In the 1970's, California (U.S.) resources were severely taxed by major wildfire outbreaks. These incidents required the cooperation of multiple agencies that did not usually work together. Many ...

The UAE Office for the Coordination of Foreign Aid (OCFA) today opened a training workshop on disaster management for UAE-based humanitarian aid workers, building on its mandate to enhance the ...

Traditional disasters with an acute phase and a relatively finite timeline for the immediate response are becoming a thing of the past. Emergency management and public health must now, instead, pivot ...

It’s no secret that the field of emergency management is not overly diverse. The typical emergency manager is an older white male. This lack of diversity is rooted primarily in the profession’s ...

Don Schmidt is CEO of risk consulting company Preparedness LLC and a 20-year member and chair of the technical committee that writes the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1600 standard. He ...

The purpose of this study is to emphasize the critical importance of integrating wildlife conservation and ecological principles into emergency management practices at the local and state levels in ...