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FEMA Provides Fire Rebuilding Update On Eve Of First Anniversary

FEMA's request for cadaver pouches follows warnings at the White House of coronavirus death tolls surpassing 100,000.
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Almeda Fire Update

The anniversary of the September wildfire outbreak of 2020 looms, while the region rebuilds from those fires AND watches the progress of fighting this year's fires.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, is just one of many agencies, government and not, working to get people back into housing they can afford.

FEMA has already set up manufactured homes--"FEMA trailers"--at several sites in fire zones. More remains to be done, and we get an update from Paul Corah, based in the Oregon FEMA office.

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The Jefferson Exchange is Jefferson Public Radio's daily news program focused on issues, people and events across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Angela Decker is the program's senior producer, Charlie Zimmermann is the assistant producer, and Geoffrey Riley hosts the show.