Western Illinois University's Office of Risk Management and Emergency Preparedness (RMEP) is responsible for the continued development and implementation of campus preparedness. The RMEP personnel ...

Crisis management and emergency preparedness encompass a multidisciplinary framework designed to anticipate, respond to, and recover from disruptive incidents ranging from natural disasters to ...

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created nearly 20 years ago in response to catastrophic terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Emergency management became a pivotal ...

Despite the regulatory requirements placed on safety training and emergency preparedness in the workplace, many employers still fall short of setting their workers up for success. Providing staff with ...

ATLANTA — September marks National Preparedness Month, an initiative spearheaded by FEMA's Ready Campaign since 2004 to encourage Americans to prepare themselves for emergencies. This year's theme, ...

Emergency management is, at its heart, a profession obsessed with the future. We model storms that have not yet formed, train for attacks that have not yet occurred, and write plans for cascading ...

Purdue University has incorporated major emergency planning programs into its Integrated Emergency Management Plan (IEMP). The plan considers all phases of emergency management operations in order to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Central Texas is prone to several types of natural disasters, including severe weather, winter weather and wildfires. Austin Emergency Management team want to remind to prepare for the ...

We don’t know where or when the next emergency will strike. But one thing is certain: we must be prepared. Emergency preparedness is vital for UNHCR to be able to respond quickly and reliably to ...