Emergency Management
Emergency Management is a critical function of local and state government agencies, involving the planning, coordinating, and executing responses to natural disasters, public health crises, and other emergencies. Effective emergency management ensures that communities are prepared, resilient, and able to recover quickly from unexpected events. This directory provides articles on emergency management and related topics like Public Safety, which explores broader strategies for protecting communities and ensuring their well-being during crises.
The Heat and Health Index is a new tool that provides heat-health data at the ZIP code level
This year’s exercise simulated what it would take to help ensure mission-critical communication capabilities during a large-scale event with over 100,000 attendees, as well as during a cyber attack and a terrorist attack
Veterinarians play a vital role in emergency situations, not only caring for the K-9 officers, but also tending to pets affected by disaster
One EMS professional offers five insights on modernizing 911 dispatch communication centers.
A new urpose-built cell site located on tribal land north of the Legendary Waters Casino & Resort is part of the FirstNet network expansion in Wisconsin.
The 2019 APCO Public Safety Broadband Summit examined NG911 funding and implementation challenges on the local level as it explores the future with NG911.
Bad weather happens, but good contingency plans can increase the safety of residents and visitors at festivals. These severe weather planning resources can help local governments reduce their public event risks.
PSAPs, or ECCs, need to take steps now to prepare for future cyber attacks.
Developing NG911-capable applications that deliver actionable incident information to field responders requires cooperation between developers and the first responder community.
For more than 40 years, federal cost-share buyout programs in the U.S. have funded local hazard mitigation. Yet in the wake of recent disasters like Hurricane Harvey, impacted residents view voluntary home buyout programs as a means of personal recovery
An FCC spectrum auction could compromise weather forecasts based on nearby spectrum used to measure water vapor, according to some federal agencies. Senators ask FCC to halt the auction.
The International Public Safety Association will host webinars covering security for places of worship and how to prepare for complex attacks May 21-22, 2019.
Through its free connected safety platform, Noonlight shares critical caller information with 911 dispatchers and first responders in real-time -- situational and contextual data like GPS-location, medical history and more.
First responders, emergency managers and others in public safety are needed to advise the national Tech to Protect Challenge.
Lafayette Parish selected Carbyne’s plugin platform to upgrade emergency call center legacy call handling systems.
More than 5,000 emergency managers from 19 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico registered for an account to access the new Web-based HURREVAC hurricane decision support system developed by DHS, FEMA, the National Hurricane Center and others.
Chief Bill Harvey discusses how cities can improve response to large-scale events with effective planning on the Policing Matters Podcast.
After last year’s blockbuster hurricane disasters, NOAA is sending their Hurricane Hunters aircraft fleet on tour to five cities ahead of the 2019 hurricane season to increase hurricane awareness.
Government agencies on Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities IoT platform can now have Carbyne’s cloud-based NG911 call-handling ecosystem, or an NG911 rich data plugin for legacy systems.
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