All But One Child Saved in Minnesota Amber Alerts
(TNS) - The emergency notices vibrate our phones, light up billboards, interrupt televisions, radio and everyday lives for good reason.After an 11-year-old girl of the...
Southern California Most Disaster-Prone Region, Study Says
(TNS) - According to a new national ranking of 3,200-plus U.S. counties, Southern California rates as the single most disaster-prone region in the country.Quakes, fires,...
Delaware Firefighters Find Partner to Help Recruit Volunteers
The Delaware Volunteer Firefighters Association (DVFA) has almost 3,400 volunteers but says it needs about 600 more.To get the word out on the opportunities that...
Connecticut Utilities Prepare for Severe Hurricane Season
(TNS) - Projections for what could be a historic hurricane season in Connecticut and along the rest of the East Coast this summer has the...
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...