People in the area may hear "FEMA" and not know exaclty what this federal organization does. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) mission is to help people before, during and after ...

Every year, many of us go in for a routine physical. Not because anything feels wrong, but because it is useful to know what is changing quietly: blood pressure edging up, cholesterol drifting, a ...

In this Special Feature, we will be looking at the psychology of disaster management and offering an overview of the impact of disaster management techniques on the mental and emotional health of ...

As Michigan continues to face increasingly frequent and complex disasters that require coordinated response efforts across all levels of government, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared August as ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Local emergency managers, the behind-the-scenes coordinators ...

Disaster and emergency management encompasses the systematic processes used to anticipate, prepare for, respond to and recover from natural or human-made crises. It spans four interlinked phases: ...

This summer, Canada is once again on fire. Thousands have been evacuated. Smoke drifting south is exacerbating tensions ...

After Hurricane Helene ripped through North Carolina, Francesca got to work. As an employee for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, she was deployed to the state for a month to coordinate aid for ...

Recently, a proposal surfaced to revitalize Civil Defense groups in the United States under the umbrella of modern Emergency Management. The idea rests on fears that war could once again reach our ...

A worker in Thailand clears a road after a major flood. Disasters can threaten the infrastrucutre, investment climate, and human capital that jobs depend on. Photo credit: Adobe Stock At the World ...