Recovery

In the poorest big city in the country, which has lived through four property tax increases in the last decade alone, that could lead to political fallout.

Each shelter can hold up to 40 students and two teachers. Video monitors inside the shelter display a feed from the classroom, with the door locking from the inside.

At a legislative hearing in Sacramento, fire chiefs and emergency officials said wildfires across the state last year exposed shortcomings in the 60-year-old system.

A bill that would allow Pennsylvania school districts to permit school employees to carry loaded guns on school grounds passed the state Senate last June and is currently stalled in the House Education Committee.

During the early hours of the disaster, the report says, the county 'lacked reliable, timely, and coordinated situational awareness as to the scale, size, and scope of the fires’ growth, character, and movement.'

There are 54 public schools in Harford County, and each one has a critical incident plan 'developed, vetted and approved' by the office of safety and security.

Police did a walk-through of schools in their town during February vacation to familiarize themselves with the layouts.

The city’s first public safety text alert got the job done even if there need to be improvements in the future.

Count on these assumptions: There will not be emergency response by fire services, Emergency Medical Services or law enforcement for an unknown time.

In the wake of the Florida school shooting, now is a good time to educate parents and others in the community about efforts to protect students.

"There was 150 people who were injured in there, who we told, 'We have four ambulances.' But calling in mutual aid took us a long time to find agencies, and the county (dispatcher) was like, 'Uh, we're trying to find ambulances, we're trying, we're trying."

The financial benefits may help increase the number of volunteer firefighters.

School administrations, mental health workers and law enforcement are often siloed.

The forecasts, closely held internal records, have emerged six months after Harvey through discovery in a lawsuit.

The train tracks pass within a half mile of the site proposed by the Mohawk Valley Health System.