The Lafayette Mayor-President has created the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to develop a ...

The plan is available online, and aims to provide a comprehensive framework for how Lafayette Parish prepares for, responds ...

Learn alternate roads in and out of campus Step Three: Know your shelter plan and keep an up-to-date emergency preparedness kit. Have a "Go Bag" ready for emergency relocations. Think about what you ...

Results Although emergency nurses' clinical role awareness in disaster response was reported to be high, nurses reported limited knowledge and awareness of the wider emergency and disaster ...

Connecticut is preparing for a heat wave starting June 22. According to a community announcement, Gov. Ned Lamont has activated the state’s Extreme Hot Weather Protocol. This protocol will be in ...

OREGON – With fire season well underway in Oregon, emergency responders are urging residents, especially those living in high-risk wildfire zones, to review and understand the state’s three-level ...

Plans and procedures have been updated, exercises have taken place and PHAC-wide emergency management (EM) mandatory training was implemented. Time-limited funding has also improved public health ...

Community readiness is also crucial. DEWA conducts joint training exercises with government and private sector entities to simulate complex emergency scenarios, such as large-scale outages or severe ...

Under the proposed amendment, each wellbeing services county would be required to prepare for the use or threat of military force. This preparedness would be defined by a government decision based on ...

President Donald Trump plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to a recent report from Reuters. Here's what we know about FEMA and how the decision could ...

Less than a third of the 1,012 older adults surveyed said they had created an emergency plan, which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) considers vital. Nor have they invested in a ...

The Maui Emergency Management Agency has completed a comprehensive Strategic Plan and Integrated Preparedness Plan, drawing on lessons learned from the disaster. File photo. PC: Cammy Clark/Maui Now ...