DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WILL OPERATE near Cadman Plaza Park on Thursday evening, but it will be part of a CERT training exercise. As part of a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) ...

New no-cost trainings are bolstering disaster management capabilities within at-risk communities and providing them the ability to plan for future crises on their own. Greyshirts gather during a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Should a national disaster take place, is Salt Lake City and surrounding areas equipped to take in dozens of injured patients? An intense simulation at the Utah Air National Guard ...

FEMA Region 1 simulated a two-day, multi-state disaster March 1-2, which required wide-spread federal, state, and private sector disaster response coordination. The purpose of the simulated ice storm ...

NASA said Wednesday night that audio heard over its livestream that sounded like a medical emergency aboard the International Space Station was not real. It was audio of medical drill that was ...

Undergraduate students in FIU's Academy for International Disaster Preparedness (AIDP) participated in a simulation hosted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at Homestead Air Reserve ...

New World screwworm could severely damage the $600B US livestock industry. The invasive species was just confirmed near the Texas border.

Airport emergencies are not common, but if they occur it’s important for our first responders to know how to handle the situation. Cherry Capital Airport does monthly trainings but every 3 years they ...

Arunachal Pradesh conducts regular earthquake mock drills based on a 7.8-magnitude scenario to boost disaster preparedness and coordination.

At a university where they teach history, Florida Gulf Coast University will make some history Friday on its Fort Myers campus. FGCU will make history by hosting the largest-ever “Disaster Day ...

TAJIKISTAN Committee of Emergency situations and Civil Defence under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (CoESCD) in cooperation with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and ...