FEMA to pay for lead testing at 100 homes destroyed in Eaton fire, after months of saying it was unnecessary

For months, federal officials have said post-cleanup soil testing for fire-stricken homes in L.A. was unnecessary. Now, they plan to test 100 homes destroyed in the Eaton fire.
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FEMA doubles down on its decision to not test soil as part of wildfire cleanup

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A worker wearing protective gear cleans up toxic debris at a home destroyed in the Eaton fire in Altadena. (Allen J. Schaben / Los ...
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FEMA postpones scheduled Presidential Alert test due to Hurricane Florence

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTRK) -- FEMA'S Presidential push alert that was scheduled for this week will be pushed back. Over the weekend, FEMA had announced they would be sending out an alert meant to warn ...
The Hill

FEMA declines to test soil after California fires despite Newsom administration concerns

Federal officials have declared they will not order soil sampling after completing debris removal on Los Angeles properties that succumbed to the region’s devastating fires earlier this year, ...
Homeland Security Today

Nationwide Emergency Alert Test Postponed Because of Hurricane Florence

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), postponed the nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) until Oct. 3 due to ...
Whittier Daily News

FEMA reverses decision will test soil on 100 lots destroyed by Eaton fire

The EPA announced that it would test soil at 100 parcels in the Eaton fire area reversing its stance from immediately after ...
Los Angeles Times

FEMA rejects call by Newsom’s office to test soil in fire areas for toxic contaminants

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration asked FEMA to reverse its decision to skip soil testing after federal cleanup workers remove debris from properties burned in the Eaton and Palisades fires.