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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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East Coast twisters are often more rain-wrapped than their western counterparts. Dark clouds obscure their shape and their precise location.
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As they raced toward West Fertilizer Co., the firefighters had no established plan. They would just do what they always did: Show up, begin fighting the fire, then reassess.
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'We have trained people here for years here, countywide, to pick up the phone and call 911 for everything.' -
EDITORIAL: Large-Scale and Smaller Disasters Increasingly Call for Shared Responsibility by EveryoneFor good reason, most of us are not trained to share the responsibility of responding to an emergency.
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'It’s hard to get someone to go at 2 a.m. if they have to get up at 5 a.m. just to get to work.'
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FEMA recently made its first assessment of the damage to the campus and the city and expects it to declare the area eligible for disaster relief money as early as next week.
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No one was reported seriously injured from the unusually powerful April storm that sent rivers of mud flowing into homes from Koloa on the south shore to Hanalei.
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Dispatchers manage to stay calm even when a caller is in the midst of chaos and under stress because 'the emergency’s not here.'
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As a result of their jobs, law-enforcement officers live at a higher risk of developing physical and mental health problems that reduce their life expectancy, according to a study.
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It wasn't long after that that the men, members of the Dalton Amateur Radio Club, made contact with the International Space Station.
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Study weighs in on ‘third reservoir,’ development and housing buyouts.
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About $633.5 million will support 'mitigation activities,' which HUD says 'can broadly be described as actions taken to protect communities from the predictable damage from future events.'
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'You can't assume he's dead. They are still a possible threat. That's why we handcuffed him.'
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370 firefighters from more than 100 different agencies trade insights.
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'Unlike hurricanes, a tsunami has no season. It can strike at any time, both day and night, without warning, or little warning.'
