From floods and forest fires to earthquakes—the frequency and intensity of natural disasters is increasing. This also means ...

CERT trains residents in disaster preparedness, fire safety, light search and rescue, disaster medical operations and team ...

City and county managers play vital roles in emergency management and so too should elected officials. But the effectiveness of these officials in their roles is variable and depends highly on where ...

In 2018, the small, picturesque town of Ellicott City, MD was devastated by a one-in-1,000-year flash flood. This happened just two years after it was similarly devastated by what was also ...

The Grayson County Office of Emergency Management will hold emergency response team classes starting in January, offering ...

Since taking office, President Trump has called for the elimination of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, suggesting it could be dismantled as soon as December. Lately, his team has backed away ...

A March 18 Trump administration executive order directs that the Federal Emergency Management Agency shift more responsibility for U.S. disaster emergency response and rebuilding to states and ...

People across the country and the world are reflecting on former President Jimmy Carter and his life, which was full of achievements. He died at the age of 100 at his longtime home in Plains, Georgia.

KATHMANDU, Nepal-Soldiers, Airmen, Seamen and Marines assigned to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command worked together with more than 300 civilian and military disaster response professionals from 14 countries ...