In the wake of Hurricane Helene, local response was critical to clearing roads and activating rescues in Southwest Virginia ...

A hybrid federal-state partnership could yield more efficient and effective disaster governance without sacrificing equity ...

Jan 31 (Reuters) - China's minister of emergency management, Wang Xiangxi, is being investigated for suspected "serious ...

In the morning, participants are assigned to six teams – Red, Blue, Green, Gray, Yellow, and Purple – for four hours of hands-on training in topics such as Field Assessment and Co-ordination, ...

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

Last month, the Whanganui District Council emergency management officer joined Tairāwhiti Civil Defence’s emergency co-ordination centre (ECC) team as operations manager. A state of emergency was ...

In most cases, major disaster declarations were not issued until at least a month after the event. The most recent major disaster declaration came in June 2025 after a series of storms and tornadoes ...

Mississippi is still documenting Winter Storm Fern damage as officials work to unlock broader federal disaster aid for ...

Blair County’s director of the Department of Emergency Services — comprising Emergency Management and the 911 Center — has ...

Among Guthrie’s claims are that the Federal Emergency Management Agency isn’t pleased with the Justice Department’s ...

The suit argues that the recent dismissals and plans for further cuts violate laws designed to preserve the disaster response ...