Manmade or technological disasters are unpredictable, can spread across geographical boundaries, may be unpreventable, and may have limited physical damage but long-term effects. Some disasters in ...
Disasters, natural or otherwise, are usually unexpected and leave little time for advance action. Hurricanes, named storms, floods, fire, and even crime, are types of disasters that communities across ...
The National Fire Agency has drafted a budget of 331.1 billion KRW for 2025. The plan focuses intensively on responding to new types of disasters such as electric vehicle and battery fires. On the 5th ...
More and more people are building their homes in woodland settings in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites. As residential areas expand into relatively untouched wildlands, these ...
The Rural Development Administration announced on November 26 that it will provide the 'Early Warning System for Agricultural Weather Disasters' service to 155 cities and counties nationwide, ...
As my L.A. County Fire partner and I were trying to get ahead of the flames, we drove up a narrow road into a canyon neighborhood above the endless sea of homes in the flat valley below. Appropriately ...
When disasters hit, they can mean days to weeks without power, and sometimes they allow just enough time to grab a bag of supplies and go. Now is the time to prepare, well before the disaster is on ...