Natural Disaster
From hazard mapping to resource deployment, AI is changing the way agencies prepare for major incidents
Burning over 129 square miles in steep, remote terrain, the Gifford Fire has injured at least three people and forced closures in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties
FEMA is now accepting applications for over a dozen grant programs to support emergency readiness, including natural disasters and cyber threats
“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
The Emergency Management Performance Grant helps governments make key investments so that they can better respond to disasters
It’s time for ICs to reevaluate the first-arriving transport options and coordination with the facilities that will receive patients
The best way to avoid analysis-paralysis during an MCI is to ‘get some of your thinking out of the way’ beforehand
After a tornado tore through Mayfield, fire crews searched for survivors, evacuated the local jail, and mourned a friend
First responders were able to access a girl with muscular dystrophy from inside the crumbled home
The Weather Channel released footage of a tornado that appeared to touch down in a New Orleans suburb and would later cross the Mississippi River
An honest and objective community assessment will highlight the many potential MCI events that could occur in any jurisdiction
“We’re just so proud as a department to be able to help out,” said Lt. Kevin Richard of the Rochester Fire Department
As 3 people in Colorado are still missing after last week’s blazes, experts warn of a widening threat of wildfire
There have been no immediate reports of deaths in the aftermath of the wind-whipped blaze outside Denver
Other area departments and businesses joined the Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company in Westminster to send the vehicle, hoses and tools
Video shows the thrashing storm as Rudd Firefighter Tyler Hicks kept the siren going to warn the community
“Just because we’ve come home, it doesn’t mean that it is over,” said Lexington Captain Ryan Hogsten
“There are going to be a lot of families not having Christmas,” said Lower Augusta Fire Department Chief Mark Minnier
Crews and team members from within the state, plus Calif. and Texas have been dispatched
Rescuers have had to crawl over the dead to get to the living, said Jeremy Creason, Mayfield’s fire chief and emergency services director
Community support and agency coordination will be essential to assist search, rescue and recovery missions across the Midwest
National Guard members and emergency workers from across the state were pouring into Mayfield to help with a search and rescue operation
Dozens of emergency vehicles also responded to a roof collapse at the Amazon center near Edwardsville, Ill.
FirstNet, warning systems focus of House subcommittee update
Eyewitness accounts described fireballs, mass drownings, an atmosphere marked more by flame than sky and a veritable hurricane of fire
Chief Andrew Morgan swapped his Battalion 22 vehicle for a high-axle truck typically used to battle brush fires
