Deadly fires in Almería, Spain, have shown that firefighting alone is not enough – people need to be properly prepared.

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Wildfires are essential for maintaining ecological balance, but they can also cause serious damage to ecosystems and wildlife. Fires release large amounts of carbon dioxide and organic and inorganic ...

Many articles are written about all of the disciplines in the public safety sector, and both fire operations and EMS have been the focus of many available journals. Yet, emergency management has been ...

The best master’s in emergency management online programs can prepare you to lead disaster responses and recoveries for organizations at various levels, but not all programs will set you on the same ...

Collaboration provides emergency managers resources, energy, ideas, talent, funding and time. It fosters buy-in and broadens understanding. As collaborators work together to achieve a common goal, ...

Wildfires are not known for their restraint. They’ll jump rivers, spew whirling dervishes of flames and double in size overnight. Take the Carr Fire — one of California’s most destructive — sparked in ...

Forestry fire management encompasses the integration of prevention, suppression and prescribed burning to maintain forest ecosystem services, conserve biodiversity and reduce the risk of unplanned ...

After years of questionable policies, climate change and growing populations, wildfires have gotten worse in the western U.S., and around the world. That’s driven a push to use tools like thinning and ...

As the world watches bushfires take a massive toll on Australian land, wildlife, and people, experts in indigenous fire management are reporting an uptick in interest in their work. These ancient ...

Ramsey County has named Kendall Bobula as its Director of Emergency Management in its Safety and Justice Service Team, the county announced Wednesday. Bobula will lead the county’s emergency ...

Since last summer’s bushfire crisis, there’s been a quantum shift in public awareness of Aboriginal fire management. It’s now more widely understood that Aboriginal people used landscape burning to ...