Survey finds funding and staffing are top concerns for emergency managers.

When a disaster, natural or man-made, occurs, hospitals have little time to change from standard to emergency operating procedure. Like government and business, hospitals must plan ahead to meet those ...

All communities are vulnerable to a variety of hazards. Emergency management provides a structure for anticipating and dealing with preparedness, prevention, protection, response, recovery and ...

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the Northeast struggles to recover from the massive damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, state leaders across the country are witnessing the importance of having an ...

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell at the National Response Coordination Center. A host of girls and young women were introduced to the field of emergency management last week when the Institute for ...

Emergency management is a field dedicated to creating frameworks that help communities reduce their vulnerability to different types of disasters and cope with their aftereffects. These threats may ...

I, President Anne D’Alleva, endorse this plan and fully support its implementation. This plan is effective immediately and supersedes all previous editions. [Signed document on file. Contact Emergency ...

Purpose: To provide an overview of the National Emergency Management Advanced Academy (NEMAA) program and the FY17 application process. Program Description: The National Emergency Management Advanced ...

IT leaders must be prepared to deal with unplanned incidents. When a disruptive event threatens the organization's operations, there should be a plan in place to assess the event and determine its ...

Amtrak has earned accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) that typically is awarded to federal, state, local and tribal emergency response agencies. To achieve voluntary ...

“We think of emergency management as solely a government function, but it’s actually a function that encompasses everyone and every different kind of profession,” says online MS in Emergency ...

With climate change and national security becoming bigger concerns, an online degree in emergency management may be a wise pursuit. Here’s some relevant recent history: In 2012, Superstorm Sandy ...