Driven by a shared commitment to protect Canadians, strengthen community resilience and improve how Canada prepares for and responds to disasters, Aviva Canada (Aviva) today announced $250,000 in ...

As "500 year" floods become nearly annual events, the founder of the nonprofit Disaster Accountability Project explains why ...

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created nearly 20 years ago in response to catastrophic terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Emergency management became a pivotal ...

Prevention/mitigation operations are intended to eliminate hazards and vulnerabilities, reduce the probability of hazards and vulnerabilities causing an emergency situation, or lessen the consequences ...

What is emergency management’s role in a campuses response to bomb threats and suspicious packages? Let’s look at this question from the perspective of the four phases of emergency management: ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) helps build, sustain, and improve the nation's capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards through ...

Elizabeth Zimmerman is the former FEMA associate administrator and deputy associate administrator for response and recovery from 2009 to 2017, where she led the response and recovery operations of 938 ...

Firefighters with Oceanside Fire Department and the Camp Pendleton Fire Department (CPFD) initiate prescribed burns at Ranges 108 and 109 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 12, 2019 ...

Weld County officials are welcoming public input as they update the county’s hazard mitigation plan. Hazard mitigation focuses on reducing or eliminating longterm risks caused by hazards such as ...

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approved Hawaiian Electric's multi-year Wildfire Mitigation Plan, focusing on grid ...

Through the community health assessment, San Juan Basin Public Health examines the health of the community and provides programs and resources to keep the community healthy. Just like a person makes ...