Inside FEMA’s sickening history of misspending billions of taxpayers’ dollars — and going largely unchecked
The most recent audit of the embattled disaster response agency claimed it mismanaged nearly $10 billion during the COVID ...
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New Non-Profit Looking To Provide K-9 Emergency Service To Surrounding Counties
A new non-profit organization is looking to establish a volunteer service for K-9 EMS services in an eight-country region, ...
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National organizations release data-based, peer-reviewed research to redesign EMS staffing and delivery
The Joint Task Force on EMS Response Staffing Configurations released a White Paper focused on patient outcome data during an unprecedented staffing and economic crisis ...
FEMA employees fired over ‘egregious’ $59M payment for NYC migrants
Four FEMA employees will be fired Tuesday for sending $59 million to New York City to house and care for illegal migrants, ...
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How To Fix FEMA: Climate Advocates, States Have Ideas
But the chief of the National Emergency Management Association, which oversees state emergency response across the entire country, told Forbes that factoring out FEMA is not the answer.
Leon County’s Alex MacKinnon wins Florida Emergency Preparedness Association award
Leon County Emergency Management Coordinator Alex MacKinnon was awarded the 2025 Gary Arnold Emergency Management Service ...
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Beyond tweets and alerts: New role of social media in disaster management
The study finds that social media is no longer considered a non-traditional tool for emergency communication. Instead, it has become an integral part of situational awareness, public engagement, and ...