If collaboration is the backbone of effective emergency management, communication is the connective tissue that holds it all together. Every decision, from evacuation orders to resource allocation, ...

First responders did their jobs. Now city leadership must do more to prepare for the next crisis.

Classic films like the “Wizard of Oz” and a Kansas museum dedicated to preserving the film’s history, made the state famous for its wide-open rural ...

Emergency management is, at its heart, a profession obsessed with the future. We model storms that have not yet formed, train for attacks that have not yet occurred, and write plans for cascading ...

Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for Oct. 3, 2023. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Communication difficulties between city and county staff, translation service mishaps and shelter ...

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HAPPENS WITH THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, PREPARING STUDENTS TO BECOME LEADERS IN TIMES OF DISASTER. ONE OF OUR REGION’S UNIVERSITIES IS NOW COVERING AN ADVANCED DEGREE THAT’S EQUIPPING THE NEXT GENERATION ...

Fort Worth’s newly created Emergency Management & Communications Department is expected to operate on a $20.7 million budget, giving the city’s 911 call-taking team its own department and streamlining ...

As emergency operations evolve, emergency operations centers (EOCs) are adopting cutting-edge technologies increasingly more to improve response times, resource allocation and decision-making during ...

Ontic, a software provider delivering Connected Intelligence to unify how security professionals manage physical threats, mitigate risks, and strengthen businesses, today announced a partnership with ...

Knightscope’s Retrofit Kits allow users to upgrade outdated blue-light-style phones and call boxes to function like Knightscope’s modern, more advanced K1 Emergency Communication products with ...