Part two examines Emergency Management focused on building strong state and local programs less reliant on federal support.

The U.S. emergency & disaster management system is undergoing its second major transformation since 9/11. Without continued federal grant funding and support from DHS and FEMA, the U.S. emergency and ...

With weather catastrophes becoming more common in the United States these days, communities have counted on two facts. First, the federal government has their backs. When state and local resources are ...

A FEMA search and rescue team searches debris in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Disasters were declared in eight states due to damage from the storm. Reorganization at FEMA has ...

A new report by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) presents a tool for conducting an initial broad-based assessment of the resilience of a country’s health system to ...

An atmospheric river in March caused intense rainfall, which in turn cased flooding, landslides and debris runoff. The damage ...