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OPWDD Adopts Final Emergency Preparedness Regulations
On July 23, 2025, the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities adopted final regulations requiring all facilities certified or operated ...
City of Portland works to update disaster emergency management plan
PORTLAND (WGME) -- The City of Portland is working to update its disaster emergency management plan. This comes as the state is seeing shifts in weather patterns over the last decade.
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PERSPECTIVE: The Technological Transformation of Emergency Management: Part II
Outdated systems are holding back disaster response. It’s time to invest in smarter, integrated platforms that empower both ...
Exclusive: ‘A more vulnerable nation’: FEMA memos lay out risks of plan to cut $1B in disaster and security grants
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities and first ...
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Firefighter hired as emergency planning administrator for county
YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County’s Emergency Management Agency has a new member on its leadership team. On Thursday morning, ...
Providence will retire its rarely used emergency sirens, moving fully digital
The city’s four sirens can only be heard in one section of South Providence, and it isn’t clear what to do if you hear one.