Preparedness and Communications

The storm will begin Thursday and could last through Sunday. Blizzard warnings are in effect in the Sierra Nevada and up to 12 feet of snow is possible.

The award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be used in some of the state’s highest risk areas for wildfire prevention, as well as improving forest health and building community resilience.

The city commissioned the study to evaluate how Missoula’s emergency medical system is operating. It laid out 15 recommendations for the city to consider on ramping up its medical response methods.

The Huron County Emergency Management Agency will test its alert system on March 19 to check its compatibility with the solar eclipse in April, as well as to ensure officials are trained for a future emergency event.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and officials from the Colorado Rockies are planning to practice responding to a simulated active shooter scenario during a baseball game at Coors Field in Denver.

Residents of New Baltimore, Mich., have long complained of flooding in their neighborhoods after major storms. The City Council has approved a proposal to complete a topographic survey of the area to improve the drainage plan.

Authorities, fearing the effect of additional rain on hillsides and creek beds already saturated by a massive storm earlier this month, issued flash flood warnings for a swath of Los Angeles.

The Virginia Office of the AG wants to use the intelligence gleaned from a study, and technology funded through criminal forfeitures and seizures, to make understaffed police agencies more efficient and effective.

A system designed to amplify classroom audio can now be equipped with safety buttons that provide teachers with a one-touch ability to notify office personnel if something is amiss.

The cameras are monitored by police in the Real Time Crime Center on a Fusus solution that provides access to each camera to all officers, whether in the crime center or on the MDT in a police car.

Sewickley partnered with the company to use CodeRED, a cloud-based software system that sends out messages to subscribers. "The goal is to sign up as many people as we can. If something came up, we can use it today and it's not a problem."

“Maintaining and modernizing this infrastructure is core to ensuring system resiliency through our day-to-day needs and also ensuring that we’re resilient through droughts, including natural and manmade disasters.”

With the impacts from climate change, in some areas there is now a higher concentration of rain in a shorter period of time and stormwater systems, typically in the West and Northeast, are being overwhelmed.

The bill initially required schools to hire either a trained, armed school police officer, a school resource officer or a school security guard for every school building, but was scaled back because of cost concerns.

Predictive modeling can help stimulate traffic flow, and when combined with a robust mass notification system can help emergency managers conduct efficient evacuation operations during disasters.