Preparedness and Communications
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North Dakota lawmakers are exploring telemedicine as a solution to the shortage of paramedics and volunteer first responders statewide. One option connects responders in ambulances with medical providers for support. -
After the death of a person in police custody during a system malfunction and other repeated issues, city lawmakers will investigate the computer-aided dispatch system that is "prone to freeze-ups and outages."
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As the majority of Colorado wildfires approach 100 percent containment, Forest Service teams are beginning to visit burn areas on U.S. Forest Service lands to assess their vulnerability to flooding, landslides and other fire-related catastrophes. -
Dun & Bradstreet and its massive database of businesses working with the feds and states.
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The Secret Service plan says safety teams should define what behaviors are prohibited in school and which should create concern.
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As schools region-wide focus on security, many are turning to CONCIERGEpad, an iPad-based app that allows schools to discreetly screen all visitors.
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The project is fully funded by the governor’s office of storm recovery to help the city bridge communication gaps after superstorm Sandy.
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Three hundred volunteers will portray patients from an earthquake and tsunami who will be triaged in mobile hospital units on Ford Island and transported by helicopter, ambulance and ambulance bus to hospitals on six islands.
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The new system will help deputies communicate directly with other law enforcement agencies instead of going through 911 operators to do so.
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The Teacher Alert System is a wireless remote that provides direct connection to the police, firefighters, EMTs and the principal.
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Some changes — such as the slowing of hurricanes’ forward motion and the worsening of storm surges from rising sea levels — are happening now.
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'It’s not like they die but it’s getting obsolete.'
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A June article in National Geographic cites two recent studies that suggest storms are moving more slowly and carrying more water and could continue to do so in the future.
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The state continues to prepare for the big magnitude 9.0 quake and ensuing tsunami.
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The federal money also will be spent widening the Sacramento Weir, a mechanism north of the city that acts as a safety valve by channeling flood waters into the Yolo Bypass.
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Runoff from burned forested areas has shown to be a source of contamination.
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Much of Sausalito is on tree-lined hills, and fire danger is a worry.
