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 ...

About this Course This introductory eLearning course focuses on integrating gender considerations into disaster risk management (DRM) to ensure that projects benefit women and men equitably. It ...

UGC has advised higher education institutions across the country to consider introducing a 2-credit skill enhancement course on disaster management and DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) clubs for ...

[Photo: An aerial view of a house in Gilchrist, Texas, that survived the destruction of Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Courtesy of Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA.] Natural disasters are becoming more ...

The Division for the Advancement of Women is organizing, in collaboration with the Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), an Expert Group Meeting on "Environmental ...

The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.

Sierra Leone is prone to climate-related disasters like fires, water shortages, floods and mudslides. It has also seen serious disease outbreaks like Ebola and COVID-19. On the World Risk Index 2021, ...