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Nearly 90 nursing students at St. Ambrose University stepped into a large-scale disaster simulation Thursday morning.

NEW YORK — The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, in partnership with the Consortium for Humanitarian Service and Education recently announced the successful ...

The first disaster addressed by the local CERT was an ice storm in 2005 that shut off power, blew down trees and iced over most of Richland County. "People said it reminded them of a war zone," ...

Pilots with California Disaster Airlift Response Teams are preparing for a simulated emergency response exercise — practice for critical flights to people and supplies around disasters such as ...

More than three dozen agencies were supporting the drill including Volusia County Emergency Management. Airport officials said any disaster at Daytona International would require a large response.

PERRY, Ga. – The Louisiana National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package conducted a training exercise in Georgia culminating in a ...

The U.S. Fire Administration and the National Urban Search and Rescue Program were recognized for their successful work by ...

Residents of Lowville are invited to an emergency preparedness program hosted by The Lewis County Office for the Aging and conducted by the New York National Guard on Thursday, May 21, at 5 p.m.

To help ensure communities across Hawaii Island are prepared to respond, the nonprofit Vibrant Hawaii is hosting a Resilience ...

Above, mock disaster evacuees got into a helicopter for a flight to a local hospital. RIMPAC participants and volunteers took part Thursday in training where volunteers portrayed wounded patients. At ...