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Providers in St. Louis were awarded the money through the Missouri Department of Health’s Crisis Counseling Program, which has for decades been funded by FEMA to help build hope and resiliency in disaster survivors. -
When Typhoon Halong devastated Western Alaska last month, the hardest-hit communities were accessible only by air or water. That complicated response efforts and makes rebuilding a challenge.
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The Texas city is looking for more water sources as the drought persists and the lakes that Austin relies on for water continue to drop. -
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program started as a classified program in the 1960s that used cutting-edge technology to give the military highly accurate weather forecasts over the battlefield.
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Hamilton has had issues in the past of keeping the older sirens working or ensuring the sirens reach all residents in the city.
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Emergency managers worry about the many people who weren’t in Florida for those four storms and have enjoyed more than eight years without any hurricane strikes on the state.
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Getting a firm handle on the factors that contributed to the slide will require extensive field investigations, sampling and drilling.
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Emergency managers are recruiting an army of volunteers who, in a disaster, will harness the power of social media.
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All four major cell carriers have adopted text-to-911, but getting local governments to implement it will be among the most difficult upcoming challenges.
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Using real-time video and images from multiple unmanned systems, the smartphone improves situational awareness.
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“The value of having long-established, strong relationships with partners and cooperators proved hugely beneficial,” says the official report.
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Since the April 10 outage that kept 4,500 emergency calls from getting through, public safety officials are preparing in case it happens again.
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The FCC wants all wireless carriers to provide text-to-911 service by the end of this year.
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Police staffing levels vary greatly across U.S. cities, averaging about 17 officers per 10,000 residents. View and compare employment data for each jurisdiction.
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The military is trying to bring back the use of high-frequency communications rather than having sole dependence on satellite communication.
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For the last two years, U.S. epidemiologists have waited and prepared for the day MERS would appear in this country.
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While the rest of the world has been thinking about the warming climate for some time, we in the U.S. are catching up on the issue.
