In the event of a disaster or emergency, Medicare Advantage plans (MA plans) must ensure that members in affected areas can ...

States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed ...

Annie Mack Vest, executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, shares how to prepare for severe ...

“Disasters can strike unexpectedly, but the good news is that you can prepare for many types of emergencies with a basic approach called all-hazards preparedness,” Gardner said, a term that means ...

Since taking office, President Trump has called for the elimination of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, suggesting it ...

Items to include in your emergency kit. From left, a power bar to charge a phone, a solar-powered charger, a compass, a waterproof phone case, a weather radio and an N95 mask.

Two wildfires burning over 30,000 acres in Rio Blanco County have prompted closures of four state wildlife areas near Meeker.

Gov. Jared Polis verbally declared a disaster emergency Sunday for a wildfire burning in northwest Colorado.

In support of response efforts for the Elk Fire in Rio Blanco County, Gov. Jared Polis recently declared a disaster emergency ...

Another disaster emergency has been declared in western Colorado due to wildfires burning across the western half of the ...

Disaster emergency declarations provide that flexibility. When a disaster emergency has been declared by the governor, state and local resources can be redirected to help people hurt by the disaster.

Decades of disaster response history help explain how changes to FEMA’s structure have affected its ability to manage ...