Murray State University officials expect emergency sirens to be operational on the Kentucky campus in about a month, part of an effort to enhance security procedures that can warn of violence or severe weather. President Randy Dunn said Murray State …
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Federal Emergency Management Agency officials prepared Monday to tour flooded areas along the Mississippi River to assess the damage. The river crested in Vicksburg on April 19 and was expected to reach its highest point …
For the past month, Bob Norman has slept on his couch, waking every 90 minutes to make sure the pump in his basement is keeping floodwater from ruining his furnace. He’s not the only one losing sleep. Dozens of homeowners …
U.S. authorities increased inspections of foreign drug plants last year but still checked only a fraction of sites that supply medicine ingredients to the U.S. market, a government watchdog is set to tell Congress Tuesday. Concern about Food and Drug …
Chief executives of two major financial units at South Korea’s Samsung Group will step down, the group said on Tuesday, as part of reforms at the country’s biggest conglomerate. Hwang Tae-seon, who leads Samsung Fire & Marine and Bae Ho-won, …
The sunny spring days may be a relief after this winter’s snows, but dry weather is also creating fire hazards across Massachusetts. On Saturday, 189 woodland brush fires burned more than 375 acres, sometimes threatening private homes. Now officials at …
Providence, Rhode Island firefighters diagnosed with cancer will receive accidental disability pensions under a measure passed by the City Council. Firefighters with cancer will be presumed to have developed the disease on the job, but in order to receive the …
Growing up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Henry Wainer remembers driving past the old Alden Corrugated Container Co. on trips out of the city. Then one day, the single-story cardboard box factory burned. The city bulldozed what remained and — in …
Boston-based AIR Worldwide Corp. reports that Dennis Fasking and Jin Zhang have joined its expanding Consulting and Client Services Group to meet growing client demand for catastrophe risk consulting services. Fasking and Zhang will be key members of a team …
A new state-of-the-art applied research facility will use science and technology to expand capabilities to create more durable homes and businesses and reduce the human, financial and societal costs of natural disasters. The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), …
