Public Safety & Homeland Security

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

National Preparedness Month/FEMA News Photo
By: Corey McKenna
September 02, 2010

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

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.

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.

Seattle
By: Andy Opsahl
August 16, 2010

Seattle bypasses the bureaucracy of placing antennas in neighborhoods by striking deal with city’s housing authority.

By: Chad Vander Veen
August 16, 2010

With billions invested in interoperability, why does it seem like agencies are still at square one?

Port of Providence
By: Corey McKenna
August 13, 2010

Sensors will add chemical data to Rhode Island's common operating picture.


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