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 ...

The need for quality emergency management grows as our population and exposure to natural and technological hazards increase. Therefore, educational programs should balance theoretical education and ...

This article examines the significance of establishing a legal foundation for maintaining balance in emergency management, emphasizing the importance of legal and risk management systems in disaster ...

The agency’s updated OnTheMap for Emergency Management tool shows how population and workforce data can support rapid response and recovery operations during hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other ...

Eric Stern has recently received funding from DHS Science and Technology for an extreme weather informatics project and from NOAA for work on extreme heat events. He has lectured at the National ...

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, ...

Sammie's Stormy Night by Meghan McPherson, illustrations by Endar Novianto. Drawing on two decades of frontline disaster-response experience, Meghan McPherson has created her debut children’s book, ...

Disaster and emergency management is an interdisciplinary field that encompasses the phases of prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery in order to protect lives, property, and ...

Florida International University kicked off its 10th annual disaster field exercise today, marking a decade of preparing hundreds of students for careers in disaster management. “Disasters are ...

The disaster revealed important shortcomings in Haiti's overall national disaster risk management system. After the January 2010 earthquake, reducing vulnerability, improving emergency preparedness ...

In the aftermath of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power disaster (known as 3.11), Japan’s overwhelmed bureaucrats realised that disaster management planning had to change. In a ...