Preparedness and Communications

Months before thousands of Los Angeles homes went up in flames, property insurance companies dropped coverage in many neighborhoods, citing the growing wildfire risks caused by climate change.

An app built on a ranch in rural Sonoma County, supported by solar panels, satellite Internet and a small nonprofit team, is a critical tech hub for free and reliable info about the Los Angeles fires.

One historian says that Michigan’s Great Fire of 1881 in some ways still burns, offering lessons about how to prevent future fires as drought and other conditions make blazes more likely.

Since 2021, state authorities have declined to fund wildfire prevention in communities devastated by the Palisades Fire, according to records that show the agency instead poured money into rural areas.

Emergency responders in the county are continuing to undergo a four-hour crisis intervention training course, and they say that they are learning useful techniques from the scenario-based exercises.

Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of severe winter weather expected to arrive overnight into Friday in metropolitan Atlanta. Agencies are mindful of 2014’s epic snowfall.

With the National Weather Service predicting two to four inches of snow or sleet for the Atlanta area Friday, state and local agencies are preparing, having been educated by the infamous January 2014 storm.

As fires in Los Angeles County continue to burn, interest is piquing in the app run by a nonprofit in Northern California. Launched in 2021, it aggregates several relevant data streams and had 7.2 million users at year’s end.

Upstate South Carolina will potentially be blasted by a winter storm expected to arrive Friday after sunset, and so various government agencies and Duke Energy are preparing as best they can.

Authorities expanded the police presence outside the Eagles game Sunday, seeking to reassure fans that it's safe to attend big events in the aftermath of the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans.

The state recently launched BEACON, driven by artificial intelligence and capable of transforming written emergency updates into real-time, multilingual audio message broadcasts on multiple platforms.

More than seven months after Manatee County, Fla., launched a pilot program for a drone that can quickly respond to medical emergencies, 911 dispatchers have yet to use it.

For firefighters, it is key to stay ready for a range of diverse challenges, from leading rescue operations to managing medical emergencies.

A focus group for emergency services on Monday packed the Effingham City Council chambers with police officers, firefighters, the dive team and more emergency response team members.

Of particular concern was a traffic snarl that wrapped around downtown Eureka, Calif., following the issuing of a statewide tsunami warning that sent people rushing to their cars to escape.