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  Category: Department of Safety and Homeland Security


Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program Application Period Opening

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Date Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2018

(Smyrna) – The FY 2018 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM), offered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is now open for application.  The PDM Grant Program is intended to assist states, U.S. Territories, federally-recognized tribes, and local communities in implementing pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation projects by awarding planning and project grants designed to mitigate […]




Emergency Sirens To Be Tested

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 2, 2018

(Smyrna) – The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Delaware State Police will conduct a quarterly test of the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations Alert and Notification system on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.  The sirens will sound between 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. The 37 sirens located within ten miles of the Salem/Hope Creek (New Jersey) […]




Delaware to Distribute Potassium Iodide (KI) Tablets

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Date Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018

(Smyrna) – The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Delaware Division of Public Health will distribute potassium iodide (KI) tablets to Delaware residents living within a ten-mile radius of the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations called the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ). The free tablets will be distributed on Thursday, October 4, 2018, between 12 noon […]




Delaware To Receive Nearly $8.8-million in Homeland Security Grants

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Date Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2018

(Smyrna) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has allocated $8,795,828 to the State of Delaware under four separate Homeland Security Grant Programs.  The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) has been informed that the state will receive funds under the federal Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG), Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), Port Security Grant Program […]




Governor Carney’s Statement on Weather Forecast

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Department of Transportation | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Weather | Date Posted: Sunday, September 9, 2018

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Sunday issued the following statement on weather conditions and encouraged Delawareans to follow the latest forecasts and emergency preparedness resources online: “The Delaware Emergency Management Agency is closely monitoring the approach of Hurricane Florence, as well as Hurricane Isaac farther out in the Atlantic. We are communicating and […]







  Category: Department of Safety and Homeland Security

Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program Application Period Opening

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Date Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2018

(Smyrna) – The FY 2018 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM), offered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is now open for application.  The PDM Grant Program is intended to assist states, U.S. Territories, federally-recognized tribes, and local communities in implementing pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation projects by awarding planning and project grants designed to mitigate […]




Emergency Sirens To Be Tested

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 2, 2018

(Smyrna) – The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Delaware State Police will conduct a quarterly test of the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations Alert and Notification system on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.  The sirens will sound between 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. The 37 sirens located within ten miles of the Salem/Hope Creek (New Jersey) […]




Delaware to Distribute Potassium Iodide (KI) Tablets

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Date Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018

(Smyrna) – The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Delaware Division of Public Health will distribute potassium iodide (KI) tablets to Delaware residents living within a ten-mile radius of the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations called the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ). The free tablets will be distributed on Thursday, October 4, 2018, between 12 noon […]




Delaware To Receive Nearly $8.8-million in Homeland Security Grants

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Date Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2018

(Smyrna) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has allocated $8,795,828 to the State of Delaware under four separate Homeland Security Grant Programs.  The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) has been informed that the state will receive funds under the federal Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG), Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), Port Security Grant Program […]




Governor Carney’s Statement on Weather Forecast

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Department of Transportation | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Weather | Date Posted: Sunday, September 9, 2018

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Sunday issued the following statement on weather conditions and encouraged Delawareans to follow the latest forecasts and emergency preparedness resources online: “The Delaware Emergency Management Agency is closely monitoring the approach of Hurricane Florence, as well as Hurricane Isaac farther out in the Atlantic. We are communicating and […]