History is riddled with the tragic stories of cities, communities, organizations, and complexes that experienced devastation wrought by a natural disaster of some kind. In many (or even most) of these ...

When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Survivors of the historic January 2024 flooding attended a City of San Diego committee meeting where officials reviewed a recent audit detailing shortfalls in the city's emergency ...

Oct. 18 -- As anthrax fears sweep the nation, people are asking: How can you plan ahead for disaster? "Good preparation, a good plan will get you through this. If it's a safe and a good plan, it'll ...

Natural disasters are often unexpected and can cause considerable damage to properties. Recent wildfires have highlighted the importance of disaster preparedness both personally and professionally.

Disasters know no boundary lines. Floods, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, conflict — they happen anywhere and everywhere on our planet. It’s why the University of Delaware’s ...

For this episode of the Brainstorm podcast, we've brought together three experts in the area of emergency planning (one of whom literally wrote the book on risk planning for Ireland) to find out how ...

Fire to Flourish is funded by the Paul Ramsay Foundation and Metal Manufactures Pty Ltd. Additional funding is provided by the Lowy Foundation. David Johnston receives funding from the Australian ...

The Joint Commission issued a sentinel event alert Nov. 13, urging hospitals to ensure they have sufficient plans in place to protect patients and staff during weather- and climate-related emergencies ...

As a community health center physician in Boone, I saw firsthand how patients in recovery for opioid use disorder (OUD) are left out of disaster planning. The consequences have been dire. One patient, ...

Over the last year, we’ve had unprecedented fuel prices, severe supply chain disruption and warnings of power blackouts. There was even uncertainty about whether Twitter would continue to exist under ...