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

Emergency Management (EM) Practitioners and Academicians have been investigating key elements to professionalize and standardize the EM career field for over twenty years. This paper presents findings ...

Susann Baez Ullberg is Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Management Research and Training at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden.Jeroen Warner is Associate Professor at Wageningen ...

Professor Lee Miles received funding from the UK's Global Research Challenges Fund (GCRF) under the auspices of Driving African Capacity-Building in Disaster Management (AFRICAB) Research Project, ...

Intervention to address disasters has evolved through time into a complex policy subsystem, and disaster policy is implemented through a set of functions known as emergency management and response.

As the CEO of Allied Disaster Defense, a leader in disaster risk management, I've gained invaluable insights into the importance of proactive disaster preparedness for businesses. Over the years, our ...

Iowa State researchers are working with Polk County Emergency Management to develop an online, multiplayer training game to help emergency forces plan and practice their disaster responses. AMES, Iowa ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

When hurricanes approach the coast or wildfires tear through dry terrain, the first maps that most people see are the ones that track the danger itself. They show a storm’s path, the current fire ...