700-acre Wears Valley wildfire in Sevier County. Some rain and colder temps are helping crews maintain the fire’s 30 percent containment. However, gusty winds in the area, drier conditions this weekend, and no rain in the forecast until Tuesday mean the existing wildfires continue to pose a threat to lives and property, and the potential exists for new wildfires to start. Additionally, fire crews are addressing an 800-acre wildfire near the Seymour community of Sevier County. This wildfire is about 5 miles northwest of the Wears Valley wildfire and is not currently contained.