Source:  USA today  Wireless carriers and the federal government are launching a system to automatically warn people of dangerous weather and other emergencies via a special type of text messaging to cellphones. The Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) service, which begins this month, is free, and consumers won’t have to sign up. Warnings will be location-based: [...]

source:  RSOE – Emergency and Disaster Information Service A large wild fire is raging Monday in Bulgaria’s Pirin mountain in the municipality of Yakoruda. The blaze started before noon and has already spread on 100 decares of beech forest, according to the Regional Service “Fire Safety and Protection of Population” in Razlog. The location is [...]

Source:  Centers for Disease Control Today’s post is about fire safety. Deaths from household fires remains the leading cause of fatal injuries in the home.  The single best way to protect yourself is to install  smoke detectors in your house.  Second, have an evacuation plan that includes more than one way to escape from each [...]