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.

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The measure authorizes the purchase of 3,700 handheld radios for every police officer in Delaware County as well as most fire and EMS personnel
The nearly 30-foot trailer can serve as a private 5G standalone network connected to the THOR command center vehicle
Snohomish County will save on resources and provide a seamless emergency communications system with SNO911 and SERS merging on January 1, 2019.
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The EMPG, an emergency preparedness and disaster planning grant, seeks to address critical risk areas of natural and man-made crises.
CDP can deploy 50 one- to four-hour, post-disaster training modules to public safety and emergency management agencies at their home bases in 24 hours.
Mary Scott Nabers discusses Environmental Impact Bonds, resilience bonds, the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program and flood mitigation assistance with the need for disaster mitigation projects trending up.
Search and rescue and recovery for Bay County residents, businesses and municipal services is challenged by power outages after Hurricane Michael.
Emergency workers are still conducting search and rescue operations because many people in rural Florida, Georgia and Alabama remain stuck in their homes.
Learn how a digital self-assessment tool being designed for PSAPs will assist with NG911 readiness and get best practices tips and resources for achieving interoperability.
The Florida Panhandle trees were expected to protect communities from hurricane. But powerful Hurricane Michael left a trail of destruction that may lead to stricter building codes.
Communities facing the loss of a school after a hurricane, earthquake or other disaster can increase school infrastructure resilience. Get a roadmap for stakeholders, tools and best practices.
The new Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA) makes changes to how local governments will fund disaster mitigation and respond in a crisis.
Up-to-date aerial images delivered by the cloud can enhance 911 mapping systems through geocoding with GIS tools.
Prepare for crisis response in three steps with crisis strategist Melissa Agnes. Learn how Mountain View Police and others built trust that carried them through the crisis
ICMA’s annual conference for local government professionals focused on resilience, community engagement, inclusion, workforce, smart cities and more.
It’s imperative that first responders learn what happened after the shooting began in the worst mass-shooting event in U.S. history, practice and prepare.