What’s wrong with the U.S. disaster-response system? And why have the U.S. government and nonprofit groups failed to reassure the public and Congress that they can effectively respond to a large-scale ...

The following excerpt is drawn from the Prologue of Disaster Nation, a new book by David J. Alexander that examines how America’s disaster response system has become reactive, fragmented, and fiscally ...

As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of silence from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that’s leaving officials ...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. enters another dangerous season with a fractured national emergency response system. Katrina showed what happens when truth and trusted communication are ...

Los Angeles is a global city renowned for its world-class events. But behind the glimmering lights of Hollywood lies a critical vulnerability: an outdated emergency response system that was built in ...

January 07, 2026 – PRESSADVANTAGE – Hydro Heroes, a Southwest Washington-based water damage restoration company, has deployed ...

SEOUL: The 119 emergency response system plans to utilise artificial intelligence (AI) to find the most optimal routes to ...

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has drafted a National Disaster Telecommunication Plan to strengthen emergency ...

IT’S CALLED 911 NURSE PRACTITIONERS. AND WHAT IT WILL DO IS BRING NEW COMPREHENSIVE CARE TO MISSISSIPPI WHEN AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS, YOU CALL 911. FROM THERE, A DISPATCHER SENDS AN AMBULANCE TO GET THE ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Office of Emergency Management announced on Monday that a grant has been approved to implement Next Generation 911 (NG911), a statewide emergency response system. The Idaho ...