Natural Disaster
Flooding
Floodwaters surrounded a burning home in Lincoln Park as firefighters tried extinguish the blaze
Major responses, award and honors, conflicts overseas, devastating wildfires and e-Bike blazes made headlines
Tornado
Four adults and two children were killed in severe storms that hit in Montgomery County and north of Nashville
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
Tornado
Firefighters and EMS providers helped with recovery after the storm left three people injured, hundreds of homes damaged and thousands without power
Emergency Preparedness
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
Tornado
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
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
“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.
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Eyewitness accounts described fireballs, mass drownings, an atmosphere marked more by flame than sky and a veritable hurricane of fire
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