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 ...

“STOP THE BLEED,” a new emergency preparedness program, has expanded its training to staff members at the Wexner Medical Center, aiming to prepare health care workers in the event of a medical ...

When healthcare facilities approach CMS emergency preparedness compliance, it’s natural to focus on the contents of the emergency operations plan or continuity of operations plan. Careful ...

Saturday marks the fifth annual International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. Since 2020, this event has encouraged education and awareness about how people and organizations work to prevent, prepare ...

Historically, emergency preparedness programs in long term care (“LTC”) facilities have been less prioritized with facilities understandably focusing on patient care and operations. But with the ...

JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - Arkansas State University's Regional Center for Disaster Preparedness was honored recently by a college ranking website, College Choice. The website ranked A-State's Masters in ...

The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will evaluate a Biennial Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the Surry Power Station. The exercise will ...

As a first generation Latina, Diana Crofts-Pelayo said her mother led the charge in her family. “When we didn’t know what to do, we looked to her,” Crofts-Pelayo said. In the case of an emergency, ...

A plane crashes into one of the dormitory buildings on the UNLV campus on this night in December while a few hundred feet away thousands of fans are packed into the Thomas & Mack Center for the ...

The Emergency Management Office coordinates a comprehensive program designed to: prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate the effects of, and recover from any emergency or disaster, whether ...

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, the agency that oversees Orlando International Airport, has become the first-ever airport operation to earn full accreditation by the Emergency Management ...

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners recently awarded a $107,800 grant to Douglas Public Health Network (DPHN) to expand the new and wildly successful Emergency Preparedness Program for Older ...