State and local governments, Governors, Mayors, County Commissioners, and Tribal Councils need to have real conversations with their local Emergency Managers and their communities. Historically, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Jeff Schlegelmilch is a research scholar and the director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia Climate School at Columbia University. He is the author of ...

As communities across the United States are still recovering from hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisors are warning staff to prepare for the dismissal of ...

After Hurricane Helene ripped through North Carolina, Francesca got to work. As an employee for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, she was deployed to the state for a month to coordinate aid for ...

Here is a fun trivia question to throw out at dinner parties. What was the name of America’s oldest learning institution when it was founded in 1636? The Answer? New College. It was founded by the ...

Native Americans are increasingly responsible for emergency management systems when a natural disaster hits a tribal community. Tribes can issue emergency declarations requests to open up help from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just prior to the full fury of January's great winter storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared it would "cease ...

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) on Friday hosted a high-level Central government ...

Based on the events of the past five years in Minnesota and elsewhere, emergency management leaders must be ready for the unthinkable.

The response to the Fox Valley tornado is just the latest in what’s been a busy year for state and local officials, having to ...

This summer, Canada is once again on fire. Thousands have been evacuated. Smoke drifting south is exacerbating tensions ...

As Michigan continues to face increasingly frequent and complex disasters that require coordinated response efforts across all levels of government, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared August as Emerge ...