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A public event was held in Watford City, Community Strong: Remembering the 2024 October Wildfires and Those Who Stood Together. Among the impacted landowners, community leaders, and first responders gathered for the event was the widow of Johannes Nicolaas van Eeden, traveling from South Africa to visit the place of her late husband’s last days. Edgar Coppersmith and van Eeden both tragically lost their lives due to impacts from the wildfires.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in cooperation with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a flood protection improvement (Project) sponsored by the Lower Heart River Water Resource District (LHRWRD) in Mandan, North Dakota.

Notification is hereby given to the public that the Barnes County, North Dakota has requested funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a proposed road inslope stabilization mitigation project along County Road 21.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives final notice to the public of its intent to review and approve community-wide basement exceptions under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that allow for residential basement construction below the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) in the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). These approvals will be conducted in accordance with Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) § 60.6. 

The public is invited to attend Community Strong: Remembering the 2024 October Wildfires and Those Who Stood Together, an evening to honor the resilience of the community and the heroic efforts of first responders.

The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services (NDDES) has announced updates to two division names following the passage of House Bill 1079, signed into law in 2025 and effective August 1.

The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services (NDDES) is issuing a Notice of Intent to Apply for the FY 2025 State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSP).

A large-scale domestic operations training exercise led by the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services and the North Dakota National Guard will be conducted across North Dakota from June 9-13, 2025, centered in Bismarck.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announces its intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for watershed resilience projects in the State of North Dakota and is accepting comments submitted within the next thirty days.

Red Flag Warnings have been persistent across much of the state over the weekend and into the beginning parts of the week, reflective of the dry and windy conditions that continue.