Preparedness and Communications

“There’s going to be a lot of discussion between medical personnel and the public health departments in all three counties to try to determine what type of illness might be involved and what is the best course of action.”

With our growing population, Florida lacks the safe and accessible roadways our residents and visitors can depend on, especially during an evacuation.

The 80-hour certification, which the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management conducts three to four times a year, includes classroom time, labs and field experience culminating in a final exam Friday.

The event will include training in areas such as rope rescues, off-road vehicles, crisis management, drone use, aerial searches, GPS tracking and search operations with horses and dogs.

The new grant money will match the parish's $8 million contribution to build a conveyance channel and pump station in Bayou Petit Caillou in Chauvin to protect from dangerous, destructive flooding.

Hurricanes don't have to make a direct hit or pack as much wallop as the Hurricane of 1938 and Hurricane Carol to wreak havoc on the region.

Almost all crime is committed with some level of digital involvement, and most criminals have digital devices — whether it’s Google Maps data or a messaging app like WhatsApp — and leave digital clues.

During the 2017 and 2018 hurricane seasons, most fatalities resulted from water — not from wind. Yet, when most people think about hurricanes, they think wind. Some say that perception must change.

Under the threat of bigger, badder disasters fueled by climate change and sea-level rise, FEMA is trying to prepare Americans to better bounce back from disaster by being adequately insured to avoid “unneeded disaster suffering.”

Emergency management officials began evacuating people from an area about 5 miles west of Manhattan about 5 a.m., according to a report by the Associated Press.

Ninety percent of the fatalities in tropical storm systems are due to rising waters, and those deaths can happen hundreds and hundreds of miles inland.

The nationwide public safety broadband network reports more than 600,000 device connections, more than 7,250 user agencies, and performance numbers that are 25 percent faster than commercial networks.

The tech vendor has offered to replace more than 1,600 radios and accessories with the latest model for free for both Erie County and the local first responders that had also bought the older version, the VP600.

Sarasota County, Fla., officials stress that just because you can't see water from your home doesn't mean you're not at risk for storm surge. Updated hurricane evacuation levels and storm surge maps are available online.

Mayor Harry Kim has instructed county staff to “learn from our mistakes” as they plan the long-term lava recovery, a reference to decisions made decades ago when Hawaii County authorized development of large subdivisions in the most dangerous lava zones.