The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released a new report titled Personal Preparedness in America: Findings from the 2009 Citizen Corps National Survey that offers data on the public’s ...

The most effective way to prepare for an emergency is to become aware. In emergency situations, a trained mind becomes alert but an untrained mind panics. Follow the tips below to prepare for before, ...

Preparedness is personal, and it exists on a broad spectrum. For some people, it's tied to a season—hurricane season in the South or wildfire season in the West. In some communities, you have folks ...

Hospital Emergency Departments are at the forefront of disaster response. It is increasingly important to provide health care workers with the resources and support to achieve emergency personal ...

The odds are that almost everyone will be in a position to save another person’s life at some point. The clincher is, will they be ready for it? “Someday one of our students may save a life…and it ...

An increase in gun sales makes perfect sense. As the coronavirus pandemic, protests and riots in American communities have threatened law-abiding citizens’ safety and exacerbated anxieties, the right ...

When did Americans begin to assume personal responsibility for preparing themselves and their families for disasters? Was it September 11? Was it when Hurricane Isabel struck, or when Southern ...