The Emergency Management Community is all abuzz about Argonne National Laboratory’s “Emergency Management Organizational Structure, Staffing, And Capacity Study.” That’s a mouthful. And it even ...

The emergency management community lost a legend last week with the passing of Jerome Hauer, the founder and organizer of New York City’s modern-day emergency management structure. I met Jerry nearly ...

DEPARTMENT. AND FIRST RESPONDERS SAY IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. MONDAY’S GAS EXPLOSION ON AMHERST STREET UNFOLDED QUICKLY AS FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE FOCUSED ON SAFETY AT THE SCENE. NASHUA’S OFFICE ...

A recent ice storm in Nashville highlighted weaknesses in the city's emergency preparedness systems. The article argues that Nashville's emergency management should be a dedicated, standalone office, ...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, center left, listens as Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Deanne Criswell speaks during a briefing on the 2024 hurricane and wildfire ...

Tulsa County has hired Bill Smiley as its new Emergency Management Director, taking over operations for Tulsa County Emergency Management. The county said Smiley brings decades of experience leading ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan should consider abandoning its one-person emergency management structure and instead install a team of three experts when deficit-ridden municipalities and school ...

All disasters are local. Anyone who has worked a day in emergency management knows this. It is not even debated. As a resident of Chester County, PA, I saw the recovery first-hand as both a federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than two weeks after the ice storm, too many Nashvillians are still living with the consequences. Families were without heat ...

More than two weeks after the ice storm, too many Nashvillians are still living with the consequences. Families were without heat for days. Parents scrambled to keep their kids warm. Schools closed.