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Drones are one of the best ways emergency responders can receive an overview in the fastest amount of time, while also being ...

Florida Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 8, which includes members from Marion County and Gainesville, has completed a more ...

In a powerful show of statewide support, more than 600 Pizza Hut restaurants across Texas are coming together to aid ...

It is not uncommon for the number of missing people to diminish after a major catastrophe like the Texas flooding.

Janice Riley, Michelle Annette, and Lisa Aguillen reflect on volunteering with Kerrville flood victims, witnessing ...

Just over two weeks after floodwaters devastated Central Texas, one Iowa native on the ground is sharing what his home state ...

Ken Pagurek, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue chief, resigned Monday amid criticism over the ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Colorado Task Force 1 continues recovery efforts along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, ...

Texas officials labored to account for more than 160 people originally reported missing along the Guadalupe River after the ...

TULSA, Okla. — After 16 days helping with recovery efforts, half of the Oklahoma Task Force 1 team is officially home. They were deployed to Texas within a day of the historic July 4 flooding to go ...

Colorado Task Force 1 (CO-TF1) has completed a large-scale search and rescue mission in Texas, following catastrophic ...