You’ve told your boss that you’ve created an Emergency Action Plan compliant with OSHA, your state’s fire code and NFPA standards. Your boss then snaps, “How do you know any of that will work? Prove ...

Since September 11, 2001, there have been a plethora of developments and changes in the world of emergency services. These have come about because of our need to constantly prepare and protect our ...

Developing an emergency operations plan (EOP) is no easy feat but it was a task Michael Reidenbach gladly took on. The EOP for Charleston County School District, which consists of 82 schools, hadn’t ...

Planning is one of the most common tasks that emergency managers undertake. It is a time-consuming process and can be more drawn out by the number of people and organizations who you engage with to ...

CHEBOYGAN/EMMET, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)– Cheboygan and Emmet County's Offices of Emergency Management, in partnership with the Michigan National Guard, have announced a joint emergency management exercise ...

In emergency management, that first punch can take many forms: a storm track that suddenly shifts, a cyberattack that cascades through systems we assumed were isolated, or a partner agency that ...

What would we do if we discovered a large asteroid on course to impact Earth? While highly unlikely, that was the high-consequence scenario discussed by attendees at an Oct. 25 NASA-FEMA tabletop ...

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Emergency personnel swarmed to Springfield Friday morning for the largest organized training exercise in Effingham County history. The Effingham County Emergency ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Department of Emergency Management is preparing to host IronOR 24, a statewide emergency exercise taking place October 28-31 This four-day exercise is designed to test ...

Climate change is fueling more severe storms and floods, droughts and fires, and communities around the world are grappling with how to prepare. Emergency managers regularly meet to examine possible ...