Recovery

City doesn’t activate the siren for every severe thunderstorm warning.

The Cape Cod and Islands Major Crisis Relief Fund has been in the works, and the process was accelerated after Hurricane Sandy.

Late Friday morning, authorities confirmed that the body of a 4-year-old boy, who was swept away by high water in Ravenswood on Thursday, had been recovered.

Although there are large family-sized tents, the ones recommended for emergencies are typically used for mountaineering.

'It was just total smoke, ash raining down.'

'Tree dies-offs of this magnitude are unprecedented and increase the risk of catastrophic wildfires that put property and lives at risk.'

The event is part of Tennessee Maneuvers 2016, a Tennessee National Guard exercise designed to simulate disaster response across the state.

'Five years of sustained drought are causing fuels to burn much faster and hotter than in nondrought conditions.'

The second of its kind in Haryana, the new system will help safeguard the city which sits on a tectonic fault line.

A pair of blazes keeping more than 1,000 firefighters busy.

A seven-post 911 dispatching center inside features computer-aided dispatching and is a work station for 14 dispatchers, 12 of whom are full-time and work shifts.

'Because your request did not demonstrate how the emergency response associated with this situation is beyond the capability of the state and affected local governments or identify any direct federal assistance needed to save lives or protect property.'

The department isn’t listed on the national wildland firefighter database and is not recognized when federal firefighting authorities take control of a fire.

Regional leaders are embarking on a nearly $1 million study to improve and expand the early flood warning capabilities for the county.

Koon's time at the top of DEM has included several tropical storms that have caused devastating flooding.