Arkansas Department of Emergency Management

It is Steve Frisbee’s unenviable job to make sure the April 8 total solar eclipse doesn’t become a total traffic nightmare for Arkansas. read more >

Concern about the aging levees have waned since the floods, but experts say there's potential for a disaster if not maintained. read more >

The project is bolstering broadcast availability in all or part of 31 counties that had been getting a weak signal, or none at all. read more >

The new tower is the second of four transmitters added to extend broadcast coverage to 31 counties. read more >

An Arkansas panel formed after historic flooding last year released a report on Tuesday recommending increased oversight of the state's levees, consolidation of some levee districts and state grants to fund improvements. read more >

In every case, risk itself is compounded by incompetent, uninterested management. read more >

A.J. Gary, the director of the state's emergency management, says businesses need to have plans and to make sure employees know them. read more >

The historic spring flooding in Arkansas caused at least $100 million in damage. Now comes the re-evaluation of Arkansas’ long-neglected levee system, which will surely seek to address at least two big public policy questions: Who should be responsible for the levees? Who should pay for their maintenance? read more >

David Maxwell, former director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, warns that a crippling cyberattack on power could bring a cascade of system failures across society — from communications to water systems to food and fuel distribution. read more >

America’s entry into the First World War set the stage for a historic economic development opportunity that business leaders in Little Rock seized back in the spring of 1917. read more >

The causes that would trigger a black sky event take the response and restoration to a new level. In a longer electrical outage, the cascading effects magnify. read more >

For many Arkansans, the path to flood insurance goes through FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program– and participation in the NFIP is dropping. read more >

President Trump has granted the governor's request for a disaster declaration for the state after damage due to storms, tornadoes and flooding from April 26 to May 19. read more >

A.J. Gary was appointed Arkansas Department of Emergency Management director by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in June 2016. In addition to heading ADEM, Gary is also the Homeland Security adviser for Arkansas. read more >

Arkansas politicians must not allow the politicization of the issue to prevent the state from confronting a changing climate. read more >

There are indications of a climate changing because of human actions that speak to those with an evidence-based mindset, indications meaningful because they affect people’s livelihoods and careers. And when livelihoods are on the line, people tend to drop partisanship in favor of reality. read more >

Climate change and its results are hardly the only challenge facing David Maxwell, chief of the state Department of Emergency Management, which has 90 employees and a budget of $148.4 million. read more >

Call it what you will, the chief of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Services says that the state is facing a new normal, one in which extreme weather events are occurring more often and with greater intensity. read more >

The half-mile-wide tornado carved an 80-mile path of destruction through the Little Rock suburbs Sunday evening, killing at least 15 people, flattening rows of homes, shredding cars along a highway and demolishing a brand-new school before it even had a chance to open. read more >