Preparedness

Big Basin Redwoods State Park is California's oldest, and it was 97 percent burned in 2020, when the CZU Lightning Complex Fire erupted in the Santa Cruz Mountains, incinerating tens of thousands of trees.

A focus group for emergency services on Monday packed the Effingham City Council chambers with police officers, firefighters, the dive team and more emergency response team members.

Students in a criminal justice program at Vinal Technical High School built a free website for first responders that gives daily briefings on hurricanes, disease outbreaks, power outages and solar flares.

Of particular concern was a traffic snarl that wrapped around downtown Eureka, Calif., following the issuing of a statewide tsunami warning that sent people rushing to their cars to escape.

A two-part grant is helping local hazardous materials planners in Alabama prepare for disaster, doing so by awarding a mix of state and federal funding.

A powerful 7.0 earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County Thursday morning, followed by a series of aftershocks, left people scared and shaken — and grateful the damage wasn’t worse.

Unclear police policies, inefficient training and too little accountability is resulting in some North Carolina officers misusing tasers and similar devices, civil rights lawsuits and advocates say.

While officials in Mercer County are still awaiting a federal disaster declaration from the White House, more than 1,600 claims for assistance have been submitted to FEMA in neighboring Tazewell County.

Helene’s floods and mudslides damaged at least 100,000 homes in Western North Carolina, according to null, displacing many of the people who live in some communities.

Built on bottomland east of Eureka, the St. Louis Area’s Times Beach was vulnerable to the periodic rages of the Meramec, a river that drains a wide area of wooded hills.

A new smartphone app from the Jasper County Emergency Management Agency offers readiness materials for a variety of emergency situations, plus the ability to send emergency alerts. Users can submit storm damage reports, and weather information, and make incident checklists.

The state was approved for a Fire Management Assistance grant through FEMA, in which 75 percent of the cost will be picked up by federal dollars and the remaining quarter through state and local resources.

Ladris CEO Leo Zlimen outlines how artificial intelligence can help government agencies and communities prepare for disasters, refine emergency response plans, mitigate risks and speed up the recovery process.

Residents in three fast-growing Boise neighborhoods say that evacuation efforts could trap them there if the wind blows the wrong way or the main road becomes blocked.

In North Carolina, the cold is creeping in as autumn gives way to winter early in the mountains, but this year it comes at a precarious time, when many residents are still suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Four local fire departments in northern Massachusetts will share more than $600,000 in federal grants, money which will help bring in new tech and potentially faster response times for each station.

The Harford County government paid off $220,000 in student loans for 44 first responders this year, making payments directly to lenders through the county’s NEXT GEN Responder Student Loan Relief Program.

When a disaster strikes, it’s best to act fast so you can get reimbursements sooner rather than later. Here’s how to get your tax documents back, according to the IRS.