Retired Army General Joseph Votel, former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, and national security experts testified on emergency preparedness and response at a Senate Homeland Security…
322 viewsFEMA administrator nominee Deanne Criswell testified at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The New York City Emergency Management…
988 viewsThe Atlantic Council hosted a virtual discussion on lessons learned from the COVID-19 response and future pandemic and biological threat preparedness. Speakers included executives from the…
106 viewsJake Wood talked about serving with the U.S. Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan and with Team Rubicon, the disaster response organization that he co-founded with a fellow Marine in 2010.…
183 viewsPrior to leaving to tour areas impacted by the Hurricane Delta, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) briefed the press on the state’s response to the storm. He said that despite…
189 viewsThis National Interagency Fire Center film tells the story of a seminal series of wildfires in August, 1910, that burned three million acres in the Northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana,…
209 viewsThis California Department of Forestry film shows why the state is vulnerable to wildfires, and details how firefighting is organized, from citizen and fire tower reports, to an emergency command…
79 viewsMr. Larson talked about his book Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, published by Vintage Books. The book chronicles the life of scientist and meteorologist…
2,293 viewsPresident Trump participated in a discussion in Belleair, Florida, on the federal and state COVID-19 response, as well as Florida’s preparation for Hurricane Isaias. Joining the president…
1,313 viewsGovernor Greg Abbott (R-TX) held a press briefing in Austin to update on the state’s response to Hurricane Hanna. He discussed the measures the state was taking to keep people safe,…
191 viewsFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor testified about disaster preparedness during the coronavirus pandemic during a House Oversight and Reform subcommittee…
932 viewsThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a virtual hearing to examine the U.S. and international response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Witnesses included global health experts…
594 viewsNew York Magazine writer Jon Mooallem provided a history of the largest earthquake in North American history that took place in Alaska in 1964.
750 viewsThe Senate Health Committee held a hearing to discuss lessons learned from the coronavirus response and future pandemic preparedness efforts. The committee focused on how federal programs…
1,269 viewsThe House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a virtual hearing on the role of fire departments and first responders during the coronavirus pandemic. Fire chiefs testified about…
1,045 viewsRick Bright, the recent director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) who filed a whistleblower complaint alleging he was forced out of his job, testified before the House…
31,795 viewsVice President Mike Pence visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, D.C., to thank employees for their work in the federal response to the…
483 viewsThe National Institute of Health’s Jeremy Brown talked about his book, Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History , the 1918 flu pandemic that killed between…
1,656 viewsScott Burris talked about the authority federal and state officials have in enforcing quarantines, curfews, and other restrictions in movement.
514 viewsThomas Frank talked about how federal agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Army Corps of Engineers were responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
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