BEDFORD – Lawrence County Emergency Management Director Valerie Luchauer shared a heartening story with the commissioners ...

Amid a few fire-scorched weeks in Southern California, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will hear a presentation Tuesday on the county's emergency preparedness and response efforts.

House Democratic leaders have arranged an “emergency” meeting of the full caucus on Wednesday in response to President ...

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The LA wildfires stand as a reminder that evacuating fast in the face of a disaster isn’t easy, even when you think you’re ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who on Friday talked about shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on ...

Trump orders a review with the goal of an "immediate, effective, and impartial response," but critics say heʻs politicizing ...

Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.

The 5th edition of Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road's flagship workshop series, Handling Unexpected Emergencies (HUE), ...

FEMA was absorbed by DHS in 2003, prompting criticism that its highly bureaucratic nature rendered the agency ineffective in addressing natural disasters.

Angeles City officially launched the Angeleño Alerto! 24/7 Mobile App - Personal On-call Guard Interface (POGI) today, ...