Disaster Management
Every contribution of service matters to helping our country, community, neighborhood and family through this time of crisis and great need
The department is addressing the call demand vs. resources disparity through programs focused on managing low-acuity calls and frequent system users
Fire, EMS and law enforcement personnel can play an important role in the layers of safety that protect religious gatherings in the event of an emergency
51 tornadoes brought torrential downpours so heavy a woman drowned after becoming trapped inside her underground storm shelter
Tornadoes, flash floods injure at least 12, trap motorists and flip over vehicles on the interstate
A total of 10 tanker cars caught fire; no injuries were reported in the crash
4,050 rescue workers from 34 different nations have provided rescue assistance, emergency medical care and supply distribution
USAID disaster assistance response team members from Fairfax County (Va.) and Los Angeles describe the rescue and reaching end of survival window
She first visited the village on vacation four years ago; she’s been back several times to teach first aid and funded her own trip to render care after the earthquake
A 15-year-old boy and a woman in her 20s were found in the debris, bringing joy to rescuers and providing hope for more survivors
For catastrophic disasters in developing countries it’s time to rethink the USAR and aid response from high-income nations
Nepalese rescuers, supported by a U.S. disaster response team, worked for hours to free the dazed and dusty teen
Drones are being used for comprehensive data collection and mapping of the destruction to aid in damage assessment and rescue efforts in the wake of the disaster
The village was being used as a staging post for rescuers to get supplies to remote communities after Saturday’s earthquake
Rescue workers are still struggling to reach mountain villages two days after the 7.8 earthquake as many countries send medical teams to Nepal
Violent winds blew a train car off a track over the Huey Long Bridge in New Orleans as intense thunderstorms hit the area.
Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 to assist local emergency operations in and around the hardest hit areas of the country
Nepalese dug through the rubble for missing people as aftershocks panicked survivors
The violent earthquake collapsed houses, leveled centuries-old temples and triggered avalanches in the Himalayas
They got them into an inflatable boat minutes before the car was submerged; torrential rain has caused flooding across the Sydney region
Ambulance en route to the crash scene for the overturned fire truck also involved in an accident
25 injured in chain-reaction collision after winds kicked up dirt and reduced visibility to almost nothing
Severe weather and high winds across the midsection of the U.S. damaged structures and forced evacuations
He was about to go out on a call when a storm tore through the building; he got sucked back about five feet and was able to brace himself behind a wall
In a single day 148 tornadoes killed 330 people and injured 5,484 in 13 states
High wind tore the roof and doors off the station garage just as medics were about to go out on a call
Agency met the challenge of record-breaking snow and transportation frustrations with preparation, honesty with patients, and empathy for its personnel
Officials said that at least nine people were hospitalized with injuries but that the total number of injuries wasn’t yet known
The new Joplin Mercy Hospital replaces St. John’s Regional Medical Center, the hospital destroyed by an EF-5 tornado in May 2011
Public health, fire, and EMS officials plan for heat-related illness, intoxication, and other problems during ‘MumFoo’
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