Emergency Management

Floods are some of the most common, costly and damaging disasters in the U.S. To prepare, experts recommend understanding your flood risk, purchasing flood insurance and signing up for emergency alerts.

A new report called “Ready or Not” measures every state's emergency preparedness and finds that fewer than half of all states are well prepared. In the Mountain West, Nevada and Wyoming rated “low.” New Mexico, Idaho and Utah rated in the “middle” tier. Colorado rated “high” for public health emergency preparedness.

With the first winter storms hitting the state this month, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says preparing an emergency “go-bag” or “survival kit” is more crucial than ever before.

Ten Idahoans are a long way from home as they assist Hurricane Michael relief efforts in the Florida panhandle.The team, made up of people skilled in…

Idaho’s doing better than in previous years when it comes to emergency preparedness. That's according to a new national study from the Robert Wood Johnson…

State emergency management agencies in Idaho, Oregon and Washington along with their federal counterparts at FEMA, are conducting a drill through the end…