Emergency Management
The IAFC has formed a task force to ensure fire and EMS agencies have a voice in the future of emergency response and disaster preparedness
A plan to centralize federal firefighting under the Interior Department is raising alarms over weakened wildfire response, higher risks and rising costs
Residents in Kentucky and Missouri are assessing damage as more severe weather and potential tornadoes are forecast in the coming days
The cause of the explosion that killed 32 and injured 121 is unknown
An elevated portion of a highway collapsed when a truck hauling with fireworks exploded
Tribes can now appeal to the federal or state government for help
People fled buildings in a panic as a magnitude-6.8 earthquake shook northern Chile
Responders made several water rescues as flooding set in
Witness: ‘It looked like a bomb hit it’
The fire was controlled within minutes; authorities suspect there may have been a drug lab in the hotel
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No working fire extinguishers, no alarms, no sprinklers, no crowd control and one way out led to tragedy
Senate conducts field hearing to learn about the state of pipeline safety in the United States
Four are dead including a 3-year-old boy as flood waters destroy thousands of homes
Officials call the utility company’s public safety record ‘downright alarming’
Emergency officials say it is a miracle more were not hurt by raging fireball
The city’s 911 call-handling system again called into question
Army Corps of Engineers says many of the levees its examined are in urgent need of repair; some officials dispute those findings
Neither firefighters nor key military officials knew what was in the containers that exploded
Emergency officials worry about increased risk of derailments
Miss. Gov. declares local state of emergency
Firefighters participated in the patient evacuation, carrying one 400-pound patient down 15 stories
All five have had a major influence on how the fire service does business this year, and will certainly influence it in 2013
Much of the country was battered by severe weather
She told firefighters she was asleep on the couch when a tornado tore off her roof and didn’t wake her
With nothing the firefighter could do to help, she turned to her trade as photographer
Firefighters payback relief effort from previous disaster with donations
There are many individual solutions depending on the type of incident
After Hurricane Sandy destroyed much of its equipment Moonachie Fire Department is getting a helping hand
It took an hour for the gas company to manually shut off the flow of natural gas
New federal rules will require 65 plants to have additional emergency equipment
Accurate warnings began in 1978, yet politicians would not prepare for the hypothetical storm
The Rep wants to end the ‘culture of self regulation’
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