# Federal Emergency Management Agency
*agency . companies*

## Specifications
- **operator domains**: ["fema.gov"]
- **country**: United States
- **website**: https://www.fema.gov
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"agency","operator_domains":"[\"fema.gov\"]","country":"United States","website":"https://www.fema.gov"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
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.[^fema-founding-carter] 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.[^govcio-geospatial][^nasa-iowa-2024]

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.[^hazus-fema] 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.[^nasa-iowa-2024]

## Sources
- [fema-founding-carter] | FEMA Mourns Agency Founder President Jimmy Carter (HSToday) | https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/emergency-preparedness/fema-mourns-agencys-founder-president-jimmy-carter/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20
- [hazus-fema] | Hazus Resources (FEMA.gov) | https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/tools-resources/flood-map-products/hazus/resources | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [govcio-geospatial] | How Geospatial Imaging and IT Inform FEMA Disaster Response (GovCIO) | https://govciomedia.com/how-geospatial-imaging-and-it-inform-femas-disaster-response/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20
- [nasa-iowa-2024] | NASA Disasters Iowa Flooding June 2024 | https://disasters.nasa.gov/what-we-do/disasters/disasters-activations/iowa-flooding-june-2024 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20

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