Alicia Tate-Nadeau, first woman to lead state's disaster response, leaving post
A former Illinois National Guard brigadier general, Tate-Nadeau was the first woman to lead the state agency. In 2023, the ...
Federal funding freeze trickles down to local EMA operations
The effects of the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze have trickled down to local emergency management operations and left future funding uncertain. County Board Chairman Josh Douthit told ...
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Illinois Emergency Management Agency Highlights the activities, divisions, laws and regulations, news stories, publications, and training and exercise opportunities of the Illinois Emergency ...
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Illinois town evacuated when reservoir dam topped after six inches of rain
Emergency Management Agency. The agency alerted residents of ... and an additional 1 to 3 inches were still expected. Troop 8 of the Illinois State Police posted on X a stretch of Interstate ...
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IEMA-OHS Commemorates 100th Anniversary of the Deadliest Tornado in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD - On March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history tore through southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, ...
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State disaster response director one of two top officials leaving this month
JB Pritzker’s office. Alicia Tate-Nadeau, director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, was one of two departures announced by the governor Friday.
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Bill improving Illinois school emergency response plans heads to Senate floor
The Illinois Senate Education Committee unanimously approved a plan Tuesday to help first responders get inside schools ...