Recovery

After nearly four months, the public still lacks a clear understanding of what decisions were made by the emergency services staff about alerting residents to the fires.

It is only a test, with no exercise or drill accompanying it, and the first one since a false missile alert went out Jan. 13, officials with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has not confirmed the failure of Wednesday's test but say a trial took place.

(TNS) — In a small Key Largo, Fla., neighborhood, the tide came in — and didn’t go out for almost a month.

'It’s never easy to regain trust, period — whether you’re talking about personal relationships, state government or people.'

The technology exists today to implement a warning system. What is lacking is elected officials’ attention to the topic of seismic public safety.

The county is seeking in its planned lawsuit tens of millions of dollars in damages to clear debris, rebuild infrastructure and develop safety measures to prevent future disasters.

'If you were denied don’t take that as the final answer. People can become eligible for FEMA assistance if they find they are underinsured.'

Gov. David Ige and HI-EMA officials, in several public explanations on the false alarm, have never revealed that the agency “warning officer” actually thought a missile attack was imminent.

The CNEM has already bagged around 1,000 bags after the tribe purchased 50 tons of sand. Fisher said 50 more tons of sand could be needed before all 10,000 bags are filled.

The approved upgrades to the Wireless Emergency Alerts system will allow public safety officials to send alerts to all the cell phones in areas as small as one-tenth of a mile in radius.

The department will regularly post its police logs on its Facebook page, highlighting calls officers respond to on a daily basis, officials announced this past week.

The certification comes from criteria that are set by the state of Missouri as well as the FBI. It is a significant switch in the way the department manages things and how data is collected.

Following widespread criticism that official warnings about the fast-moving fires reached too few people.

Brunswick Fire Chief Randy Mobley said this bottom line is the primary factor behind the department’s perpetual revolving door, in which firefighters the city hires and trains soon depart to fight fires elsewhere for more money.