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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

South Texas Officials Didn’t Know Tesla Was Discharging Lithium Refinery Wastewater Into Local Ditch Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Biodiversity Hotspot Iran War Shows That ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...