Hands-On Activities

Individuals engaging in practical tasks, from maintenance to construction, highlighting craftsmanship and collaboration.

Young man checking a car battery

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Oregon, part of the 2004 Take Pride in America Western Tour highlighting volunteer efforts on public lands, including a stop at the Monaco Coach Corporation recreational vehicle plant in Coburg

Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Lady Lake, FL, February 19, 2007 A FEMA contractor makes the gas stove operational as FEMA representative Gene Pope (foreground) looks on. FEMA is working rapidly to place residents in need into travel trailers as temporary housing. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Members of the Fort McCoy Directorate of Human Resources coordinate a paper records shredding and recycling event Oct. 19, 2022, with shredding contractor Confidential Records at Fort McCoy, Wis. The records manager for Fort McCoy is responsible for the destruction of documents that have met their disposition that are in records holding. The destruction, or shredding, of documents occurs twice a year once in spring and once in fall.

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Man working at old van outdoors

Members of the Fort McCoy Directorate of Human Resources coordinate a paper records shredding and recycling event Oct. 19, 2022, with shredding contractor Confidential Records at Fort McCoy, Wis. The records manager for Fort McCoy is responsible for the destruction of documents that have met their disposition that are in records holding. The destruction, or shredding, of documents occurs twice a year once in spring and once in fall.

senior at work

Delivery man talking on phone and ringing doorbell

Young man checking a car battery

A worker with shredding contractor Confidential Records working with members of the Fort McCoy Directorate of Human Resources to hold a paper records shredding and recycling event Oct. 19, 2022, writes down weight figures at Fort McCoy, Wis. The records manager for Fort McCoy is responsible for the destruction of documents that have met their disposition that are in records holding. The destruction, or shredding, of documents occurs twice a year once in spring and once in fall.

Signing ceremony, outside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, for Executive Order protecting and conserving the striped bass and red drum fish populations, with President George W. Bush joined by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Maryland Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, Coastal Conservation Association Chairman Walter Fondren, American Sportfishing Association President Mike Nussman, Stripers Forever President Brad Burns, Shimano America Corporation President Dave Pfeiffer, and other dignitaries

The Herndon Official Workers Center allows immigrants a chance to participate in a town-sanctioned system of day-laboring employ

man working from a tent whilst social distancing from the office

Man, delivery or van with box for transport service, online order or door package at home address. Male person, driver or courier guy with stock, parcel or cargo for freight, shipment or distribution

Flooding Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Bound Brook, N. J. , October 5, 2011 Salvation Army driver Jaamal Montesino unpacks a Salvation Army delivery truck filled with essential supplies for survivors of Hurricane Irene at the Salvation Army Bound Brook Temple in Bound Brook, New Jersey. FEMA partners with numerous volunteer agencies like the Salvation Army to provide needed assistance to to disaster survivors. New Jersey Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Staten Island, N.Y., Dec. 23, 2012 FEMA Community Relations Teams are still providing assistance and support to survivors in Staten Island. FEMA Community Relations teams continue to go door to door providing information on how to register for Disaster Assistance. Eliud Echevarria / FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Caucasian woman truck driver filling truck with diesel fuel at a truck stop.

Galena, Alaska, June 12, 2014 State Coordinating Officer Bryan Fisher (CL) listens to orientation from State Emergency Management Specialist Karl Edwards (CR) regarding the Galena recovery process. The State of Alaska and FEMA are providing recovery measures after severe flooding damaged the infrastructure to the community in 2013. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA. Alaska Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Security guard checking padlock

Transit Employee Points out Flood Water Level. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

Norman, Okla., June 13, 2013 Volunteer, Tony Baker retrieves a walker from the donated supplies at the Journey Disaster Relief Center in Norman. Donations came in from all over the country and the center had 7,300 volunteers pass through to assist tornado survivors in Oklahoma. The Moore area was struck by a F5 tornado on May 20, 2013. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

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FEMA and PREMA distribute blue tarts. Puerto Rico Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Washington, Ill., December 8, 2013 Volunteers Richard Hill, left, and Paul Willett, of Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort, unload donated items for distribution. The distribution center has received donations for residents impacted by the tornado. Residents impacted by the tornado are encouraged to register with FEMA by calling (800)-621-3362 or (TTY) (800) 462-7585 or online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov. Washington, IL, USA--Dec. 8, 2013--Volunteers Richard Hill, left, and Paul Willett, of Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort, unload donated items for distribution. The distribution center has received donations for residents impacted by the tornado.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Caucasian worker holding cable spool

Calaveras Enterprise reporter Travis Traborek gets a look at the first Modular Housing Units to arrive in the staging area McClellan Airbase. FEMA Public Information Officer Vic Inge explains the process of how these temporary units will help the eligible disaster survivors on to the road to recovery. California Valley Fire and Butte Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

portrait of fisherman at work

A carpenter, Sweden.

Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 12, 2012 Port Authority Operations Supervisor, Bob Harley points to the hurricane Sandy flood water level inside the religious site. FEMA provides supplemental Federal disaster grant assistance for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged, publicly owned facilities and the facilities of certain Private Non-Profit (PNP) organizations. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

JOHN V. BAUSANO, ICRC, COMPOSITE ENGINEER, CHECKING QUARTER DOME MACHINING VERIFICATION FILM.

gardener at work

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Tile Shop at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a United Space Alliance technician cuts a block of Boeing Rigid Insulation-18, or BRI-18, tile. BRI-18 is the strongest material used for thermal insulation on the orbiters and, when coated to produce toughened unipiece fibrous insulation, provides a tile with extremely high-impact resistance. It is replacing tiles on areas of the vehicle where impact risk is high. These areas include the landing gear doors, the wing leading edge and the external tank doors.

