New Jersey schools will adapt safety drills to both ensure the preparedness and mental wellness of students by reducing traumatic moments during drills, according to legislation signed by Governor Phil Murphy.

Organizations looking to reduce their risk of being impacted by a severe weather incident may consider conducting a tabletop drill, an emergency management tool designed to increase business resilience.

Mandatory safety drills for cruise ship passengers are changing on Carnival Cruise Lines. What has traditionally been a large group exercise involving everyone on the ship at once, will now be completed by passengers on their own time.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is proposing emergency drills at event spaces.

A Pennsylvania State Representative is proposing legislation in the state that requires school districts to conduct emergency lockdown drills. 

Michigan schools would have to be more transparent about how they conduct emergency safety drills under a bill approved in the state House.