The University of South Florida's Emergency Management Program has earned accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP). 

North Carolina's Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks appointed William Ray as the state's new Director of Emergency Management.

A new book, authored by past publisher of Security, Mark McCourt, takes a look into the history of crisis management and mass casualty events.

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.

Understanding and implementing these two best practices will save precious time and successfully lead an organization and communities through a major hurricane.

Riverside County in California's Emergency Management Department received a $2.57 million federal grant to distribute to local entities for disaster preparedness and response training and activities.

Beebe Healthcare system in southern Delaware partnered with the Delaware National Guard and other agencies to simulate two emergency drills as part of its preparedness planning.

John Benson began working for the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in 1992 and was recently named the department's Interim Director.

After staying on during the transition of the previous Director of Emergency Management for the state of Florida, Kevin Guthrie was asked to assume the permanent role.

The community college has a number of programs apart of the new center including emergency management and disaster preparedness and a degree in cybersecurity.