FEMA staff building out the Springfield disaster recovery center on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 in Livingston Parish, La.. Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Gale Norton with Shell Oil officials in western Colorado, home of the Piceance Basin natural gas reserves

N-232 Sustainability 'Green' Building Topping Ceremony

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors

Owner of a sweet shop known as a Halwai standing in the kitchen of his sweet shop

Courier Delivering Package Standing Next To Van

UNITED STATES / IDOHA STATE/LEWISTON . American senior citizen buying gas at gas station patrol this product contian up to 10% ethanol by volume 11 March 2010 PHOTO BY FRANCIS JOSEPH DEAN / DEAN PICTURES

Blue collar worker getting in van

Man standing in factory using telephone

Man with cap sits next to cut car tyres and reads newspaper, newspaper reading man, Eminoenue district, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

Two movers man loading furniture and boxes from truck vehicle

Nike-crew at work.

Napa, Calif., August 24, 2014 Many businesses are closed in downtown Napa as shop owners and landlords work to assess and repair damage caused by the earthquake.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Views of Bureau of Administration staff in assorted work settings, for use on "What We Do" display board for April, 2004 awards ceremony

A latin woman is using a key card to unlock a hotel room door

Senior man with clipboard outside warehouse full of wood

female farmer in cab of combine, three hills, alberta, canada

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Water authority employee testing chlorine content while flow testing fire hydrant.

Two farmers discussing data from clipboard on the farm

Disabled worker preparing meals for users and supervisors of the ESAT . Washing and disinfection of utensils when washing.

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Office of the Inspertor General (OIG) Training , Environmental Protection Agency

Report on a rescue device specializing in difficult mountain access. The rescuers organize the last preparations before intervening

Severe Storm - Patillas, Puerto Rico, October 3, 2008 FEMA IT Dept. carries computers that he will help set up at the Patillas Disaster Recovery Center following the recent flooding in Puerto Rico. Andrea Booher/FEMA. Puerto Rico Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

The Orion team visits Aero Pacific Corporation in Placentia, CA on Jan. 28, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Portrait of three male builders standing inside a room they are working on.

Back view of anonymous technician in uniform looking away while standing with hands on waist in front of large truck against cloudy blue sky and parked vehicles in service center in daylight. Unrecognizable man mechanic standing in front of parked truck in service center

Members of the Fort McCoy Directorate of Human Resources coordinate a paper records shredding and recycling event Oct. 19, 2022, with shredding contractor Confidential Records at Fort McCoy, Wis. The records manager for Fort McCoy is responsible for the destruction of documents that have met their disposition that are in records holding. The destruction, or shredding, of documents occurs twice a year once in spring and once in fall.

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Cable man standing near his truck

London, UK. Employee wiping vehicle window in car wash

Preparations for appearance by President George Bush at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, Central Point, Oregon, for address on the Healthy Forests Initiative and environmental policy, following Presidential visit to the site of the Squire Peak forest fire

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Mobile, Alabama - 26-HK-182-28. Hurricane Katrina

Masked thief braking in through window

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, La., September 7, 2005 -- D-MAT members get supplies at the New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations.

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , October 13, 2011 David Myers, Director of the DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, stands by the steps and door front remains of a flooded Minot home as a Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota volunteer helps prepare or "button up" a home before winter. Myers was in Minot meeting with faith-based groups and surveying the damage caused by June's Souris River flooding. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

ESAT workers with disabilities during their working day. They leave every morning for their construction sites to carry out cleaning work in offices, technical premises, faculty and schools.

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Male truck driver sending voicemail through smart phone at industry

Army Corp of Engineers works with FEMA to assist Superstorm Sand. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Bricklayer building wall outdoors wearing blue overall

transportation, winter, weather, people and vehicle concept - closeup of man cleaning snow from car windshield with brush

Hafida Chorfi, a Baker and Co-op President of Wardat al Atlas in Ouaouizeght, Morocco, speaks to a customer at her business. Credit: Andrew Monahan, USAID/Morocco

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a delivery driver using telephone

Wildfire - Bastrop County, Texas, September 11, 2011 MDRIC 1/4: State and FEMA staff work to open a Mobile Disaster Registration Intake Center in Bastrop County, Texas. The temporary site is being used to help wildfire survivors register for federal aid.. Texas Wildfires. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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Criminal Investigation Division, Training Facility in Brunswick, Georgia , Environmental Protection Agency

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UNITED STATES / IDOHA STATE/LEWISTON . American senior citizen buying gas at gas station patrol this product contian up to 10% ethanol by volume 11 March 2010 PHOTO BY FRANCIS JOSEPH DEAN / DEAN PICTURES

Glass blower and designer at work.

Disabled workers during green space maintenance workshops. These workers are part of an ESAT (Work Assistance Establishment and Service).

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Idaho Falls, Idaho, where he joined National Interagency Fire Center and Bureau of Land Management personnel at a media briefing on summer's wildfire control efforts

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Station Gulfport - 26-HK-191-71. Hurricane Katrina

Little Ferry, N.J., Nov. 20, 2012 Rising flood waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy caused water damage in hundreds of businesses in Bergen County, N.J. FEMA employees went from home to home and business to business inspecting damage and informing homeowners and business owners on how to apply for FEMA and SBA assistance. Walt Jennings/FEMA. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Manager on Cell Phone by Loading Dock of Lumber Warehouse

Hispanic sanitation worker smiling in garage

Close-up view of middle-aged delivery man unloading containers

Incident Management Team - Office Operations - 26-HK-205-24. Hurricane Katrina

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Temporary Station Venice - 26-HK-196-2. Hurricane Katrina

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