Eliminating small disaster declarations When a state requests a major disaster declaration, FEMA uses a metric that measures the estimated cost of the assistance against the state population ...

The Armstrong County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting last week to extend the countywide disaster declaration that was set to expire Friday, May 9.

When a state requests a major disaster declaration, FEMA uses a metric that measures the estimated cost of the assistance against the state population – known as the Per Capita Indicator (PCI ...