Disaster Management
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Good communication and pre-planning: What the Boston Marathon bombing taught us
How the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and AWS Competency Partner Abt Associates collaborated to determine life-saving investment priorities
At first there was no hint of distress in the 911 calls, no sense of a crisis unfolding
Traditionally, counties would collect all households鈥� landline phone numbers and send out mass alerts, but landline usage has decreased
The initial chaos requires quick, creative incident mitigation solutions, while recovery requires long-term planning
Marin General Hospital鈥檚 chief administrative officer Jon Friedenberg said Marin County鈥檚 largest hospital has received only about half a dozen patients
Disaster response teams from across the U.S. have been activated to provide emergency assistance through its agreement with FEMA
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鈥淲e were able to handle it because of our people, our training, our professionalism and our equipment and our relationships,鈥� Chief Greg Cassell said
The drone could be loaded with a medical kit containing supplies and a headset so civilians at a disaster site could receive medical instructions
Deadly California wildfires are latest natural disaster to displace civilians, damage infrastructure and strain fire department budgets
Emergency response planning and training for outdoor mass casualty events has forever changed after the events in Las Vegas
Erin Veronick moved to Las Vegas about four years ago and was one of the first on the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history
While bullets were still flying, Scott Pettersen found an ambulance without a crew inside to help gunshot victims
State officials say Puerto Rico was slow to ask for or accept assistance 鈥� a charge the commonwealth governor disputes
Officer Tim Butterfield is on a mission to meet with all county schools to roll out a standard response protocol
The 41-foot medical ambulance bus provides on-scene rehab and mass casualty incident response
Our co-hosts discuss the challenges of educating and training citizens in light of the Las Vegas shooting
鈥淚 have no idea who I operated on,鈥� said Dr. Jay Coates, a trauma surgeon whose hospital took in many of the wounded
The Mid-America Regional Council, or MARC, has been working on plans to mobilize a response to this kind of incident for decades
The 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron of Reserves transported 63 patients with end-stage renal disease to Georgia
Despite the fact that Apple phones have a chip that can receive FM radio broadcasts, Apple has refused to activate it
Members of the Bluefield Fire Department used its fire engines to block off South Street while more than a dozen of the home鈥檚 residents were evacuated
The unidentified woman drove over a spillway through high water and was trapped inside
Jet911 airlift service founder Eli Rowe packed the company鈥檚 private jet with thousands of pounds of food and 10 volunteers
The 3,114-passenger ship will make three humanitarian stops in San Juan, St. Croix and St. Thomas instead of cruising to Aruba
More than 140 New York City firefighters, police officers and other emergency workers are in Puerto Rico to help
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Clinton First Aid and Rescue Squad is deploying its ASAP, or Alternate Support Apparatus, unit to help in rescue efforts
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