The plan should be considered a living document, reviewed and updated on a regular basis as the emergency team sees fit. Disaster. The word conjures concerns about school shootings, hurricanes, ...

I began writing this column the day after Hurricane Sandy flooded the northeast coast of America. Her effects actually reached to the Mississippi River and far into Canada. The devastation at New York ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to ...

In the first in this series of articles on disaster recovery (DR) planning, we examined risk and business impact assessment as the initial building block, and then looked at development of the DR plan ...

Last fall, Delaware experienced a record-breaking drought. October 2024 was the driest month in a century, with no measurable rainfall during a 42-day dry spell. With extreme heat and drought risks on ...

Soldiers from Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, completed their Evacuation Disaster training with a ...

It’s a scene of utter devastation. Smashed automobiles, derailed train cars and piles of rubble are scattered across an apocalyptic landscape. Hard-hatted responders cling to nylon ropes alongside a ...

A devastating flood. A powerful and destructive earthquake. A raging forest fire, These are all disasters the National Guard trains for with the goal of saving lives. But in Brownstown Township, ...