Eighteen months ago, I wrote my first column for HSToday, “Five Challenges Facing Emergency Management,” identifying issues such as burnout, workforce development, climate change, public trust, and ...
The agency’s updated OnTheMap for Emergency Management tool shows how population and workforce data can support rapid response and recovery operations during hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other ...
Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Director Kevin Guthrie addresses the State Emergency Response Team on Aug. 29, 2023, ahead of Hurricane Idalia impacts. (Florida Division of ...
A FEMA search and rescue team searches debris in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Disasters were declared in eight states due to damage from the storm. Reorganization at FEMA has ...
With weather catastrophes becoming more common in the United States these days, communities have counted on two facts. First, the federal government has their backs. When state and local resources are ...
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‘Disaster inertia’: why must NZ keep relearning the same lessons from extreme events?
In the aftermath of another summer of weather disasters, there were headlines about a “growing gap” between recovery efforts and preparation for climate change impacts. There were calls for a rethink ...
Jennifer L. Selin has received funding and/or support for her research on the executive branch from the Administrative Conference of the United States. The views in this piece are those of the author ...
What would happen if a major windstorm, wildfire, or other disaster damaged your home and community and left you and fellow residents without food, water, or shelter for a long time? Are you and ...
A company whose earlier disaster recovery contract in North Carolina was marked with serious communications problems will return to run North Carolina’s disaster recovery program in western counties ...
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