There are many goals for a preparedness program—property protection, business resiliency, environmental protection, and protection of an or...

Summer is thunderstorm season, and thunderstorms bring lightning, heavy rainfall, hail, and tornadoes. Resulting fatalities, property damag...

Hurricane season begins on June 1 and forecasters predict an “average” or “near normal” season. Fewer hurricanes, however, do not necessari...

The World Health Organization has raised the current phase of pandemic alert to 5. “Phase 5 is characterized by human-to-human spread of the...

April showers bring May flowers, but they also can cause serious flooding. There have been 1,161 federal disaster declarations for flooding ...

National standards, such as NFPA 1600, provide the criteria for developing, implementing, and evaluating an emergency management and busines...

Before the heavy snow warnings are broadcast and the frigid blasts of arctic weather arrive, it’s important to prepare your facility and you...

Title IX of Public Law 110-53 (“Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007”) requires the U.S. Department of Homeland ...