Preparedness and Communications

Students will receive training through a partnership between a drone operations and consulting firm and the Sharyland Independent School District.

If the rain doesn't let up, meteorologists are predicting this August could prove to be the wettest ever recorded.

The cameras, which capture audio and color video, are turned on and off at the discretion of officers, who are supposed to activate their cameras every time they have an encounter with a member of the public or are dispatched to a call.

The designation gives firefighters diagnosed with cancer better medical coverage, paid leave and more access to disability benefits.

Weatherford students will know that some teachers and school employees likely are carrying concealed handguns.

'There are people in our community who are quietly and humbly doing amazing things to help others and these are the people we want to highlight and honor.'

California’s lawmakers are considering how much of the cost of fires sparked by electrical equipment should be paid by taxpayers and how much by utility companies.

And, as in Sonoma County in October, first responders went door to door, urging people to flee.

The Tahlequah Fire Department participates in Oklahoma State University fire service training courses that provide first responders with instruction ranging from basic skills to more advanced specialized topics.

As boomers retire, are they taking all this knowledge with them? Should they?

'This country … chews up firefighters. It has had a notorious past of being very hard on us.'

Emergence Program offers advanced theory on the evolving issues in homeland security and public safety.

They take the call when a suicidal person asks for an officer to arrive before their family finds their body. They answer the call when rape victims report the crime — sometimes as it’s happening.

If it means thousands of homes constantly being incinerated and people dying in flames, California is headed into ruins.

Pacific Gas & Electric is pushing hard for a change in the policy that would exempt PG&E from paying damages for fires in which the utility had acted responsibly.