Temporary Housing After Disasters

Images depict mobile trailers used as temporary housing for disaster survivors. The scenes reflect resilience with signage and landscaping efforts in various locations.

New C2 Unit.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

New C2 Unit.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, Baton Rouge, LA, January 4, 2006 - This resident at a FEMA travel trailer park is planting rose bushes and creating a patio area at the Baton Rouge Airport 1 site. Thousands of New Orleans residents remain displaced due to hurricane Katrina and the breech in the levees. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Tornado - Joplin, Mo. , August 24, 2011 Streets and streetlights help provide security for the residents living in temporary mobile home communities. FEMA is in the city to provide assistance to the disaster survivors. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, Biloxi, Miss., November 3, 2005 -- These three trailers are home to the extended Lopez family. In all, six members from four generations live here now. George Armstrong/FEMA

Hurricane Rita, Lake Charles, LA, January 18, 2006 - Aerial photographs of FEMA trailers and mobile homes staged at the airport awaiting assignment to residents in southwestern Louisiana who were affected by Hurricane Rita. FEMA is having a new trailer park built in Lake Charles and a new mobile home park a few miles away in Sulphur.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

ESU New Orleans - 26-HK-137-210. Hurricane Katrina

Little Axe, Okla., July 3, 2013 FEMA logistics and Fema Corps work to setup a Disaster Information Vehicle (DIV) in Little Axe, Oklahoma. DIVs serve as a mobile location where survivors can registerfor FEMA assistance and get connected with resources to help them in their recovery. Dominick Biocchi/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Temporary hospital complex. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina

New Outpatient Clinic. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Katrina Third Year Recovery.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Dauphin Island, Alabama (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Grand Isle, Louisiana - 26-HK-344-15. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Lisa Jackson meeting with scientists from involved agencies and BP Oil. (BP Oil Spill) - Region 6 Mobile Comand Center. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Temporary Housing unit in NY. New York Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, Violet, LA, December 16, 2005 - A large FEMA travel trailer site is being planned to occupy the west-bound lanes of East Judge Perez Drive in St. Bernard Parish. The site will affect a one-mile stretch where the trailers are being placed on the roadway. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

ESU New Orleans - 26-HK-137-30. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Meeting with LPJ, Adm. Allen and Congressman. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Dauphin Island, Alabama (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Katrina

New Outpatient Clinic. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Flooding Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Prattsville, N. Y. , September 1, 2011 Prattsville is getting help from the Greene County Emergency Services, the National Guard, and FEMA in the aftermath of flooding after Hurricane Irene swept through the area on August 28. Greene County received a disaster declaration from President Obama on September 3. FEMA Photo/Judith Grafe. New York Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Goose Creek Island Recovery Center Opens. North Carolina Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Tornado - Smithville, Miss. , May 9, 2011 A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center is on-site in Smithville Miss. to offer assistance to those affected by recent tornadoes. Howard Greenblatt/FEMA. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, Gulfport, MS, 11-19-2005 -- A FEMA approved trailer, ready to be delivered to a Hurricane Katrina family. Patsy Lynch./FEMA

Flooding Severe Storm - Lauderdale County, Tenn. , June 2, 2011 Movable structures, brought to safety from the flood, line the sides of this elevated roadway for miles. FEMA will be working with SBA and the Dept of Agriculture to help farmers restore their way of life. Marilee Caliendo/FEMA. Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Seaford, N.Y., Nov. 24, 2012 FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Seaford, NY awaits its daily arrival of survivors of Hurricane Sandy. FEMA is working with various partners including federal, state local and tribal governments, voluntary faith-based and community-based organizations, along with the private sector, to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Chris Kleponis/ FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Terrebonne Parish, La. , July 2, 2012 The last remaining FEMA Temporary Housing Unit in Louisiana is removed from Terrebonne Parish. This is the first time since 2005 there have been no FEMA THUs in the state.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

MCOV and Operator at DRC. Florida Tropical Storm Debby. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aftermath - Miscellaneous - Aerial - 26-HK-49-42. aerial view of damaged commercial building surrounded by RVs, date stamped Nov 3 2005. Hurricane Katrina

Connecticut survival supplies. Connecticut Severe Storm. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Tornado - Joplin, Mo. , August 22, 2011 St. John's mobile hospital tent units continue to serve patients after EF-5 tornado destroyed St. John's Regional Medical Center on May 22, 2011. FEMA is in the city to provide assistance to the disaster survivors. Elissa Jun/FEMA. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Manufactured housing units will be deployed in response to the homes lost in the flooding and are designed to conform to standards set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to ensure residents have a safe place to call home.. Manufactured housing units will be deployed in response to the homes lost in the flooding and are designed to conform to standards set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to ensure residents have a safe place to call home.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Base Camps - 26-HK-66-13. LA Algiers Camp--numerous tents and line of portable toilets--by Andrea Booher, FEMA. Hurricane Katrina

