For workers, safety drills are often an opportunity to step out for a moment and gain a minute of respite in an otherwise busy day. But for the safety officers in charge of organizing and executing ...

The Federal Emergency Management System has scheduled an Oct. 4 test of its emergency warning systems, and some social media users are broadcasting baseless warnings about it. FEMA, in cooperation ...

Rowan County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will now carry units of whole blood on its vehicles, expanding the level of lifesaving care available to patients during medical emergencies. […] ...

Emergency Management, whether conceived as a management system or an operational unit of government, should not be in the ‘business’ of managing global pandemics. While pandemics are certainly ...

Buncombe County's CodeRED alert system is still down from a cyberattack in November. Here's how to get emergency alerts amid ...