Chicago’s mental health crisis teams were meant to replace police with clinicians. Bureaucratic dysfunction and fading ...

As deadly floods ravaged Texas, FEMA’s response was stalled by political interference, bureaucratic delays, and personal oversight from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—leading to the ...

The decision means county mental health teams sometimes also can’t respond to crisis calls involving a threat to a single ...

York County Office of Emergency Management is forming a Community Emergency Response Team made up of volunteers to assist during disasters.

The city's Behavioral Crisis Response (BCR) team, led by Canopy Roots, launched in 2021 and they're seeing results.

The Florida governor relied on an executive order to seize the land, hire contractors, and bypass laws and regulations.

Plus, Republicans strategists are advising lawmakers to appeal to working class voters when selling Donald Trump's "big, ...

At the meeting, Sheriff Larry Leitha said his office’s search and recovery efforts will “go strong for another month or two,” ...

While state and local emergency response teams have long advocated for FEMA reform, some have expressed concern that the implemented changes have made emergency response slower and less ...

Young people learning basic emergency response skills like triaging and CPR can be life-saving in communities where adults may not be present or have the same knowledge, she said. Students practice ...

Washoe County is hosting six Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainings over the next couple of weeks.

Ryan O’Shaughnessy took over the role earlier this year. He first stepped in to help the City and Borough of Juneau’s Emergency Management department after the 2024 glacial outburst flood.