Social Media Ideas for Disaster Response

2026 Vision FirstNet Users Summit to Examine Emergency Management, EMAC, and Disaster Response and Recovery Funding in F...

"When Disaster Strikes… What Happens Next?" will Guide First Responders and Emergency Managers Through the Disaster Declaration Process and the Fiscal Realities of Recovery

Executive Yuan approves disaster response changes

CDF Munir underscores disaster preparedness, inter-agency coordination amid floods, monsoon season

Reviews disaster response arrangements, assures full military support to civil authorities

Rescue leader wraps 14-day disaster deployment helping people across North Texas

When one mission ended, another began. For the past 14 days, a team led by a North Texas fire chief and his team has moved from one disaster to the next across Texas. “We ten...

Disaster resilience begins in the community

When disaster strikes Vermont, where is Washington?

As floods, wildfires and other disasters devastate communities, Washington's response has been political spectacle rather than action. Read the story on VTDigger here: When disast...

Hawaiʻi's emergency plan: The first 24 hours after a storm

The state of Hawaiʻi utilizes a coordinated team approach between county crews and the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency to manage search and rescue, assess damages, and distri...

Authorities shift focus to evacuees’ prolonged displacement after Kumamoto quake

Initial response during the month after a disaster is essential for mitigating deaths resulting from extended stays in evacuation shelters, experts say.

How to help those impacted by the catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet

As rescue teams continue searching for hundreds of people missing along the Nepal-China border following catastrophic floods, humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to aid survi...

Colombia earthquake: UN joins national response

As earthquake rescue efforts across western Colombia continued on Tuesday, UN agencies said that they stood ready to help “with everything we've got”, in coordination with national...

Mwanza Builds Stronger Disaster Response Network Through Awareness, Community Action

[Daily News] Mwanza -- ALTHOUGH Tanzania has established national and regional disaster management systems, a significant challenge remains: Many citizens are still unaware of the...

ADRA Responds as Nepal Communities Recover from Catastrophic Flooding

NUWAKOT, NEPAL — ADRA Nepal has begun delivering emergency supplies to families affected by catastrophic flooding that originated in the northern district of Rasuwa and swept downs...

Earthquake response strains Colombia's new government and rescuers as they race against the clock

Tons of aid from regional partners began to roll into Colombia on Wednesday, as the search for survivors in the rubble of powerful earthquake grew more desperate after the temblor...

Groups say Marcos’ ‘predictive’ approach won’t fix disaster response gaps

While Marcos highlights the shift toward predictive disaster response during his SONA, people in quake-hit provinces in Central Visayas and Soccsksargen continue to seek answers on...

Disasters don’t plan, but you can

Last year, it was Wheeling and Fairmont; this year, Weston and Buckhannon. You don’t have to look as far away as Nepal and Tibet to see how gushing water and flooding can devastate...

Edmundo González resalta la capacidad de respuesta del Estado colombiano tras el terremoto

El presidente electo recordó que el deber constitucional de las autoridades, ante este tipo de emergencia, es garantizar la preparación, la protección de los ciudadanos y la distri...

Watch Duty is expanding beyond wildfires as disasters grow more extreme

It’s mid-August, and Watch Duty’s CEO, John Mills, says fire season is only going to get worse. With British Columbia under a province-wide state of emergency and Spokane reeling f...

As Natural Disasters Expand, a Disaster-Tracking App Is Booming

Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for help.

Colombia earthquake: UN joins national response

As earthquake rescue efforts across western Colombia continued on Tuesday, UN agencies said that they stood ready to help “with everything we've got” if and when the request came f...

Rebuilding After Disaster Starts with Food

In the Philippines, disasters rarely happen in isolation. A typhoon strikes. Crops are damaged. Livelihoods are lost. As communities begin rebuilding, another disaster often follow...

Trends in Psychological First Aid After Disasters

Two recent reviews of psychological first aid in disasters show ways for the field to move forward.

Rapid damage assessment teams deployed as neighborhoods reel from flood devastation

Indianapolis residents have begun cleaning up after devastating floods, while city inspectors conduct rapid damage assessments to assist with disaster relief efforts.

Shock and devastation remain, a day after Himalayan flood disaster

Amid reports that hundreds of people are still missing in Nepal and China after a floodwater surge slammed into towns and villages on Wednesday, aid teams have been working to reac...

Public Protection, Disaster Relief Network Pilot From Oct, Deployment By 2027: MHA Official

NEW DELHI : The government will start field trials for a Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) network in disaster-prone areas starting October, following the finalisation o...