In the 1970's, California (U.S.) resources were severely taxed by major wildfire outbreaks. These incidents required the cooperation of multiple agencies that did not usually work together. Many ...

The project has helped improve the disaster early-warning and forecasting capacity for the Southern hydrometeorology authority and also improved the planning capacity for integrated disaster risk ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, concluded a four-year project with a final ...

Since the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, which led to nearly 73,000 deaths and caused damages to over 570,000 houses, the Bank has been supporting the Government of Pakistan to shift from a response-based ...

Planning: The education ministry and Paro dzongkhag administration recently endorsed the first and model disaster management and contingency plans. The Disaster Management Act requires all ministries ...

The V.I. Public Finance Authority voted Tuesday to approve a three-year $137 million project management contract with CH2M Hill, Inc. for the Office of Disaster Recovery’s “Rebuild USVI Super Project ...