Emergency management is one of the most consequential functions in state government, yet in most states it is not positioned ...

Preparation for the unknown was always in Alan Harris’s job description as emergency manager for Seminole County, Florida, where thousands of homes suffered flood damage during Hurricane Ian in 2022.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has quietly tapped former First Deputy Commissioner of Emergency Management Christina Farrell to lead ...

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 ...

FEMA at the start of January abruptly stopped renewing employment contracts for a group of staffers known as Cadre of On-Call ...

Disaster response always starts locally. But when a disaster overwhelms the local response, help has come from state and, more importantly, federal sources. That seems to be changing. In a Tuesday ...

HAPPENS WITH THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, PREPARING STUDENTS TO BECOME LEADERS IN TIMES OF DISASTER. ONE OF OUR REGION’S UNIVERSITIES IS NOW COVERING AN ADVANCED DEGREE THAT’S EQUIPPING THE NEXT GENERATION ...

But emergency management is not the same as emergency response.

FARGO — This August is the first-ever National Emergency Manager Month. An emergency manager is someone who leads the way during disasters such as floods and blizzards, something of which North Dakota ...

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) — Berkeley County Emergency Management is expanding community meetings to Goose Creek and Daniel Island as officials work to develop a county-specific disaster mitigation ...

Consultants warned Seattle leaders Tuesday that the city’s emergency management system is under strain, raising concerns about how prepared the city is for future disasters ranging from severe storms ...