Learn how state and local emergency managers can prepare for and execute effective public alerts without chaos or confusion.

Facilities Management and Public Works play a critical role as disaster site first responders, but it’s a role that’s not fully recognized. If we compare the definitions of Facility Management and ...

This chapter presents a discussion and decision-support tool to facilitate the development of indicators and triggers that help guide emergency management decision making during a disaster. This tool ...

Communities and neighbors: Preparedness behaviors (insurance uptake, defensible space, go-bags) and spontaneous collective efficacy. A shift from “get a kit, have a plan” to a mentality on ...

New flu viruses, such as H1N1, influenza virus, create a greater threat for a pandemic. A wide-spread emergency, such as a severe hurricane or large-scale public health emergency, may require an ...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa a global public health emergency, sounding its highest possible alarm over the worsening situation. Worried by the rise in ...

BUTTE, Mont. — A conference for emergency managers across the state has wrapped up In Butte. Around 85% of the state’s local emergency managers were in attendance over the last three days at the ...

The University of Oregon is pleased to announce that registration is open for the First Annual Oregon Higher Education Emergency Management Summit. Although it is impossible to predict exactly when ...

If we compare the definitions of Facility Management and Public Works, we find many similar responsibilities. Facility Management is a professional management discipline focused on the efficient and ...