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Emergency Management Blog - Eric Holdeman: Disaster Zone Social Media -- Citizen's Expectations on Response
May 19 If you still don't believe in social media, you need to look at this infograph…
Emergency Management Blog - Eric Holdeman: Disaster Zone Quote: Knowledge is Key in Decision Making
May 18 Start with knowing yourself!…
Emergency Management Blog - Gerald Baron: Crisis Comm Social media replacing 911?
May 17 20% now use social media to ask for help…

By: Lauren Katims
May 8, 3012

Modeled after the national Community Emergency Response Team program, more than 500 colleges run C-CERTs to increase on-campus emergency preparedness.

May 16, 2013

The Golden Guardian exercise helps California agencies practice emergency response and recovery after a simulated earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay Area.

Hurricane Katrina
May 15, 2013

Pamela Jenkins, research professor of sociology, addresses the “unevenness of the recovery” in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

May 15, 2013

Long-term planning starts with partnership-building, encompasses economic revitalization and ultimately keeps a community viable.

By: News Staff
May 13, 2013

The 30 recipients are recognized for their efforts to increase preparedness at the local level.

By: J.B. Wogan
May 13, 2013

Federal grants that aided police in the Boston Marathon bombing have shrunk in recent years and are at risk of further cuts under the president's reform proposal.

May 13, 2013

San Jacinto College EMT program in Houston incorporates care under fire exercises in curriculum.

By: Leischen Stelter, American Military University
May 9, 2013

Tom Ridge addresses the importance of leadership and resiliency at the New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Conference.

By: Lauren Katims
May 7, 2013

The site aims to connect citizens willing to offer resources and services after a disaster occurs.

May 6, 2013

There are numerous, ongoing threats to our water supply. Some of them could be catastrophic.





2012 Q3 Special Report: The Blended and Virtual Learning FrontierCyber and Physical Security Special Report

This Special Report drills into these best practices, offers case study highlights of successful security policies across the country, reports additional details from the latest CDG research and provides a list of the top tools available today to defend against the shadowy community of domestic and international intruders.