The city is gearing up for a summer filled with events, culminating in the celebration of America's 250th birthday on July 4.

The simulated biological attacks, active shooter incidents and other emergency scenarios are part of the city's safety ...

It’s a scene of utter devastation. Smashed automobiles, derailed train cars and piles of rubble are scattered across an apocalyptic landscape. Hard-hatted responders cling to nylon ropes alongside a ...

The plan should be considered a living document, reviewed and updated on a regular basis as the emergency team sees fit. Disaster. The word conjures concerns about school shootings, hurricanes, ...

WEST POINT, N.Y. (Jan. 17, 2013) -- ng and healing of patients, but ensuring their overall safety as well. What will the hospital staff do if the unexpected happens? If there is an active shooter ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A large-scale training exercise took place Saturday morning at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield for first responders. First responders were training for disasters that everyone hopes will ...

To build capacity in green disaster risk management and response, WWF-Pacific staff and partners, recently underwent a three day ‘Green Recovery and Reconstruction Toolkit’(GRRT) training in Suva. To ...

Charleen C. McNeill, PhD, MSN, RN, discusses key findings from a survey of nurses' emergency preparedness competence, the current state of emergency training, and what nurse leaders can do about it.

More than three dozen agencies were supporting the drill including Volusia County Emergency Management. Airport officials said any disaster at Daytona International would require a large response.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - The terrorist attacks on Sep. 11, 2001, forever changed the lives of Americans across the nation. Especially for those who went to ground zero to assist in the search ...

In the first in this series of articles on disaster recovery (DR) planning, we examined risk and business impact assessment as the initial building block, and then looked at development of the DR plan ...