This guide explains how federal, state, and local disaster response works — from applying for FEMA aid to documenting damage.

Parts of Vinton County in southeastern Ohio were evacuated Wednesday following a chemical leak. A gas release at the Austin Powder chemical plant about 30 minutes west of Athens has been stopped ...

A nitric acid leak at a chemical plant in Vinton County, Ohio, prompted emergency evacuations on Wednesday, June 11, according to officials. (Credit: Edeth Conner via Storyful) ...

A massive nitric acid leak spewed orange plumes of smoke into the sky, forcing a no-fly zone and mass evacuations around an Ohio chemical plant, according to reports.

VINTON COUNTY, Ohio — Thousands of gallons of nitric acid leaking from a tank at a manufacturing facility prompted evacuations in Vinton County Wednesday morning. Around 8:30 a.m., first ...

Emergency crews are actively investigating a report of a possible person in the Genesee River on Sunday. Multiple agencies are on scene, including the Rochester Police Department, Rochester Fire ...

Damascus-SANA – Ministry of Emergency and Disasters has launched an emergency response plan with the beginning of the harvest season, with the aim of reducing losses in lives and properties, and ...

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Muriatic acid fumes from a chemical storage closet on Tuesday brought Sisters-Camp Sherman firefighters and a Salem hazardous materials team to the Tollgate subdivision's ...

Oregon House Bill 2529 would require schools to have a specific plan in place to reduce deaths from sudden cardiac arrests. FOX 12 spoke with Kelly Driscoll, a mother who lost her son Quinn after ...

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About 600 gallons of the highly corrosive acid was released from a rail car on the arsenal grounds. Workers at the military munitions plant were told to shelter in place for a time.

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — A bill that would make all Virginia schools come up with a cardiac emergency response plan was recently signed into law by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. It follows similar ...