In response to the deadly floods in the Hill Country, lawmakers from both the House and Senate formed the Disaster ...

The first Legislative hearing into the July Fourth floods revealed gaps in training and communications. It also countered ...

FEMA Publishes Notices of Funding Opportunity, Empowering States to Take Charge of Their Own Individualized Disaster ...

State emergency management officials discussed emergency preparedness and resilience amid natural disasters in a conversation hosted by the Atlantic Council. Topics included investing in ...

The flood disaster that struck Texas over Independence Day weekend was beyond the state’s ability to predict or fully manage, ...

The Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Joint Committee met for the first time on Wednesday with the goal of improving flood ...

Whenever a state is hit by any type of disaster, they know to immediately call FEMA and their costs will be covered. This is because the 1988 Stafford Act changed how and when FEMA is called into ...

At a joint hearing of special legislative committees probing the deadly Hill Country floods, the state’s emergency management ...

The first bills related to revamping disaster preparedness in the aftermath of the deadly flooding have been filed.

Traditional disasters with an acute phase and a relatively finite timeline for the immediate response are becoming a thing of the past. Emergency management and public health must now, instead, pivot ...

The Health Collaborative's CEO says programming slated for elimination in the current US budget proposed by President Donald Trump would cut funds for disaster preparedness efforts in the Tri-State.