Natural Disaster

Five Task Forces, including search dogs and their handlers, have been activated for Hurricane Ian and deployed in or around Florida

A list of relevant and authoritative situational awareness resources for use by fire and EMS leaders

Paid and volunteer firefighters worked together to answer hundreds of calls for rescues

What to expect as task forces deploy to hurricane ravaged areas

A resident accused the Morgan Township chief of collecting an extra $8,769 when he was deployed to Hurricane Ida with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency

The state’s OES and military department partnership seeks to strengthen California’s ability to quickly respond to climate-driven disasters

Gov. Greg Abbott thanked emergency management personnel and first responders for their quick, effective response to this historic flooding event

“Fire gear, self-contained breathing apparatus, hand tools, hose,” said Palisades Regional Fire Rescue Chief William Shick, who put out the call for donations

Lexington crews worked with firefighters from other departments to check more than 4,459 structures

The Lexington Fire Department deployed crews, two boats and its mobile ambulance bus

Firefighters and EMS providers helped with recovery after the storm left three people injured, hundreds of homes damaged and thousands without power

The fire department is recruiting volunteers to be taught team coordination, preparedness, first aid and light search and rescue skills

The more than 1,700 firefighters working the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires have managed to achieve 44% containment despite wind gusts up to 60 mph

The lightning strike appears to have gone through a vent overhead and then struck the toilet, Okmulgee firefighters said

The president approved a disaster declaration that brings new financial resources to remote stretches of the state devastated by fire since early April