Keeping people safe and minimizing damages are the main goals of emergency management teams, but often these teams feel ...

The Van Wert County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is actively monitoring reports of ...

BRAZOS COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) - Brazos County Commissioners have named Jason Ware as the new county Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC). He has served as the interim EMC for the past four months and ...

A former Johnson County emergency management and fire official who was serving a prison sentence for fatally shooting his ...

The agency was created in the late 1970s and is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters nationwide.

When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...

A crash Thursday morning along I-85 in Gaffney has caused all lanes to be blocked, according to The South Carolina Department ...

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A follow-up email sent about 10 minutes later reads, “FALSE ALARM. There is NO EMERGENCY AT TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ...

Hawaii will conduct its monthly outdoor warning siren and Emergency Alert System test on February 3 at 11:45 a.m.