The May 22 exercise examined response and recovery procedures, the deployment of resources to the "bomb" site, and the flow of information among the organizations.
"Everyone is part of the emergency management process," said FEMA Administrator David Paulison. "We must continue to develop a culture of preparedness in America in which every American takes personal responsibility for his or her own emergency preparedness."
At the minimum, one in four businesses never reopen following a disaster, according to research from the Institute for Business and Home Safety.
With Memorial Day weekend opening the summer travel season, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker is encouraging all Americans to enjoy a safer summer by keeping a few simple precautions in mind.
Cricket Communications of San Diego is recalling the phones because when a call is connected to 911, the operator may not hear the caller or vice versa.
Annual written notices will inform homeowners if their policies don't include flood insurance and will say they have a right to purchase it.
IAFC says the teams will serve a crucial element in the development of a National Hazardous Materials Fusion Center to analyze hamat response data.
"Make a Difference" is the theme of the National Safety Council's 2008 National Safety Month observance and a call to action to reverse the increase in accidental injuries and deaths.
If you have already addressed stockpiling needs for your facility, OSHA invites you to please provide your underlying assumptions and methodology.
The U.S. House of Representatives also passed, 247-165, a bill to force OSHA to issue a combustible dust standard.
Review of applications for the position, which heads the new Office of Emergency Management, will begin May 21.
Sixteen months after voluntarily halting U.S. shipment of AEDs made at its Redmond, Wash., plant, the company's president says quality problems should be solved "in the near future."
The U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Academy announced yesterday that two new self-study courses are available through NFA Online.
Earthquakes remain a serious threat in 46 of the United States, report scientists for the U.S. Geological Survey.
The 2006 incident caused heavy damage and friction between CSB (source of this photo) and the state fire marshal. It may prompt new state rules for facilities that process chemicals.
As we've been reminded this week, each year about 1,200 tornadoes with wind speeds as high as 300 mph touch down in the United States with peak tornado season in the south running from March through May.
"These emergency response exercises are a great opportunity to test our joint systems and to practice with our partners on both sides of the border, in advance of an incident," said the EPA's Daniel A. Meer.
The nation's biggest railroads want relief from their requirement to transport toxic inhalation hazard materials.
The April 18 quake in southern Illinois is a reminder that Midwestern residents and businesses face the risk, the company said.