Rising to the Challenge: How Your Emergency Management Team Can Ensure Holiday Safety
As the holiday season approaches, it’s a time of joy and celebration. But it also brings unique challenges for emergency management teams in communities and counties across the country. From increased traffic on the roads to potential weather-related incidents, it’s a period that calls for heightened vigilance and preparation. This blog post will delve into […]
Minimizing Wildfire Risks with Technology
Climate change and extreme weather conditions have led to an increase in the frequency and intensity of wildfires around the world. These devastating disasters cause significant harm to both the environment and human lives. Emergency managers around the globe are working hard to minimize the threats these wildfires pose. In the age of technology, several […]
Preparing for Disasters : Checklist to Stay Ready
When it comes to disaster preparedness, the key is not just being prepared but staying prepared. For government officials, that means establishing an initial plan and ensuring any identified risks are addressed. Once those elements are completed, a strategy must be employed to ensure that everyone remains well-prepared for whatever may occur next. This can […]
Building Back Better? The Purpose of the Stafford Act
As emergency managers and city planners, we often find ourselves racing against a ticking clock – in the wake of a disaster, it is our job to restore order as quickly as possible. In all of this rush, however, it can be easy to forget one important detail about the post-disaster response: that recovery doesn’t […]
Rising Fire Weather Days: An Insight into Climate Change
Wildfire seasons have become more intense, lasting longer, and expanding across several states over time. The change in climate has significantly contributed to the increased number of fire weather days, characterized by low humidity, strong winds, and high temperatures. The threat of these conditions has proved disastrous in the Western United States, and there is […]
Can a Congressional Caucus Change the Game on Disaster Resilience?
In a major step forward for disaster recovery and resilience in the United States, Representatives Bennie G. Thompson, Earl Blumenauer, Dina Titus, and Sheila Jackson Lee have helped to form the Disaster Equity and Building Resilience Caucus. The goal of this caucus is to specifically address issues of equity and resilience in disaster response and […]
Serving Others in Disaster: The Power of Showing Up
During disaster recovery, there is often a great need for help. The people impacted by the disaster are looking for support, and the community is looking for ways to lend a hand. As someone who wants to serve others in this time of need, it’s important that you show up vulnerably and wholeheartedly. Help is […]
Disaster Risk & Climate Change: What We Can Do
Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues of our time, and its effects are already being felt around the world. Natural disasters such as extreme weather events and rising sea levels can cause serious disruption to entire communities and nations alike, so it is essential that we take steps to reduce the […]
In an Era of ‘Epic Storms,’ Why Are We So Unprepared?
As we witness the devastating effects of severe storms and the increase in severe weather-related disasters, we must ask why we are so unprepared. There is a definite failure of imagination when it comes to the government’s response to hazards that we have knowledge of but sometimes don’t believe will happen where we live and […]
What Emergency Managers Can Learn from the Lessons from the COVID War Report
What Emergency Managers can learn from the Lessons from the COVID War Report As President Biden signed a resolution to end the national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and disband the COVID response team, an investigative report titled, “Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report” has been released by the […]
