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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 8, 2013

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

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.

May 2, 2013

Scientists hope a new system for measuring hurricane intensity changes forecasting and response.

By: Melissa Maynard
May 1, 2013

The massive investigation demonstrated how first responders need to be able to securely share high volumes of data.

May 1, 2013

Americans, however embattled over politics, sports or whatever, stand up and show their heart and courage during times like these.

April 30, 2013

Hawaii is retrofitting its entire emergency siren network, moving to satellite and cellular control technology.

By: Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica
April 26, 2013

A look at which agencies were in charge of regulating the plant and who's investigating the explosion.




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