Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed Jeff Smitherman as acting director of the Alabama Emergency Management Agency.
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – More than three weeks after Hurricane Zeta barreled across the Southeast, Alabama is still waiting on a federal disaster declaration and the emergency relief that comes with it. On Wednesday a FEMA official said the Alabama governor’s office hadn’t made an official disaster declaration request connected to the Oct. 28 storm. The governor’s office referred comments…
In Alabama, hurricane preparations start long before a storm enters the Gulf of Mexico. Emergency officials have a response plan in place months before a hurricane season starts. The governor and the Alabama Emergency Management Agency routinely go through their hurricane response plan at the state EMA headquarters in Clanton. From the Alabama EMA, county EMAs from the coastal areas…
Are you ready in case of disaster? Emergency Officials are constantly asking citizens that question. So, following the devastating and deadly Gatlinburg, Tennessee fire late last year, Alabama News Network asked the state’s emergency response officials if they’re ready to handle a non-weather related major emergency. It’s a pertinent question because a lot of people visiting Gatlinburg at the…
