Preparedness and Communications

The radios, which are intended to replace the black Weather Advisor Alert Radios, will be used to broadcast emergencies for severe weather throughout the county or chemical incidents at the Blue Grass Army Depot.

Although Philadelphia has never recorded a major earthquake, hurricanes are a concern, and accidents can happen. To make sure you are as ready as possible, here are different types of emergency kits you should be equipped with.

A Guilford County, N.C., program is reducing 911 emergency services costs and trips by ambulance to the ER by using regular vehicles and teams with a lower-level EMT instead of a paramedic.

What happened in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 3 is a cautionary tale for Tarrant County. A freight train carrying flammable and toxic chemicals including vinyl choride, human carcinogen, ran off its tracks.

To accept the contention there's still a statewide drought, you need to change the conventional meaning of the word. Of course, we've done that with lots of words in my lifetime. No need to go into that here.

Alabama’s disappearing longleaf pine forests are especially dependent on periodic fires, which would have occurred naturally, but are now provided by crews working in helmets and flame-retardant clothing.

To date, 60 homes have been purchased and demolished between the county's six federally funded programs through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Assistance to Firefighters grant is through FEMA. The paramedic program was created through a collaboration with the city and county fire departments, Owensboro Community & Technical College, and American Medical Response.

Lots of Californians spend a good chunk of their time on the road. In your car, you should have a kit with a first aid kit, a blanket, a change of clothes, cash to buy gas, a spare tire, and emergency food and water.

The committee, composed of county, municipal, educational and health-care representatives, as well as technical partners and other stakeholders, will meet during the next several months to update the Vermilion County All Hazards Mitigation Plan.

To be sure, the emergency powers yielded some positive outcomes, including making it easier for out-of-state health workers to work in California and waiving licensing requirements so pharmacists and pharmacy technicians could administer COVID vaccines.

Aid groups said the need for recovery and rebuilding funds will be enormous, and will require a unified worldwide effort. The death toll was expected to rise dramatically after the 7.8-magnitude with an epicenter 20 miles from Turkey’s Gaziantep.

Oklahomans affected by the ice/winter storm need to: Survey your property, photograph and document any damage. Make necessary repairs to prevent further damage quickly.

These encouraging signs come in the wake of a White House announcement that national emergencies addressing the pandemic will come to May 11.

Crew members in blue jumpsuits stared at computer screens that revealed their hidden target miles below: a powerful atmospheric river that was churning across the Pacific Ocean toward California.