By: Craig Fugate 2011 was a memorable year for those of us in the emergency management field — and for the many Americans impacted by disasters. Massive blizzards simultaneously blanketed dozens of states across the country. As snow melted, parts of the Midwest and upper Midwest experienced severe flooding. Texas and other states [...]
By: Mark Rockwell The last temporary housing trailer that sheltered victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans has been vacated by its occupants in what federal emergency administrators and local government officials called a “milestone” in the six-year long recovery from the historic storm. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said on …
By: Raphael M. Barishansky. Anthrax. Pandemics. Food poisonings. All of the aforementioned are the bailiwick of public health preparedness programs across the United States. Programs implemented by public health preparedness programs since 2001 include: the development of various emergency preparedness plans; implementation of National Incident Management System and Incident Command System classes; …
By Tammy Lee Morris | Yahoo! Contributor Network A reactor at a Southern California nuclear power plant was shut down after a leak in a steam generator tube on Tuesday, Reuters reported. This incident came a day after WIFR reported a nuclear plant lost power and shut down in Byron, Ill., …
A week of problems at the San Onofre nuclear power plant has raised new safety concerns among some activists. Officials of Southern California Edison, which operates the facility and is a majority owner, insist that the plant is perfectly safe, but others say the mishaps are one more sign of problems. The situation …
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