From inside a burning house, the muffled voice of a missing firefighter crackled through the radio, uttering a distress call: “Mayday.” But on that day in 2003, as flames strangled the single-family ...

How well can your school district handle an unexpected emergency? School shootings are the most publicized and frightening, but school emergencies can include natural disasters like snowstorms, ...

Nearmap conducts rapid aerial imagery captures across the United States following natural disasters, often flying more than 40 missions per year. In 2024 alone, the company captured over 57,000 square ...

This article examines the significance of establishing a legal foundation for maintaining balance in emergency management, emphasizing the importance of legal and risk management systems in disaster ...

Groundbreaking technology platform to better manage emergencies such as active shooter situations is now available for Police Departments, Sheriff’s Departments and dispatch at no cost. SALT LAKE CITY ...

This story is republished from Grist. Read the original article. As thousands waited on federal government assistance after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans residents came up with their own ...

Emergency Management, whether conceived as a management system or an operational unit of government, should not be in the ‘business’ of managing global pandemics. While pandemics are certainly ...

Alabama has become one of only 16 states to achieve the nation's highest accreditation standard when it comes to emergency preparedness and response. To achieve accreditation, Alabama documented ...

When you’re having an emergency, both the speed and efficiency of medical first responders can make a difference in saving a life. But Connecticut’s patchwork of ambulance response systems and ...

The disaster revealed important shortcomings in Haiti's overall national disaster risk management system. After the January 2010 earthquake, reducing vulnerability, improving emergency preparedness ...