Planning is an important avenue to community emergency preparedness. The practice of emergency response planning is best thought of as a process - a continuing sequence of analyses, plan development, ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — State Sen. Rusty Crowe (R-Johnson City) and Rep. Rebecca Alexander (R-Jonesborough) have been working on legislation to streamline the Tennessee Emergency Management ...

Prepare, mitigate, respond, recover. It’s a cycle I have been through thousands of times. Navigating hundreds of disasters and crises ranging from small to seemingly impossible is all part of the job ...

Emergency Management (EM) Practitioners and Academicians have been investigating key elements to professionalize and standardize the EM career field for over twenty years. This paper presents findings ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - County leaders are taking the first step in the disaster declaration process following a winter storm. According to the Williamson County Emergency Management Agency, ...

Editor’s Note: Luis “Vance” Taylor is the chief of the Office of Access and Functional Needs at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Taylor leads the team responsible for ensuring ...