Facing a nearly $1-billion shortfall, L.A.'s City Council voted last week to pass a budget that rejected funding increases for emergency management.

Jim goes one-on-one with Jared Moskowitz on a variety of topics, with a focus on the congressman's belief that cuts made to FEMA will hinder its ability to be ready to respond what hurricane season might bring.

The administrative offices for Riley County Emergency Management and Riley County Fire District #1 will be temporarily closed next week.

Eleven requests for disaster declarations are pending at the agency — a sign that it is reducing disaster aid to states, experts say.

Providers spend billions of dollars a year to try to prepare for violence, treat patients and grapple with violence-related fallout.

On the eve of hurricane season, Florida’s top disaster official promised Floridians that they will see no changes to the state’s hurricane response despite the turmoil at FEMA over staff cuts and proposed slashes to state disaster aid.

Emergency Management Commissioner Sarah Russell was placed on paid administrative leave pending an external investigation into the actions of the agency during Friday's deadly tornado.

Lessons from last year's tornado outbreak have led St. Lucie County's Emergency Operations Center to enhance its hurricane response strategies.

Under a new initiative, Richmond Fire Chief Aaron Osorio plans to align the department with the seven others in the county currently allowed to provide advanced life support.