The Cupertino Block Leader Program is aimed at bringing neighborhoods and communities closer to themselves and each other by putting responsibilities....
Local governments need a solid network and a disaster recovery plan. What’s yours?
In a recent study done by Governing Research, State and Local Government respondents provided a glimpse into their absence management processes...
Laws and codes developed with the best of intentions accomplish nothing if they are not followed. This is the second excerpt from ICMA's newly published book <i>Managing Fire and Emergency Services.</i>
For each type of emergency, the building blocks for prevention (including mitigation) are essentially the same: engineering, enforcement, education, and investigation designed to reduce risk or actual loss. We'll focus on engineering in this issue.
The City of Olathe is now ready for anything Mother Nature dishes out—thanks to its utilization of the National Incident Management System (NIMS)...
This report combines IBHS’ engineering expertise and regulatory research to create a model for assessing the quality of residential building code and enforcement systems in hurricane-prone states.