Federal Emergency Management Agency

he Federal Emergency Management Agency may expand use of passenger trains to evacuate the elderly and sick if hurricanes threaten the Gulf Coast.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday released a final version of its new National Response Framework, the blueprint for coordinating responses to future emergencies large and small. The document affirms the FEMA administrator's role as the president's principal adviser on emergency management and clarifies the roles of the principal federal official, the federal coordinating officer and the state coordinating officer. An earlier version of the framework was heavily revised after the agency received thousands of comments from federal, tribal, state and local government officials, as well as the private sector.

Play games, enjoy stories, do puzzles, go through mazes, watch videos - welcome to FEMA for Kids, the Web site that is all fun and games sort of. Underneath all the fun is a lot of good information that makes kids and their families better prepared in the event of a disaster. You can even become a Disaster Action Kid and get your very own certificate to hang on the wall!

The White House scolded the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday for staging a phony news conference about assistance to victims of wildfires in southern California.