FEMA FY26 Emergency Management Funding Is Open: Preparedness Supplies EMA Managers Should Consider Now
FEMA recently announced more than $420 million in Fiscal Year 2026 emergency management funding to support preparedness, response capabilities, and emergency management operations across the country. A large portion of that funding is available through the Emergency Management Performance Grant program, commonly known as EMPG.
For EMA managers, this announcement comes at an important time. From Georgia agencies preparing for hurricane season to emergency management teams nationwide reviewing wildfire, sheltering, and field response needs, many communities are taking a closer look at what their teams, vehicles, response trailers, and emergency operations centers may need before the next activation.
The application deadline is July 15, which gives agencies a short window to review current preparedness gaps and consider what supplies may support their approved emergency management work plans.
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EMPG Funding and Practical Preparedness
EMPG is designed to help state, local, Tribal Nation, and territorial emergency management organizations strengthen their preparedness and response capabilities. While many agencies think first about major investments like generators, communications equipment, mobile command vehicles, staffing, and training, preparedness also depends on the operational supplies that keep teams and facilities ready to function.
That includes supplies for field personnel protection, shelter readiness, EOC activation, response trailer support, vehicle readiness, sanitation, odor control, and post-incident cleanup.
These needs can become especially important during hurricane season and wildfire season, when agencies may be supporting outdoor field crews, shelters, evacuation centers, public facilities, response trailers, command vehicles, and long-duration recovery operations.
Why EMA Managers Should Review Supply Needs Now
The best time to stock response supplies is before the call comes in.
Once a storm is approaching, a wildfire is threatening communities, or a shelter is preparing to open, agencies have less time to source the products that support daily operations. Teams are already moving equipment, activating plans, coordinating with partners, answering public needs, and preparing for extended shifts.
That is not the ideal time to realize a response trailer is missing insect repellent, a shelter needs additional deodorizing supplies, a vehicle requires odor control, or a recovery team is dealing with smoke, sewage, mildew, spoiled food, or organic waste odors without the right products on hand.
Many Major Clean products are well suited for advance staging because they have a long shelf life and can be stored for future response needs. Agencies can place products in response trailers, EOCs, shelter supply areas, field kits, vehicle kits, logistics warehouses, public works support areas, and supply rooms before they are urgently needed.
Preparedness Needs for Hurricane and Wildfire Season
Hurricane preparedness does not stop at landfall. After heavy rain, flooding, and storm damage, responders may be working around standing water, storm debris, damaged buildings, outdoor staging areas, shelters, and public facilities. These conditions can increase exposure to mosquitoes, ticks, gnats, biting flies, odors, mildew, sewage-related malodors, spoiled food, damp materials, and organic waste.
Wildfire response creates its own challenges. Even when fire suppression is not handled directly by the EMA, emergency management teams may support evacuations, shelters, logistics, staging areas, public information, resource coordination, and recovery. Smoke odors can linger in vehicles, facilities, gear storage areas, temporary shelters, command spaces, and public buildings long after the immediate threat has passed.
As agencies prepare for these seasonal risks, practical supply categories to review may include:
- Field personnel insect protection
- Shelter cleaning and deodorizing supplies
- EOC activation and facility support supplies
- Response trailer sanitation and odor control
- Vehicle and mobile command unit odor control
- Flood, sewage, smoke, mildew, and organic waste odor control
- Post-incident cleanup and recovery supplies
- Specialized team gear care supplies
Where Major Clean Fits
Major Clean products can support practical emergency preparedness needs across multiple response environments.
No Tickz®, No Mosquitoz®, and No Natz® can be staged for outdoor field teams, shelter check-in areas, CERT teams, public works crews, animal response teams, search and rescue support, debris operations, and other personnel working in humid, wooded, or overgrown environments.
OdoBan® products can support cleaning, deodorizing, disinfecting, fabric refreshing, mildew control, and odor elimination needs in shelters, EOCs, vehicles, public buildings, and recovery spaces when used according to label directions.
BioOdor Digester, BioDrain Grease & Waste Digester, fogging products, Fire Odor Bomb, Food Odor Bomb, and Odor Bomb products can support planning for the recovery period, when agencies may encounter organic waste, spoiled food, smoke, sewage, mildew, and other tough malodors.
For agencies with specialized teams, products like Lethal® No. 1 Gun Oil may also support equipment care, gear readiness, and public safety support needs.
The benefit for EMA managers is flexibility. Major Clean products can be staged ahead of time and used across shelters, response trailers, EOCs, vehicles, field operations, public facilities, and post-incident cleanup efforts.
A Note on Grant Allowability
Major Clean products may be allowable when they are tied to an approved emergency management work plan, preparedness need, response operation, sheltering function, EOC activation, field personnel support, or cleanup operation.
However, allowability depends on the specific grant program, agency work plan, procurement process, and applicable federal, state, local, Tribal Nation, or territorial requirements.
Major Clean products should not be described as “FEMA-approved,” and agencies should not assume that any product is automatically covered by EMPG or another FEMA funding source.
Before including products in a grant-funded purchase, agencies should confirm allowability with their grant manager, State Administrative Agency, FEMA regional contact, and procurement office.
Review Readiness Gaps Before the July 15 Deadline
The FY26 FEMA funding announcement gives EMA managers a timely reason to review preparedness gaps before the next major activation.
Hurricane season is already underway. Wildfire season may create additional planning needs. Shelters, EOCs, vehicles, response trailers, field teams, and recovery operations all require practical supplies that help agencies operate more effectively during real-world events.
As your agency reviews FY26 emergency management funding priorities, now is the time to think through the supplies that help your people, facilities, vehicles, and response operations stay ready.
Contact Major Clean to discuss preparedness supply options for your agency before the July 15 application deadline.
For more information on the EMPG funding visit https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/emergency-management-performance
