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Officials with the state Department of Emergency Services are still assessing the total damages, but have said that state resources have so far been largely unnecessary thanks to the strong response from local communities. -
If passed by the Missouri House, the money would pay for cleanup and debris removal in the city following a May 16 tornado, similar to when the state receives federal emergency relief dollars.
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Knowledge Center’s John Degory discusses EOCs, information management and more. -
Cooper brings public-sector experience to the private sector.
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Koon went from managing disasters that affected Wal-Mart’s 2.2 million employees to heading emergency management for Florida.
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The budget would adopt a risk-and-need model and implement a two-year performance period.
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While funding has declined, demands on public health emergency preparedness planning have increased.
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Making every disaster local with technology, social media and volunteer communities.
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It’s no longer possible for one person to have all the information available on emergency management and homeland security.
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With its record of federally declared disasters, 2011 exhibited the need for StormReady communities.
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With more than 90 federally declared disasters, 2011 was the year of the billion-dollar disaster.
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2011 was a memorable year for the emergency management field — and for the many Americans impacted by disasters.
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Much of this infrastructure is decades old and will take millions of dollars to maintain and replace.
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Every event related to critical infrastructure is unique, leaving planners to face more unknowns than knowns.
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After 9/11, the federal government waged war on terrorism, but that fight has come at a cost to the nation’s food supply.
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John Hayes addresses how NOAA is keeping up with a warming climate and societal changes.
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Federal officials and EAS participants are hoping that local emergency managers will become more engaged in alerting initiatives.
