The plan should be considered a living document, reviewed and updated on a regular basis as the emergency team sees fit. Disaster. The word conjures concerns about school shootings, hurricanes, ...

In the first in this series of articles on disaster recovery (DR) planning, we examined risk and business impact assessment as the initial building block, and then looked at development of the DR plan ...

When it comes to disaster response and recovery operations, it is crucial that workers are prepared before there is an emergency, according to Rutgers researchers. Their study, published in New ...

To build capacity in green disaster risk management and response, WWF-Pacific staff and partners, recently underwent a three day ‘Green Recovery and Reconstruction Toolkit’(GRRT) training in Suva. To ...

As people count the cost of the bushfire that has devastated the South West town of Yarloop, one local clinician is investigating how emergency burns staff should prepare for the unexpected. Disaster ...

A public awareness campaign and disaster response training was held in Morigaon for Nagaon Circle irrigation staff. The ...

When a small farm warehouse caught fire in West, Texas, in 2013, members of a volunteer fire department rushed to the scene. Unknown to them, the store held more than 40 metric tons of highly ...

Your emergency response training curriculum may be up to date and relevant, but is it enough when a real emergency happens? Will your responders or rescuers recall the information learned when under ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — McAllen city staff and first responders attended a two-day training course on how to ...

Malibu officials announced the city will hold weekly disaster notification drills, offer emergency-response training and host ...

It’s a scene of utter devastation. Smashed automobiles, derailed train cars and piles of rubble are scattered across an apocalyptic landscape. Hard-hatted responders cling to nylon ropes alongside a ...

Malibu officials announced Tuesday the city will hold weekly disaster notification drills, offer emergency-response training and host a safety resource fair in September as part of National ...