Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. Emergency situations are simply a part of life, but schools now have a wider range of ...

Purdue University’s Integrated Emergency Management Plan (IEMP) uses a management system widely known as the Incident Command System (ICS). The ICS provides an organizational structure capable of ...

Ed Krell operates FEMA's Incident Response Vehicle (IRV) set up at the base of Lake LaMoure spillway during North Dakota flooding on March 24, 2010. (Michael Rieger/FEMA) The Department of Homeland ...