Emergency Management

The World Health Organization defines an emergency as a state in which normal procedures are interrupted and immediate measures must be taken to prevent any further risk to communities. Our Emergency Management topic features information on emergency planning and training, including working with state and federal emergency management agencies, dispatch, emergency communications, disaster recovery, climate adaptation and other risk management strategies.

Artificial intelligence is being tested to see how it can answer non-emergency calls, reducing dispatchers’ workload
Costa Mesa firefighters, Project Independence members gave disaster preparedness training to adults living with intellectual disabilities
U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell presided over the event that focused on current problems in the fire service
Hawaiian Electric President Shelee Kimura acknowledged the company’s downed power line cause the first fire
Communities across the country pay tribute with moments of silence, tolling bells, candlelight vigils and other activities
Idalia is expected to make landfall Wednesday bringing storm surge and flooding
Idalia is expected to make landfall Wednesday, bringing storm surges and flooding
Over 100 deaths are confirmed and approximately 1,000 people are unaccounted for in the Lahaina fire
President Joe Biden met with officials and first responders in the aftermath of a wildfire that killed at least 115 people
Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya said he had no regrets for not activating emergency sirens
A mobile morgue and additional coroners have arrived in Lahaina as death toll reaches 106
Searchers and cadaver dogs have covered 25% of the burned area of Lahaina
Officials say the wildfire that destroyed Lahaina and killed 96 people is 85% contained
The Maui wildfire is the deadliest fire in over a century, and only 3% of the area has been searched
Maui County officials sent alerts to cellphones, television and radio stations, but it is unclear if it was before widespread power, cellular outages