Learning from experience is an important element of our knowledge about disasters that affect major urban areas.

What’s needed to overcome this woeful lack of disaster preparedness is a national-level campaign that's never-ending.

The FCC's narrowbanding mandate has government entities working to retool their two-way radio systems before the Jan. 1, 2013, deadline.

This will open up opportunities to find solutions that allow for faster, more efficient delivery of critical supplies once an incident happens.