Prevention focuses on preventing hazards from occurring, whether they are natural, technological or caused by humans. Not all hazards are preventable, but the risk of loss of life and injury can be ...

A bill that would create independent agencies for the State Fire Marshal and Office of Emergency Management is back for the third consecutive legislative session, aiming to streamline and refocus the ...

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 ...

In the wake of recent disasters such as Hurricanes Rita and Katrina and the Minneapolis bridge collapse, the National League of Cities (NLC) has created the NLC-Emergency Management Training Program ...

A ceremony was held on Jan. 5 to celebrate the official groundbreaking for a project that will rebuild the pier and make it accessible again.

Eric Stern has recently received funding from DHS Science and Technology for an extreme weather informatics project and from NOAA for work on extreme heat events. He has lectured at the National ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

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 ...

Last night, emergency crews responded to the third structure fire in Dickinson this week — extinguishing flames in a detached ...

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 ...

Multiple crews responded to a house fire in Windsor Borough, York County, on Thursday afternoon, according to the York County Office of Emergency Management. First responders around 2:20 p.m. were ...

SEASIDE, Ore. — Editor's note: Clatsop County has been added to Oregon's Homelessness State of Emergency. The county announced on March 2, 2023 that it had been notified by Gov. Kotek's office that it ...