Louisiana’s Urban Search and Rescue teams are also on the ground in Texas to help overwhelmed local agencies. A 12-member ...

With less than a month until the start of hurricane season, Louisiana emergency officials gathered Tuesday in Lake Charles to emphasize the importance of preparedness.

FEMA’s future. Experts tend to agree that reforms are needed to certain aspects of emergency management. Thibodeaux said there is general consensus that there are problems with areas such as the ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced Thursday he is placing the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness under the Louisiana National Guard in a "cost savings restructure." "As ...

And as of 4:30 p.m. Monday, Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness director Jacques Thibodeaux said officials anticipate the storm will turn into a Category 1 hurricane by Tuesday ...

Louisiana emergency management and response teams are vital for out-of-state missions due to experience and training. The support ranges from search and rescue teams to debris management experts.

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LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Leaders from across the state are in Lake Charles for the Louisiana Emergency Management Conference. Organizers say the conference has one goal: to find the best way to ...

A camp counselor from Louisiana was praised by the state’s governor for her help in rescuing children at Camp Mystic during ...

And as of 4:30 p.m. Monday, Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness director Jacques Thibodeaux said officials anticipate the storm will turn into a Category 1 hurricane by Tuesday ...

Chris Boudreaux, emergency preparedness director for Lafourche Parish, agreed FEMA isn’t supposed to be doing his job, though he said he doesn’t like some of the bureaucracy of the agency. Lafourche ...