Katrina - General - 26-HK-411-51. Hurricane Katrina

011053010 Oklahoma Tornado. Oklahoma Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Lafourche-Jefferson Parish (BP Oil Spill) - Staging area. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Aftermath - Aerial - 26-HK-296-230. Hurricane Katrina

Katrina - General - 26-HK-411-58. Hurricane Katrina

Katrina - General - 26-HK-411-84. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Bell Multicultural High School, Earth Day 2007 Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

ZASt, Zentrale Anlaufstelle für Asylbewerber des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt in Halberstadt, Central contact point for asylum seekers from the State of Saxony-Anhalt in Halberstadt

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - New Orleans Overflight - 26-HK-368-29. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Emergency Planning and Security - Fresno, Calif. , June 29, 2011 A Primary Entry Point Station used for supporting the Emergency Alert System... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Alabama continues to recover from tornadoes damage.. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aftermath - Keesler Damage - 26-HK-288-18. Hurricane Katrina

Housing displays from the Solar Decathlon --design competition for homes powered by the sun-- being taken down at the conclusion of the exhibit on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

FEMA is working with local officals as their town recovers from. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, Pascagoula, Miss., November 2, 2005 -- The Ingalls-Wright Emergency Group Site (EGS) in Pascagoula, Miss. FEMA is using many methods to temporarily house Mississippi residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina, Belle Chasse, LA, March 27, 2006 - Alongside Belle Chasse Primary School, where 6 modular classrooms provided by FEMA are being dedicated at a ribbon cutting ceremony, are FEMA travel trailers that are being used as temporary housing for teachers at the school that have been displaced from their homes due to Hurricane Katrina. This day of celebration applauds FEMA, the US Army Corp of Engineers, School and Board Members as well as the Parent/Teacher Associations, the Faculty and the Times Picayune and Plaquemines Gazette for their contributions in expanding the school's facility to accomodate increased attendance due to the hurricane. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

011062011 FEMA is providing temporary housing to AR residents i. Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Associated Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

FEMA is working with the State of Colorado to assist residents a.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Bell Multicultural High School, Earth Day 2007 Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

Miscellaneous - Tent City - 26-HK-171-8. Hurricane Katrina

Tornado - Hackleburg, Ala. , May 11, 2011 A damaged Hackleburg Church serves as a Red Cross disaster relief center for tornado survivors. Organizations like the Red Cross are an important part of the recovery process after disasters. FEMA photo / Tim Burkitt. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, Pass Christian, Miss., December 6, 2005 -- Students are in between classes at the temporary Pass Christian High School. FEMA provided portables classrooms are being used to house the school in nearby DeLisle. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

Hurricane Katrina

Woonsocket, RI, 08/09/2007 On the second day of a two-day prototype "Point of Delivery" (POD) event hosted by the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency in conjunction with FEMA, participants from 27 Rhode Island communities along with representatives from the states of Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire set up and operated an actual POD site with the help of approximately 150 local volunteer "recipients". The event underscored the importance of a communities' need to know the mechanics and methods required to establish a POD site in their cities and towns immediately following a catastrophic event. FEMA photo by Win Henderson.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Grand Isle (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Flooding Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Prattsville, N. Y. , October 5, 2011 FEMA and disaster assistance personell are present at a Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (MDRC). MDRC's are deployed to rural communities in an attempt to provide a face to face registration process, and to answer any questions regarding disaster registration. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA. New York Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Naples, FL, USA--October 20, 2022--Local residents visit a Disaster Recovery Center in Collier County at Veterans Community Park. A number of local, state and federal agencies are on site to help residents Impacted by Hurricane Ian.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Venice - 26-HK-354-40. Venice. Hurricane Katrina

Wildfire - Bastrop County, Texas, September 11, 2011 Wildfire survivors from Bastrop, Texas visit the FEMA Mobile Disaster Registration Intake Center that was set up to help people register for federal aid.. Texas Wildfires. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Matlacha Isles, FL, (Oct. 4, 2022) - Pine Island firefighters help Hurricane Ian survivors off of island.

Flooding Severe Storm - Nashville, Tenn. , May 27, 2010 FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Center. Staffed by FEMA and other agency representatives, they provide valuable information for the recovery and rebuilding effort. Martin Grube/FEMA. Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Pathfinder Fitness Trail, laid out in the shape of a space shuttle, is the site for a Sustainability Fair hosted by NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The trail is across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles. In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet. The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do."

