The job cuts expected this month are part of a plan by the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, to remake the agency.

Internal agency emails and documents, as well as people familiar with the plans, suggest Noem is spearheading the drastic ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

What happens if the emergency responder wants to expand their skills to focus on preparedness, mitigation, or recovery? Perhaps it is time to consider a career shift to become an Emergency Manager.

Editor’s Note: Former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Pete Gaynor also served as former acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He currently serves as vice ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

We have all been there: you’re committed to picking up the kids, attending a ballgame or meeting with a teacher when disaster strikes and your role as emergency manager requires you to respond to the ...

Since 1985, a federal emergency preparedness program has helped fun emergency management agencies in 10 central Kentucky ...

(TNS) - Cottonwood County Emergency Management Director Paul Johnson had one crazy summer. That might be oversimplifying the amount of hours he dedicated to not one, but two, natural disaster events ...

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – National Preparedness Month is recognized annually in September to promote family and community disaster planning. As our nation continues to respond to COVID-19, there is no ...

Hosted in Philadelphia, the All Star Game coincides with heightened national attention tied to the 250th anniversary year.

Disaster response always starts locally. But when a disaster overwhelms the local response, help has come from state and, more importantly, federal sources. That seems to be changing. In a Tuesday ...