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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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If firefighters don’t withdraw or hold back when they should, they pay the ultimate price. -
'They will struggle because this house was built with tough (material) and they will have a hard time punching through the roof.'
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In the scenario, a bus driver suffered a heart attack and crashed his bus into chairs filled with spectators at a soccer match.
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The new system will provide emergency and routine notifications through email, text, phone calls and social media and can send out Wireless Emergency Alerts and reach active cellphone users in a specific area.
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The app provides information on how to prepare for and what to do if there is a tornado, terrorism attack, a public health emergency, or other disaster.
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Some property owners could suddenly find themselves living in a designated floodplain and be forced to buy hundreds of dollars of flood insurance each year.
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The Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, which was set up by President Trump, is calling on him to take action by declaring the opioid epidemic a state of emergency.
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The bottom line from first responders is simple: Don't drive onto flooded roads. It takes only a few inches of water to move a vehicle and you can't see what's underneath the water's surface.
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'Everything's multiple stories up, and the time delay is significant because you can't just run in the front door with the hose.'
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EMTs have no way of knowing if any given patient's high-stress situation will devolve into violence.
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The program has only a few thousand users out of a service area with 5.3 million residents.
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There are more than 725,000 licensed amateur radio operators in the United States.
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Before 1995, the United States averaged one megafire a year. Between 2005 and 2014, the number jumped to 9.8 per year. And, since the 1990s, the federal price tag for fighting such fires leaped from $300 million a year to $3 billion annually.
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Today, what could have been ground zero for America’s worst dam disaster is now a hotbed of construction activity.
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41 injuries, 791 complaints of carbon monoxide in Ford Explorers have been recorded by federal safety officials.
