First responders are accustomed to making the best of dire situations, in the field. For decades, they coordinated response efforts via two-way radios tethered to their trucks, which was far from ...

In the critical first hours following the deadliest wildfire in modern California history, emergency responders struggled with a fundamental problem that has plagued disaster zones for decades: the ...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. enters another dangerous season with a fractured national emergency response system. Katrina showed what happens when truth and trusted communication are ...

Chad Beam provides the ins and outs of the implementation of GIS, advanced communication systems and predictive modeling to ensure that staffing, to whatever extent, is utilized most effectively. A ...

I went behind the scenes with T-Mobile's emergency management teams to see how the mobile carrier responds to a catastrophe and restores communications. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for ...

Disasters happen. They are often related to natural occurrences such as tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and wildfires. While these events cannot be prevented, you can take steps to ensure ...