Emergency Management

The agreement approved by Bexar County commissioners helps both agencies prepare for potential mass casualty events.

Historic floodwaters inundated Uvalde and neighboring communities last week. Now, residents already familiar with tragedy say they're coping the only way they know how: by helping each other out.

Nearly a year after deadly flooding prompted Texas lawmakers to overhaul the state's flood preparedness laws, officials say some of those changes are already helping. But many of the state's biggest flood mitigation projects remain years from completion.

July 4 marks one year since catastrophic flooding struck two neighboring parts of the Texas Hill Country. Along the Upper Guadalupe River, where at least 130 people died, a major recovery effort followed. But along nearby Sandy Creek, where nine people were killed, survivors say the response has been far more limited.

Residents got an update on a new flood warning system, but some still have questions about who will be responsible for it.

More than 125 local, state and federal agencies are authorized to use the state-of-the-art crisis and threat management facility as a central command center.

Reporters been following survivors as they rebuild their lives in the aftermath of one of the deadliest floods in state history.

The Denton Fire Department’s calls for service continue to climb but the department already has preliminary plans to keep pace with seven future fire stations.

Ensuring public safety during the FIFA World Cup likely will cost the county more from its own pocket than its cut of $50 million for North Texas to share.

Housing Forward and the City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management say they will continue the strategy that metrics show have worked since 2024, instead of shifting to quick, short term fixes.

Hundreds of newly published text messages add more detail to the devastating timeline of the deadly July 4 Texas floods.

According to Politico, federal officials could relocate the agency here and tap Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd to lead it.