Base Camps - 26-HK-66-12. LA Algiers Camp--numerous tents along track, near bleachers--by Andrea Booher, FEMA. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Rita, Cameron, LA, January 11, 2006 - The Environmental Protection Agency's mobile unit is located at a hazardous materials collection site in Cameron. Toxic and otherwise dangerous materials are collected and stored here for proper disposal under the management of the EPA and FEMA. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, D'Iberville, Miss., December 10, 2005 -- The FEMA D'Iberville Middle School Emergency Group Site (EGS) is used for temporary housing of residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

Hurricane Katrina, D'Iberville, Miss., December 10, 2005 -- The FEMA D'Iberville Middle School Emergency Group Site (EGS) (background) and Temporary Apartment Complex (TAC) are used for temporary housing of residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

FEMA has set up a mobile disaster recovery center for those residents who have been affected by the recent catastrophic wildfires providing a platform where they can register in person with specialists. Disaster survivors are urged to register with FEMA for assistance and get on the road to recovery.. California Valley Fire and Butte Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Coast Guard on Scene Damages - 26-HK-82-61. CG On Scene Damages--tents in grass near parking lot and building, dated 9 5 2005. Hurricane Katrina

Flooding - Memphis, Tenn. , May 10, 2011 Hope Presbyterian shelter resident Maria Vianey Lugo heads for the mobile laundry facility The Shelter at Hope Presbyterian has laundry and showers set up for the residents displaced by the Mississippi flooding. Marilee Caliendo/FEMA. Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

New Outpatient Clinic.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Housing displays from the Solar Decathlon --design competition for homes powered by the sun-- being taken down at the conclusion of the exhibit on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Cedar Rapids, IA, June 19, 2008 A FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Center opened yesterday in the water-damaged parking lot of the Westdale Mall on Edgewood Road, SW. Registrations were lighter today, as many residents with waterlogged homes are registering by phone and over the internet.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

FEMa DRC in Louisville, MS. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

MERS at Tifton. Georgia Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Regions - Images Relating to the Discover-AQ Program - images and video clips relating to the Discover-AQ Program. Discover-AQ stands for Deriving Information on Surface conditions from COlumn and VERtically resolved observations relevant to Air Quality , Environmental Protection Agency

Louisiana - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-363-9. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, Pascagoula, Miss., November 2, 2005 -- A U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier delivers mail to this FEMA provided travel trailer sited on private property. FEMA is using many methods to temporarily house Mississippi residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Paperwork check. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Ike, Port Arthur, TX, September 21, 2008 Repatriation began today with buses coming from shelters in Lufkin and Texarkana. People are allowed to return home to see the damage from hurricane Ike and live there if possible. Many will end up in shelters here because their home is too damaged to occupy.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Fort Myers Beach, FL, USA-November 17, 2022--A FEMA-State Disaster Recovery Center is set up on Fort Myers Beach.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

DRC Opens Today in Albany. Georgia Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

COGIM living units lined up in Kansas. Kansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, satellite is transported to Space Launch Complex 2 where it will be mated to a Delta II rocket.SMAP will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. These measurements will be used to enhance understanding of processes that link the water, energy and carbon cycles, and to extend the capabilities of weather and climate prediction models. SMAP data also will be used to quantify net carbon flux in boreal landscapes and to develop improved flood prediction and drought monitoring capabilities. Launch is scheduled for Jan. 29, 2015.

DR-1607 Hurricane Rita.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Pollution - Emergency Support Function No. 10 Sites - Forward Operating Base - 26-HK-224-27. Hurricane Katrina

Severe Storms and Tornadoes, New Smyrna Beach, FL, February 7, 2007 The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in on Conrad Road. FEMA opens DRCs to support the public during the FEMA recovery process. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, Carville, LA, January, 25, 2006 - The Chaplain, serving at FEMA's Disaster Mortuary Response Team's (DMORT) temporary morgue, inspects and blesses the refridgerated trucks about to transport the remains of the deceased that were disintered during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Great efforts were made to identify and establish where the remains originated so they could be returned to their original resting place. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Activities at the National Football League's pre-Super Bowl XLII interactive theme park, The NFL Experience, in Glendale, Arizona, where Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., joined Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Americcan Recreation Coalition President Derrick Crandall, and other officials for outdoor recreation promotions

Critical Incident Stress Management - Louisiana - 26-HK-139-23. Hurricane Katrina

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