During the recent Virginia Emergency Management Association’s Symposium program, American Red Cross Disaster Manager, Grady Devilbiss, was honored with the Warren E. Trent Individual Achievement Award ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

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As we wade into another year, with COVID still around and more disasters lurking, let’s think about how we engage the next generation of emergency managers. What do we need to teach them? How do we ...

We all know that in emergency management it is the relationships we have with other professionals that are key. The phrase is said again and again — it is the people! I was saddened to say that we ...

The best master’s in emergency management online programs can prepare you to lead disaster responses and recoveries for organizations at various levels, but not all programs will set you on the same ...

Emergency management is one of the most consequential functions in state government, yet in most states it is not positioned that way. Today, only about 27 percent of state emergency management ...

The U.S. emergency & disaster management system is undergoing its second major transformation since 9/11. Without continued federal grant funding and support from DHS and FEMA, the U.S. emergency and ...

Dodge County Emergency Manager Tom Smith is shown with his award. He has been named the Emergency Management Professional of the Year by the Nebraska Association of Emergency Management. When Dodge ...

SCOTT CO., Iowa (KWQC) - Brian Payne, Scott County Emergency Management Director, has been named by the Iowa Emergency Management Association as the Emergency Manager of the Year. Officials said the ...

When hurricanes approach the coast or wildfires tear through dry terrain, the first maps that most people see are the ones that track the danger itself. They show a storm’s path, the current fire ...