emergency-management

On Thursday, Rhode Island emergency-management officials and state police plan to meet for an "exercise" to run through road closures and evacuation procedures for 19 seaside communities.

Northeast on Alert as Preparations Focus on a Worst-Case Scenario Jennifer Levitz 2011

A spokesman for the New York National Guard confirmed it hadn't been to Livingstonville, and added that the Guard is going to communities as directed by local and state emergency-management officials.

No Power, No Supplies, No Patience Erica Orden 2011

State and local emergency-management agencies are responding to the potential disaster at a time when their funding has been cut significantly, as have budgets for state troopers and other departments that are summoned to help during a disaster.

Irene Closes In on North Carolina Coast Valerie Bauerlein 2011

Sunday's house-to-house canvass came as more thunderstorms passed through the already waterlogged, rain-pummeled region and as emergency-management officials in Cairo focused warily on a "sand boil" an area of river seepage that's a potential sign of trouble pooled to 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep about 100 yards from the floodwall.

Mo. asks court to block levee blast, farm flooding 2011

The incinerator burns low-level radioactive waste, such as rubber gloves and metal taps, used in nuclear facilities, said Olivier Isnard, an emergency-management expert at the French Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety.

Explosion at Nuclear Facility in France Geraldine Amiel 2011

North Carolina's emergency-management budget is $3.04 million this year, a 38% decrease from $4.92 million three years ago.

Irene Closes In on North Carolina Coast Valerie Bauerlein 2011

The fair commission said Wednesday that it has retrained all employees on emergency evacuations and created a new position for an emergency-management officer.

Fines Set in Indiana Collapse Jack Nicas 2012

Our resources are stretched very thin, said Mark Bosma, another state emergency-management official.

Vermont Dispatches Evacuation Teams as Flooding Swells Rivers Jon Kamp 2011

"Flooding is a very big issue for us," Providence Mayor Angel Taveras said in an interview Saturday at the city's emergency-management control center, in front of a large screen showing tidal levels.

Storm Barriers Likely to Close in New England Sam Schechner 2011

One firefighter urgently asked county emergency-management officials to locate a trained "swift water rescue team" that could rush to the scene, according to Dan Bestwick of Pilesgrove Township, N.J., who monitors emergency-scanner frequencies.

Irene Leaves Behind Tales of Death Vanessa O'Connell 2011