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Nevada’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security is bracing for federal funding cuts to an urban security grant.
One of the most experienced emergency response experts in the country, who lives in Maine, says the nation is becoming less prepared to respond to disasters.
Abandonment of green energy initiatives and infrastructure projects will eliminate much-needed jobs and community development ...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday introduced legislation seeking to modernize weather radio systems after deadly Texas flashfloods recently raised alarms that emergency communications had failed to pre ...
The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services has renamed two of its divisions, effective Aug. 1, better to reflect their responsibilities under a new state law.
Local officials in Texas emphasized the need for river gauges and real-time rainfall monitoring to better predict flash ...
A hotter climate makes flooding more frequent and severe, and government flood maps aren’t keeping up with the change.
Our analysis of FEMA flood maps in the Austin area show many homes devastated by July floods were in high-risk areas. Experts ...
The Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency is looking at strategies to deal with issues like gridlock, which was widely ...
Local and state governments are gearing up for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season amid uncertainty about the future of federal disaster aid, but emergency management officials in Glynn ...
Texas standards for youth camps are vague, allowing each camp to plan as much or as little as it sees fit. Some states ...