Disaster Management
These 3 actions will help prepare your family in case of a natural disaster, so that you are able to help others
Review how your own community prepares for special events for these essential elements
Firefighters rescued people from flooded homes and saved people and dogs in a swift water rescue on the Gauley River
London鈥檚 Ambulance Service has responded to 13,400 calls in the last two days
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell: 鈥淎dults aged 65 and older are a growing demographic who are often disproportionately impacted by severe weather鈥�
Firefighters and EMS providers helped with recovery after the storm left three people injured, hundreds of homes damaged and thousands without power
Decatur鈥檚 EMS coordinator presented a challenge coin to six hospital EMS employees and called their willingness to jump in 鈥渦nprecedented鈥�
Rob Lawrence speaks with Stefan Korshak, senior defense correspondent for the Kiev Post
Organizations stuck using yesterday鈥檚 demand analysis deployment strategies are getting left behind
AMR said it deployed 62 times in the last five years in support of the government agency
The Emergency Management Performance Grant helps governments make key investments so that they can better respond to disasters
The parents reportedly crawled out of the structure screaming for help for their daughter, who was still inside the home on a breathing machine
The Weather Channel released footage of a tornado that appeared to touch down in a New Orleans suburb and would later cross the Mississippi River
The SXSW effort includes stationing 20 EMS providers downtown, a patient collection point and keeping ambulances available
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The Florida-based rescue nonprofit Project DYNAMO successfully evacuated the twin boys, as well as a British baby girl, to Poland from war-torn Kyiv
A Washington County Sheriff鈥檚 deputy was able to reach the patient and transport them to the hospital
Multiple agencies responded to the wreck and uninjured drivers were taken to the Pendleton Convention Center
The St. Charles County Ambulance District was prepared for this week鈥檚 winter weather with two new plows on standby
Pittsburgh Paramedic Jon Atkinson praised the EMS providers who responded amidst the challenging conditions
Pittsburgh Fire Chief Darryl Jones reported that 10 people were injured, and three were transported to a hospital
鈥淚 kept thinking they鈥檙e going to die in this cold,鈥� said Vania Masaya
As the numbers of pediatric patients with diagnosed mental health conditions climb, EMS providers will be increasingly asked to treat these kids
Thousands of miles apart, two public safety professionals point to detailed plans as the reason for their organizations鈥� disaster response success
Rescuers have had to crawl over the dead to get to the living, said Jeremy Creason, Mayfield鈥檚 fire chief and emergency services director
National Guard members and emergency workers from across the state were pouring into Mayfield to help with a search and rescue operation
Dozens of emergency vehicles responded to an MCI at the Amazon center near Edwardsville, Ill., following severe storms
Acadian Ambulance invested in assets to assist operations in areas impacted by extreme weather and to improve morale for deployed responders
A paramedic and a nurse who witnessed the deadly night鈥檚 events and tried to help victims describe how so much went so wrong in Houston
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