FEMA

[ fee-muh ]

/ ˈfi mə /

noun

Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.

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Example sentences from the Web for fema

He described talking to a constituent who asked if “they are going to put those immigrants in the FEMA camps.”
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Together with the Colorado and Wyoming National Guards, FEMA was scouring 17 counties across the state for survivors.
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Representatives from FEMA and the U.N. have apparently already shown interest.
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But they insist it will sell for less than the $14,000 FEMA paid for equivalent-size units.
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FEMA offered loans to help Oklahomans rebuild their homes with the next twister in mind.
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British Dictionary definitions for fema

FEMA

n acronym for

Federal Emergency Management Agency: a US government body intended to coordinate responses to a disaster in the US itself

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