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National Preparedness Month/FEMA News Photo
By: Corey McKenna
September 2, 2010

National Preparedness Month aims to prepare the nation’s citizens and businesses for natural and manmade disasters.


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By: Hilton Collins
September 1, 2010

The new Multi-Agency Feeding Plan Template should help make mass feeding across jurisdictions easier.

By: Adam Stone
August 30, 2010

Maryland’s County Hospital Alert Tracking System provides real-time assessments of emergency room backlogs.

By: Corey McKenna
August 27, 2010

Five-hour course helps first responders put theory into practice.

Andrea Booher/FEMA
By: Russell Nichols
August 25, 2010

Public safety technology aims to save lives and protect property by delivering warnings and safety information via text alerts to wireless phones in specified locations.

By: Russell Nichols
August 24, 2010

Counterterrorism training for first responders has already resulted in mitigating a terrorist act in progress.

U.S. Global Change Research Program
By: Eric Holdeman
August 23, 2010

The former chair of Washington Mutual Bank's Crisis Management Team imparts some of her wisdom.

FEMA News Photo/Northridge, Calif., Jan. 17, 1994
By: Corey McKenna
August 20, 2010

States that haven’t met Save the Children’s recommendations could be closer than indicated in the group’s report.

Navarre Beach in Santa Rosa County, Fla./Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa County, Fla.
By: Russell Nichols
August 18, 2010

Santa Rosa County, Fla., used mobile app to track flow of the BP oil spill, plans to use the tool for hurricanes and other emergency situations.

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By: Carrie Speranza
August 17, 2010

Discussions aim at learning to adapt to climate change’s effects and focus on cost-effective and mutually beneficial solutions for humans and the environment.

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