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A five-city tech collaboration led by Virginia Beach, Va., will connect it with four neighbors through computer-aided dispatch. It will replace manual call transfers with real-time emergency data sharing across jurisdictions.
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Gov. Greg Abbott said responding to the devastating July 4 floods is his top priority for a special legislative session that began Monday, including providing relief to victims and improving early warning systems.
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On International Migrants Day, they presented solutions intended to make Philadelphia and cities in Puerto Rico better prepared for future climate-related threats and migrations.
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Video delay also provided police with incorrect information about the shooter delaying action as students lay wounded and dying.
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The National Weather Service forecasts an 80 percent chance for a weak to moderate El Niño this winter, starting around Christmas and lasting through February. In Houston, El Niño means a warmer and wetter winter that could have more severe storms and a higher risk of localized flooding.
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St. Johns County, Fla., residents can immediately get a better idea of what their flood risk is but are still urged to buy flood insurance by local emergency management officials.
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' We need to make [shelters] more friendly for our elder citizens. The average age in the Sandwich shelter last winter was 86 years old. No one over 50 should be sleeping on those cots.'
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Public safety commission’s stinging rebuke of the principal was part of a broad look at policy and training failures at the school and at the district level, leading to the murders of 14 children and three staff members. A former student, Nikolas Cruz, is charged with the killings and faces the death penalty.
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The report calls Hurricane Harvey a warning that should not be ignored. "The enormous toll on individuals, businesses and public infrastructure should provide a wake-up call underlining the urgent need to 'future-proof' the Gulf Coast - and indeed all of Texas - against future disasters.'"
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The student rights organization also called for an increase in guidance counselors and a shift toward restorative justice, which uses dialogue and understanding to resolve disciplinary issues.
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Medical errors cause up to 400,000 deaths per year and 80 percent of errors stem from miscommunication, according to Pulsara’s website. The new technology is supposed to help decrease those numbers.
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The Berks County, Pa., program has included annual symposiums on topics ranging from bullying to heroin use to suicide prevention. In 2012, the symposium focused on the county's all-hazard planning and standard response protocols, an effort to coordinate responses to tragic, large-scale events like a school shooting.
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Code red is what law enforcement uses to warn residents of threats in their neighborhood. That could be an encroaching wildfire or a gunman on the run. The test has become more critical with more people ditching their landlines and relying on cellphones.
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The new public safety complex for fire, police and emergency services will be 44,000 square feet. It’s part of the city’s $73 million essential facilities project, which was designed by Mary McGrath Architects of Oakland.
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“This is a really odd workplace. I’ll be sitting there having a conversation with someone, and one seat away, someone’s doing CPR,” Gaylord said. “It goes on all day long, right? It’s a little weird when new people come in and see that, because they’re like, ‘Oh my God, there’s a life-and-death situation going on right now!’
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More than 300 experts took part in the 1,600-plus-page report, ranging from 13 government agencies, universities, climate scientists and other experts. It is the first such report under the Trump administration and fourth overall. The report is mandated by law.
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Cass County E911 dispatches for over 20 agencies, including five law enforcement, 11 fire, two EMS, animal control, Cass County Government Building security and an emergency management agency while maintaining regular contact with the Indiana State Police and Indiana Department of Natural Resources.