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Most counties in Washington use the Ready, Set, Go evacuation level system, the only exceptions are Clallam and Wahkiakum who ...
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — Snohomish County released a draft of its first Community Wildfire Protection Plan and wants to hear ...
The Guam Homeland Security and the Office of Civil Defense testified against a bill seeking to require a Guam Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan by law. A public hearing was held Monday on ...
Reflecting back to 2020, as cities across the nation grappled with waves of civil unrest, I was charged to lead the Emergency Management team in City of Chicago where we found ourselves at the center ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - When damaging winds and heavy rains pick up and thousands are left without power, the work done by the Lubbock County Office of Emergency Management is critical. Emergency ...
WASHINGTON—Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are scrapping a hurricane-response plan that its recently appointed leader, David Richardson, had said was close to completion, according ...
Hancock County Emergency Management Coordinator Andy Buffington discussed the county’s hazard mitigation plan with supervisors May 27. He also sought their feedback, because it is being updated ...
By Alanna Quillen • Published May 27, 2025 • Updated on May 27, 2025 at 11:50 am ...
Sarah Russell, former commissioner of the City Emergency Management Agency for St. Louis, failed to sound the sirens for a tornado that killed 5 people last Friday, according to reports.
Less than two weeks until the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Administrator David Richardson has rescinded the agency's strategic plan ...
WASHINGTON—The newly appointed head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency acknowledged in private meetings that with two weeks to go until hurricane season, the agency doesn’t yet have a ...
During the 2023 wildfires, the government of the Northwest Territories used its 2018 emergency plan — and, according to a consulting firm tasked with reviewing the territory's emergency response ...