When hurricane season rolls around, Brian Murray, the deputy emergency coordinator for Harris County, never lets his gas tank get less than halfway full. “Just because you never know,” he said. If a ...

Walk into any office building and you’re likely to see an emergency evacuation plan posted on a wall with clear instructions on what to do in the event of a fire. The plan is something everyone hopes ...

"No one should die in a disaster" reads the website tagline for Ladris, a California-based startup offering emergency evacuation modeling using artificial intelligence. The application is part of a ...

A state law requires cities and counties to evaluate whether quick and safe evacuations are feasible. The city of L.A. has failed to publicly report such an analysis. Meanwhile, L.A. County simply ...