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Roman Battaglia/Jefferson Public RadioThe Medford School District, along with more than 30 other groups and agencies, is conducting a day-long public safety drill Thursday to prepare for incidents such as an active shooter. This will be the first time an exercise like this has happened in the Rogue Valley. -
Kristian Foden-Vencil/Emergency medical service providers throughout Oregon are sounding the alarm about workforce shortages in their field.
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A huge dress rehearsal for regional earthquake disaster relief was supposed to happen next week until the ongoing pandemic forced its cancellation. Some smaller drills are going ahead this weekend and next featuring civilian volunteers who will demonstrate unusual ways aid may get to Pacific Northwest earthquake survivors. -
How much time do you have to get out of the way of a tsunami? And what way should you go and how fast do you have to move?
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In the face of worsening climate change, California is investing billions of dollars in high-tech solutions to predict and respond to natural disasters. Meanwhile, communities throughout the state — facing fires, floods and winter storms — are increasingly embracing the century-old technology of two-way radios as a failsafe.
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In the wake of 116 deaths — and counting — OPB asked first-response, disaster-planning and communications experts for their takes on how the state should protect Oregonians from extreme weather.
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A report assessing Jackson County’s response to last year’s devastating wildfires calls on government leaders to create a more coordinated emergency plan.
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Cellphone users from the U.S. border with Canada south to the border with Mexico should receive a mobile alert from the early warning system when an earthquake is detected.
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The pavement tends to rumble when a fire truck goes down the street. But not all firefighting vehicles are huge and heavy. Witness the new vehicle being…
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Air ambulances in California get some public funding to stay in business. And before the legislature closed, it passed a bill to extend that funding. That…
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Disasters can come with some lead time, like hurricanes, or they can be sudden, like earthquakes and fires. Either way, it pays to prepare for times when…
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Our region offers many quiet places in woods and mountains to get away from it all. And sometimes, that's a problem. Because people can get lost in the…
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The lack of sheriff's deputies in Josephine County creates issues for emergency workers who are NOT officers of the law. Because the situations that lead…
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Talk about your high-pressure jobs: 911 dispatchers have to stay calm while people are often coming unglued on the phone with them.It might not be the…
