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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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Software provider launches five video-based courses that aim to aid continuity during disaster.
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The vote marks a shift away from Houston’s longtime aversion to constraining development, and means all new construction in the city’s floodplains will have to be built two feet above the projected water level in a 500-year storm.
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County and state out-of-pocket expenses must add up to at least $7 million for FEMA to petition the president for a disaster declaration.
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The Department of Public Safety practices community policing, which it defined as working with the community to be proactive in preventing crime. -
In hopes of mitigating the loss of life from a major quake that experts say is inevitable, Long Beach, Calif., is discussing spending up to $1 million to identify as many as 5,000 potentially vulnerable buildings.
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Firefighters are at increased risk because of toxic smoke and chemicals on the job.
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There are also hurricane survivors who aren’t sure where to go after the government’s hotel program is expected to end later this month.
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Report says findings present “an important case study in how miscalculations and missteps in small but critical areas can result in significant damages… to a community.”
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The Texas Interstate Fire Mutual Aid System is one of the teams that has been working in the area as wildfires popped up and spread several times recently. What makes TIFMAS unique is the teams don't only respond to fire calls, they are capable of responding to other emergency calls too.
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'They were sleeping in their cars, sleeping in their offices, getting an hour here or there.'
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In the past decade, calls to St. Paul police involving mental health issues have doubled.
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The gauges feed live data that public works and emergency crews can use to prioritize areas that need service.
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Endangered schools the subject of $1.2-million study in Washington state.
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As more cities weigh seismic retrofit laws — to protect both lives and the region’s limited housing supply — many owner and tenant groups in the Los Angeles area generally agree that earthquake strengthening should be done.
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The state will need to come up with about $371 million of that money, and that’s on top of California’s existing wildfire budget.
