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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. -
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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(TNS) - Melissa Morgado began 2018 trying to solve an arithmetic problem: How many nights did she and her firefighter husband spend apart because of work in the previous year?
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A recent surge in subdivisions in high-risk wildlands is putting more of us in harm’s way.
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Newly released standards focus on what makes a successful SRO program. -
'Things will get much tighter in the next five years as the business cycle turns negative and the fires continue,' he said.
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Officials from local districts want to ensure residents they are doing everything possible to keep everyone safe, including enhancing their security measures.
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The 20-year-old public safety radio system for both Bakersfield and Kern County is outdated.
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'What’s going on through my head is that I can’t believe it’s only July. How in the heck are we going to make it another three months, plus?'
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Officials say outdoor warning sirens are just that — a warning for people who are outside to take cover and find more information.
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Defense Distributed, the Texas nonprofit that generated the printer plans, has agreed 'to refrain from posting new information and to block all information from being accessed in Pennsylvania.'
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'The bottom line is when you’re talking even a couple hundred dollars a radio that’s a significant impact, especially on some of these smaller departments.'
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As a result, 40 percent of small businesses fail after a disaster and many more fail within a year.
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Relief from one of the Baltimore region’s wettest stretches on record arrived Thursday, but flood warnings nonetheless remained in effect through the afternoon and evening.
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Floods and the cost they bring are engulfing us this week, just two months after the start of hurricane season and as 37 million Americans along the northern East Coast are being threatened by killer flash floods.
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Utilities, on the hook for billions, say the state’s liability laws must change.
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Some schools are beginning to test facial recognition software, especially after the Parkland, Fla., shooting.
