People in the area may hear "FEMA" and not know exaclty what this federal organization does. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) mission is to help people before, during and after ...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun has proclaimed Aug. 2 to 8 as Emergency Management Agency Appreciation Week, recognizing the essential work of emergency managers who support Indiana communities year ...

FEMA has announced the agency is establishing a new university called National Disaster & Emergency Management University (NDEMU) to help train emergency managers to keep pace with the rapidly ...

With hurricane season still going strong, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says its disaster fund has run out of money. Traditionally, hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, ...

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As Michigan continues to face increasingly frequent and complex disasters that require coordinated response efforts across all levels of government, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared August as ...

East Asia Pacific is the most disaster-stricken region in the world. According to a regional disaster risk management study from 2013, between 2000 and 2011, more than 1.6 billion people have been ...

This summer, Canada is once again on fire. Thousands have been evacuated. Smoke drifting south is exacerbating tensions ...

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 ...