Emergency Management

Previously, dispatchers were classified as clerical workers, which didn’t give them access to the benefits other first responders receive. Experts hope this will attract more candidates to the job.

The National Suicide Prevention Hotline is rebranding so that callers just need to dial 988 — a change that is expected to have a huge impact.

Volunteers battle wildfires in larges portions of the country, but now fire departments are trying to respond to more calls with fewer volunteer firefighters.

Build higher, build stronger — it pays off big in Kansas.Disaster mitigation investments in Kansas yielded more savings than efforts in any other state, a…

A legislative audit released Tuesday concluded that while wildfires in Kansas are becoming more frequent, a lack of resources and coordination are…

One year and nearly a half million torched acres after the Starbuck wildfire, strong winds blow across a parched Kansas landscape.In some ways, last…

It’s time for your annual reminder of what to do when – not if – the New Madrid fault goes.Drop to the floor. Cover your head. Hold on until the shaking…

With the country's attention trained on Sunday night's tragic events in Las Vegas, we discuss whether the worst mass shooting in modern American history…

Fire crews battled hot spots overnight Tuesday in Reno County, but residents of one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods were allowed back to their houses.No…

In light of a campaign season some view as the most rancorous in recent history, we look at the role civility still plays in politics. Then,…

“I love the chainsaw guys,” Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon interrupts.Dwain Carter, director of disaster relief for the Missouri Baptists, is trying to tell the…

Update 11:35 a.m. Friday.Atchison officials have issued the all clear, saying it's safe to go outside after a chemical cloud enveloped the city this…