As we celebrate the heroism of firefighters on National Firefighters’ Day on May 4, we wanted to highlight one of our own: Dan Fidonik.
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By Allison G. S. KnoxContributor, AMUEdge Emergency management literature is rich with examples of community resilience and how to…
Many tornadoes and floods occur in the spring. Some of them are even bad enough to rise to a level of a disaster for a community.
The February weather events in Texas showed us that nearly the impossible can occur if you wait long enough. Most people would not have predicted a snowstorm in southern Texas, but it did happen.