LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - When damaging winds and heavy rains pick up and thousands are left without power, the work done by the Lubbock County Office of Emergency Management is critical. Emergency ...

A panic button attached to a cell phone can alert emergency personnel, says Kenny Kelley CEO of Silent Beacon. Watching the news that was streaming in the background as he worked, Kenny Kelley, CEO of ...

NYS blood emergency not affecting Long Island hospitals, officials say A drop in donations has left the New York region with less than a three-day supply of critical blood types. Credit: Rick Kopstein ...

The "State of Emergency" declaration by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer unlocks aid for Allegan County after tornadoes tore through the region on May 15, cau ...

According to the Carroll County Emergency Management Director, Jim Klinefelter, crews are searching for a body in the Mississippi River in the area around Marquette Park after a “boating ...

Hancock County Emergency Management Coordinator Andy Buffington discussed the county’s hazard mitigation plan with supervisors May 27. He also sought their feedback, because it is being updated ...

Work teams and professional rescue forces have been dispatched to a chemical plant blast that took place in Gaomi, a county-level city of Shandong province, on Tuesday, according to the Ministry ...

Sarah Russell, former commissioner of the City Emergency Management Agency for St. Louis, failed to sound the sirens for a tornado that killed 5 people last Friday, according to reports.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency faces a backlog of unprocessed emergency aid requests as hurricane season approaches — a sign of how the White House’s insistence that states shoulder ...

Amid growing concerns within the Federal Emergency Management Agency that internal turmoil has left it unprepared for the fast-approaching hurricane season, the agency is taking significant steps ...

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.