Like all of you, my last month (or so) has been nothing but COVID-19 related response, planning and discussions. Emerging from this event we will undoubtedly have thousands of stories and lessons ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Emergency response agencies across the Bay Area are looking at disaster systems and protocols in the aftermath of Sunday's 6.0 earthquake in the North Bay. Even agencies that ...

Hurricane Katrina looms large in the history of American emergency management, both for what went wrong as the disaster unfolded and for the policy changes it triggered. As the nation looks back on ...

Earlier this year, the coronavirus pandemic forced many companies—including those in the tech sector—to shut down all in-person operations. Businesses had to quickly pivot their daily and long-term ...

When a disaster's physical evidence is gone -- debris removed, shooter arrested, ashes cold -- the psychological effects of the disaster on emergency responders and civilians involved still may burn.

Emergency management within institutes of higher education (IHE) continues to evolve. Twenty years ago, few universities had an emergency manager, and now nearly every university seems to have at ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released Tactical Interoperable Communications Scorecards: Summary Report and Findings on January 3, 2007. The report assesses 75 metropolitan areas' progress ...

Hurricane Katrina looms large in the history of American emergency management, both for what went wrong as the disaster unfolded and for the policy changes it triggered. Subscribe to our newsletter ...