No matter where you live, no household should be without an emergency first-aid kit like this one. Packed into a neat carry ...

September is National Preparedness Month, offering the ideal opportunity to assess your family’s readiness. This year’s theme, “Preparedness Starts at Home,” focuses on getting back to the essentials ...

For the past few weeks, I’ve noticed something odd at my gym. In the women’s locker room, there's a growing number of lockers out of order. I finally remembered to ask an employee. She launched into a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tornado, hurricane or flood, nursing homes are woefully unprepared to protect frail residents in a natural disaster, government investigators say. Emergency plans required by the ...

Midland’s ER310 emergency radio was a literal lifeline for me during an emergency evacuation. Here’s how it works and why everyone should have it in their kit.

What if, out of the blue, you were confined to your home because the outside air was unsafe to breathe? Or what if you suddenly needed to escape it because the power went out amid a dangerous winter ...

Saturday marks the fifth annual International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. Since 2020, this event has encouraged education and awareness about how people and organizations work to prevent, prepare ...

Preparedness used to be framed almost entirely around emergencies. It meant having supplies stored away for rare events and assuming that disruptions were temporary exceptions to an otherwise stable ...

During the question-and-answer session at the National Assembly yesterday, the Minister of Home Affairs outlined the government’s comprehensive plans to reduce disaster risks and enhance emergency ...

Florida Kunyambo, a widowed mother in Nsusa Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kapeni in Blantyre, shares a fragile ...

Emergencies happen instantly; unfortunately, many people aren’t nearly as prepared as they should be. Do you know what to do if the power is out for several days? If the nearby water level ...