Recovery

A resolution borne out of discussions between the city fire, police and emergency management departments would set the city on a course to purchase bleeding-control stations, to be placed at 17 city facilities.

Legislation would loosen California’s airtight restrictions on publicizing police misconduct records and investigations into officer-involved shootings.

'It can go from zero to 100. It just depends on what time you pick up the phone and who you get.'

Although the stockpile sits in Texas Gulf Coast residents’ backyard, it remains unknown exactly how many residents who need housing after Hurricane Harvey could get the units.

The fire school offered 23 courses and training sessions during the weekend. Many of the classes act as continued education for first responders.

'We feel that our schools are pretty safe, but we are seeing a big uptick in mental health needs. If we can get to them proactively, we might be able to stop school shootings from happening.'

John Mills, a FEMA spokesman, acknowledged the process is in-depth, but he said it needs to be.

'We are already scared having to deal with gun violence in school, and I don't want to have to go to school seeing my teacher armed.'

Software provider launches five video-based courses that aim to aid continuity during disaster.

The vote marks a shift away from Houston’s longtime aversion to constraining development, and means all new construction in the city’s floodplains will have to be built two feet above the projected water level in a 500-year storm.

County and state out-of-pocket expenses must add up to at least $7 million for FEMA to petition the president for a disaster declaration.

The Department of Public Safety practices community policing, which it defined as working with the community to be proactive in preventing crime.

In hopes of mitigating the loss of life from a major quake that experts say is inevitable, Long Beach, Calif., is discussing spending up to $1 million to identify as many as 5,000 potentially vulnerable buildings.

Firefighters are at increased risk because of toxic smoke and chemicals on the job.

There are also hurricane survivors who aren’t sure where to go after the government’s hotel program is expected to end later this month.