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Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Emergency Management Agency is the U.S. disaster-management agency within the Department of Homeland Security, founded on April 1, 1979, after President Carter's Executive Order 12127.^[1] In EO workflows, FEMA is a consumer of satellite and aerial imagery rather than a satellite operator. It uses imagery and derived geospatial products from federal and commercial partners for disaster situational awareness, flood mapping, damage assessment, and hazard modelling.^[2]^[3]

FEMA's Hazus risk-assessment GIS tool estimates losses from floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis, using terrain, land-cover, and hazard inputs for planning and response.^[4] During the June 2024 Iowa flooding activation, NASA supplied optical and infrared imagery, water-extent products, and flood maps to support response partners including FEMA.^[3]

Sources

[1]FEMA Mourns Agency Founder President Jimmy Carter (HSToday)third party2026-06-20
[2]How Geospatial Imaging and IT Inform FEMA Disaster Response (GovCIO)third party2026-06-20
[3]NASA Disasters Iowa Flooding June 2024agency doc2026-06-20
[4]Hazus Resources (FEMA.gov)agency doc2026-06-20
[5]FEMA Bulletin Week of June 9, 2026agency doc2026-10-19

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:fema,
  title = {Federal Emergency Management Agency},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/fema}
}