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Providers in St. Louis were awarded the money through the Missouri Department of Health’s Crisis Counseling Program, which has for decades been funded by FEMA to help build hope and resiliency in disaster survivors. -
When Typhoon Halong devastated Western Alaska last month, the hardest-hit communities were accessible only by air or water. That complicated response efforts and makes rebuilding a challenge.
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Only 100 emergency call centers out of more than 6,000 across the country are capable of receiving and responding to text messages. -
In the wake of devastating tornadoes, awareness of safe rooms has risen and more cities are looking to add them to public spaces.
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The proposed grid promises to provide a “localized source of power that would be more energy efficient and resilient."
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The First Responder Network Authority's first in-person consultation is with Maryland on July 29, and the authority anticipates releasing a draft RFP before March 2015.
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In the aftermath of the Tropical Storm Lee flood, many homeowners opted to take federal buyouts to have their houses demolished and their municipalities take over the land on which they stood.
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The $56 million training facility would pit emergency crews against a variety of realistic, pressure-packed simulated disasters.
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Congress told the National Academy of Sciences to look at what the U.S. can learn from the Fukushima accident in order to keep nuclear power viable.
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The proposals come just more than a year after a deadly derailment in Quebec focused government and public attention on the rising volumes of crude oil shipped in trains.
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In an effort to help dispatchers share information more effectively, plans are in the works to connect them across Kentucky and the nation.
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New technology has created millions of new access points that make the grid vulnerable.
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The technology is being tested to allow paramedics to transmit live video and audio from an ambulance to a doctor in an emergency room.
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Social media is the ultimate government transparency, which is why public officials need to not only get used to it but also get good at it. Here’s how.
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As many as 1,000 Texas National Guard troops will support the state’s Department of Public Safety officers sent south last month to fight crime.
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Fire officials for Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest are testing a new system that’s been especially useful in keeping an eye on blazes that they choose not to suppress.
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There's been an eruption of lightning-sparked wildfires across the northwestern United States over the last two weeks.
