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  • December Winter Weather Receives Federal Disaster Recognition

    Monday, March 13, 2023 | 11:08am

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eleven Tennessee counties will receive federal recovery assistance under a Major Disaster Declaration in place today as a result of the severe winter weather that impacted the state on December 22-27, 2022.

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  • Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Encourages Tennesseans to Prepare for Severe Weather Threats

    Sunday, February 19, 2023 | 12:27pm

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee's Severe Weather Awareness Week (SWAW) is Feb. 19-25, 2023, and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and National Weather Service (NWS) are asking Tennesseans to make severe weather planning and preparedness a priority.

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  • TEMA Flash Report #3

    Thursday, December 29, 2022 | 02:29pm

    A winter weather system travelled through the state last week bringing frigid cold temperatures. As temperatures have risen, local jurisdictions are now experiencing problems with water systems.

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  • TEMA Flash Report #2

    Wednesday, December 28, 2022 | 03:07pm

    A winter weather system travelled through the state last week bringing frigid cold temperatures. As temperatures have risen, local jurisdictions are now experiencing problems with water systems.

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  • Flash Report #1 - December Winter Weather System

    Friday, December 23, 2022 | 04:50pm

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  • TEMA Director Patrick Sheehan Elected as President of the National Emergency Management Association

    Thursday, October 20, 2022 | 01:53pm

    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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  • Tennesseans Make Earthquake Preparedness a Priority with Annual Great Central U.S. ShakeOut

    Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | 09:19am

    NASHVILLE, 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 | 01:15pm

    Nashville, 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 | 06:14pm

    Nashville, 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 | 01:36pm

    SODDY 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 | 06:44am

    NASHVILLE, 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 | 03:06pm

    NASHVILLE, 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 | 01:10pm

    ATLANTA – 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 | 12:38pm

    WASHINGTON – 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 | 04:43pm

    WASHINGTON – 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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