Welcome to the Emergency Information Center H1N1 Flu Information:   - Denver Health providers encourage everyone to practice healthy hygiene practices including washing hands frequently using soap and water; keeping hands away from nose, eyes and mouth; and coughing away from others into a disposable tissue.                  - For additional information, call Colorado Help Line at 1-877-462-2911 or visit Flu.gov.   Emergencies can occur quickly and without warning. Keep yourself and your family safe by being prepared before an emergency strikes. Get ready now. These steps will help you prepare for an emergency.   Get Informed Get the official information you need during an emergency. Make a Plan Make a plan for you and your family to be prepared for all hazards. Make an Emergency Kit Make an emergency kit that can get you through at least 72 hours in the event of an emergency.   Get Trained Preparedness, Awareness and Readiness Training (Take PART) Courses/Basic Citizen Emergency Response Training (Basic CERT) program is a 2 day  free course that provides citizens with comprehensive training in disaster preparedness and response.

National Emergency News (FEMA News Feed) Port could spend $800,000 chasing FEMA money (Galveston County Daily News) GALVESTON The Wharves Board will pay a Florida firm $800,000 to manage efforts to win millions in FEMA funds to repair port docks. FEMA Plans Disaster Drill on Las Vegas Strip (KLAS Las Vegas) FEMA had planned to simulate a nuclear explosion right on the Las Vegas Strip to test for emergency preparedness. But the plan is meeting a lot of opposition from all the key players, including Boyd Gaming, MGM Mirage, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and the LVCVA. FEMA approves levee (Park Hills Daily Journal) Ste. Genevieve’s big levee has been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for another 10 years. FEMA sent Ste. Genevieve Levee District III Chairman Vern Bauman a letter earlier this month. The letter said the levee had been accredited by FEMA and that it offered protection from the baseline 100-year flood event. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave the levee an inspection ... Deadline is approaching for people still living in FEMA mobile homes (The Orange Leader) The March 12, 2010 deadline for people still in their FEMA mobile home units is quickly approaching. Archdiocese to repair buildings at five schools with $25 million in FEMA money (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans) NEW ORLEANS – Five Archdiocese of New Orleans schools will receive repairs from $25 million in funding assistance from FEMA, it was announced Thursday. The Archdiocese said the funding comes from damages incurred at 32 Archdiocesan facilities but that the money is being funneled into repairs of eight buildings at the five schools. The buildings slated for repair include' Cathedral Academy’s main ... FEMA nears settlement with RSD (New Orleans Times-Picayune) WASHINGTON -- FEMA administrator Craig Fugate said Wednesday that his agency is getting close to an agreement with state officials on a lump-sum payment to the Recovery School District for damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Bids chosen for NRCS, FEMA projects (Atlantic News Telegraph) Members of the Cass County Board of Supervisors approved low bids from two contractors for projects the county will be working on with National Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) and another Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Project. New Orleans schools might get FEMA money soon (New Orleans Times-Picayune) FEMA administrator Craig Fugate said Wednesday that his agency is getting close to an agreement with state officials on a lump-sum payment to the Recovery School District for damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.But he said, because they... Work begins to build Slidell Senior Center after bout with FEMA (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans) SLIDELL, La. -- Construction of a new Slidell Senior Center officially kicked off Friday, with a groundbreaking ceremony at the Cousin Street site. "This feels as though there's a new beginning," said Mary Toti, the director of the Council on Aging St. Tammany. Hurricane Katrina blew a hole in the room and the inside of the Senior Center flooded, so now the old Senior Center is gone after ... Few in county able to buy FEMA mobile homes (Galveston County Daily News) HITCHCOCK A couple who lost their Gilchrist home to Hurricane Ike were able to purchase their FEMA-issued mobile home.