In the wake of Hurricane Helene, local response was critical to clearing roads and activating rescues in Southwest Virginia ...

Emergency management is one of the most consequential functions in state government, yet in most states it is not positioned ...

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 ...

But emergency management is not the same as emergency response.

The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) first was released by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 1973. Since then, the ERG has undergone some changes and has evolved into an efficient and ...

County staff said the overhaul is needed now that participation demands and state requirements have changed, and the county wants more control over what responders are learning.

Aerodrome rescue and fire fighters play critical roles in emergency response management.This critical role is, however, hampered by a myriad of challenges. At a conference in Lagos last week,experts ...

Amid a heightened risk of wildfires around the state, emergency management officials met at OKANA Resort on Tuesday for the ...

When disaster strikes, is your fleet ready to face it head-on? A robust fleet management system is essential to protect your organization, whether it's from a natural disaster or a crisis caused by ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

For most of us in business and government, 9/11 was dramatic not just for the enormity of the acts committed against innocent civilians, but for the reality check it brought to our inconsistent ...