Local emergency response agencies are gearing up for high wind gusts and a large amount of rain in a short period of time.

Jeremy Urekew is a hazmat team manager for the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Ohio Task Force 1, a wilderness rescue paramedic for Red Star Wilderness EMS, a rescue specialist with the KSP Hoist ...

Nine members of the Lynchburg Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue team have been deployed to the Southwest Virginia ...

The future of FEMA was called into question when President Trump said he was considering getting rid of FEMA. Since that comment, the President has ordered a review of the department.

For example, during Hurricane Ian in 2022, FEMA coordinated with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Defense and search-and-rescue teams to conduct rescue operations, organized utility crews ...

Maya Conrad and her search and rescue dog Rowdy, post-certification test, at the Menlo Park, Fire Protection Rescue Training Site. | Photo provided by Maya Conrad.