In April 2012, the Emergency Management Agency began using mobile phones to send and receive Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) when lives are at stake during emergency situations. The first time someone receives a WEA message, it’s often times confusing, since …
Most people outside of the emergency management profession don’t know what the job entails but have the assumption that it involves keeping a city or community prepared for a possible disaster. While that is true on a very general level, …
It isn’t often that emergency management officials in any county or region get the recognition they deserve for their efforts in keeping an area prepared for a disaster. But in Clatsop County, Oregon, emergency manager Tiffany Brown has found that …
The city of Canton, Ohio has a new Emergency Management director but it’s someone the city has been well-acquainted for quite some time now. Canton’s Chief of Police Christopher Arciero was named to the post recently as well as being …
Recently Maine’s Emergency Management Agency demonstrated the value of having a good emergency management plan, and putting it to work. During the final weekend of October there was a serious storm in Lincoln County, Maine, which hit especially hard on …
Emergency management officials in Sioux City, South Dakota are working closely with local hospitals to prepare the city for an outbreak of the Ebola virus, should one occur there. While city officials admit that the chances of the virus spreading …
The town of Ruidoso, New Mexico recently received news that it will have a new emergency management assistant coordinator. Joe Mendez was named to the position last month and comes to the Ruidoso’s EM team with several years of experience …
It probably is still something of a joke to most people in America and around the world but the thought of a zombie apocalypse may be gaining some momentum in mainstream society. Just a few years ago, there were reports …
The town of Canton, Connecticut is scheduled to see a familiar face take over the role of emergence management director. Christopher Arciero, the Chief of Police in Canton, will assume the duties of the directorial position later this month and …
Emergency management personnel from all over the United States participated in one of the most expansive disaster preparedness exercises in this country’s history. The Central US Earthquake Consortium hosted CAPSTONE-14, a seven day interactive emergency prep series that was held …