FIU Grad Students Respond to Fictional Hurricane Scenario
Florida International University students in the school’s Academy for International Disaster Preparedness (AIDP) are at it again, this week conducting the ninth annual two-day disaster...
Findlay, Ohio, Schools Adopt ‘Time Gap’ System for Emergencies
Matt Cooper is a Findlay, Ohio, City Schools board member, a battalion chief of the local fire department and a swat medic. He’s also a...
Chaotic Weather Expands Texas Disaster Declarations
(TNS) - In recent weeks, the weather in Texas has taken on a new modern-day meaning of the Wild West, with heavy rain and flooding...
Calif. Earthquake Early Warning System Upgraded
(TNS) - California's earthquake early-warning system is getting a seismic upgrade, one that will allow residents to receive more timely alerts about shaking from an incoming...
Harris County Precinct Runs Drill for Hurricane Season
(TNS) - When Harris County staffers and local first responders assembled at Felix L. Baldree Community Center for a disaster drill on Wednesday, they braced...
Fire-Related Outages Could Increase in Pacific Northwest
(TNS) - When a fire burned along the east side of the Yakima River last week, about thousands people in the Yakima, Wash., area lost...
Season’s Hurricane Forecast Compares to the Most Active
An intense hurricane season could be in the offing for the Gulf Coast and Atlantic Seaboard, according to a forecast by meteorologists at environmental technology...
Safety Programs Implemented at Evanston, Ill., Beaches
(TNS) - A new flag warning system and life jacket loaner program are being made available to beachgoers in Evanston this summer.Evanston’s Lakefront and Athletics...
FEMA Warns It Could Run Out of Cash This Hurricane Season
(TNS) - With a grim storm forecast ahead, the nation’s top disaster responders are in danger of running out of cash at the peak of...
Emergency Workers Keep Eyes on Railroad Improvements
(TNS) - Motorists who cross Norfolk Southern Railroad crossings will need to continue to keep an eye on railroad signage and perhaps have an alternate...