Massachusetts students took part Thursday in "Disaster Day," an intense training exercise that also brings police and firefighters to campus. The emotional exercise is part of the curriculum for ...

During the Americares-led multi-hazard simulation, emergency response teams conduct rescue and evacuation operations to improve disaster readiness and responder coordination. (Photos: WLA) TACLOBAN ...

TAJIKISTAN Committee of Emergency situations and Civil Defence under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (CoESCD) in cooperation with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and ...

University of Alabama nursing students participated in a mass casualty disaster simulation of a parking deck collapse. The simulation aimed to provide hands-on experience in a large-scale emergency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) will conduct a tri-annual disaster simulation ...

Hurricane Marsha ravaged Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus last week. But it wasn’t a real storm. The university’s Academy for International Disaster Preparedness held a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Should a national disaster take place, is Salt Lake City and surrounding areas equipped to take in dozens of injured patients? An intense simulation at the Utah Air National Guard ...

New no-cost trainings are bolstering disaster management capabilities within at-risk communities and providing them the ability to plan for future crises on their own. Greyshirts gather during a ...

ILOILO CITY — A wide-ranging interagency territorial defense exercise will be conducted in Iloilo Province on June 16–17, bringing together military, police, and civilian disaster response units to ...

On 22 nd May, HCRI hosted its annual youth conference, welcoming students from four local schools for a simulation exercise about disaster preparedness and response. The event – titled the ‘Great Fire ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WILL OPERATE near Cadman Plaza Park on Thursday evening, but it will be part of a CERT training exercise. As part of a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) ...

A downed airplane resulting in fire, hazardous smoke and numerous injuries and deaths is a scenario no one wants to encounter. But at Georgia Highlands College, this scenario was the basis for a High ...