Campus Safety Magazine10d
4 Ways to Modernize School Emergency Response Plans
From tech upgrades to regular training, it’s time for school districts to bring emergency planning up-to-date.
allAfrica.com on MSN3d
Quake-Hit Evacuees in Afar Face New Relocation As Original Shelters Deemed 'High-Risk'
Following the designation of the original evacuation sites--where households displaced by recent seismic activity in the Afar region had taken shelter--as "high-risk areas," evacuees are set to be ...
The Columbian8d
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
After the wind-driven wildfires broke out in Southern California on Jan. 7, evacuation ... and the Office of Emergency Management, County Fire Department and Sheriff’s Department plan to fully ...
Los Angeles Times27d
Faulty evacuation alerts woke Angelenos in a panic. What’s wrong with L.A.’s emergency system?
Residents were awoken in the middle of the night Friday by the now-familiar buzz and chime: “An EVACUATION WARNING ... of the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, said earlier ...
The Washington Post23d
Wildfires are a common threat in L.A. But evacuation drills are rare.
a professor of civil and construction engineering at Oregon State University who has studied emergency evacuation behavior. The drills are difficult to plan because wildfires are so unpredictable ...
CNN20d
A ‘dangerously unacceptable breakdown’ led to errant or delayed evacuation warnings in LA. The rest of the US isn’t immune
If you work in one part of town and live in another, you might not get an evacuation ... said Bryan La Sota, emergency management coordinator for Los Angeles County’s Office of Emergency Management.
Los Angeles Times24d
UCLA is ‘a ghost town’ as students flee campus next to Palisades fire evacuation zone
The 46,000-student UCLA campus — adjacent to Palisades fire evacuation zones — is ... remains our top priority” and that its Office of Emergency Management had “identified several suitable ...
Southern California's winds weakening; at least 25 dead, 26 missing amid wildfires
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern ...
Daily Bruin25d
Amid empty Westwood streets, international students face prospect of evacuation
An email the UCHA front office sent to residents ... was also placed under an evacuation warning. UCHA membership committee chair Kaylee Johnson said an emergency plan was sent out to the ...
Mercury News27d
Crashes and Disasters
Canada readies resources to help ‘American neighbors’ battle wildfires Canada’s emergency ... evacuation orders for all blazes in the county, officials said. More than 400 sheriff’s office ...