Those hoping to lend a helping hand in their community the next time a disaster strikes can now be fully prepared thanks to a ...

Twenty-four disaster response professionals from across the Caribbean are participating in a specialised training programme ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to ...

FEMA has announced the agency is establishing a new university called National Disaster & Emergency Management University (NDEMU) to help train emergency managers to keep pace with the rapidly ...

On the first Saturday in April, a Buffalo blizzard set the stage for a deadly traffic pileup resulting in serious injuries with the added risk of hypothermia. While a springtime snowstorm is nothing ...

Pilots with California Disaster Airlift Response Teams are preparing for a simulated emergency response exercise — practice for critical flights to people and supplies around disasters such as ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - One local emergency management team is reaching out to the community to make sure they know what to do in an emergency. Woodbury County Emergency Management held ‘Disaster Survival ...

CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa (KTIV) - Wednesday night, Woodbury County Emergency Management’s best prepared for the worst during disaster survival training in Correctionville, Iowa. There, people had the ...

Last fall, Delaware experienced a record-breaking drought. October 2024 was the driest month in a century, with no measurable rainfall during a 42-day dry spell. With extreme heat and drought risks on ...