Life Alert Emergency Response, Inc. launched the first personal emergency response system (PERS) in 1987. Since then, it has become a trusted service for older adults and people with medical ...

The Willmar Area Community Emergency Response Team is a group of trained volunteers ready to help in case of emergency or ...

In 2025, 305 million people need urgent humanitarian aid due to escalating crises. Conflict and climate change are causing unprecedented displacement, hunger, and destruction. Wars, including in Sudan ...

Students who are CERT members practice a first aid drill in 2017. (Grant Nejedlo/UC Davis) UC Davis Safety Services will establish a Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) in 2025, and now is the time ...

When someone clutches their chest and struggles to breathe, every second counts. Emergency room physicians emphasize that the actions taken in the first few minutes of a suspected heart attack can ...

This section focuses on how UNHCR prepares and responds to emergencies. Preparedness and early engagement are fundamental for UNHCR to be a predictable lead and a reliable partner in a humanitarian ...