Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week.
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“You have to have uniform guidance across the country and, ideally, across the globe where you have to have coordination of supply chain, so you don’t have every state over-ordering for the worst-case scenario …”
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People infected with new coronavirus are likely emitting it for nearly 2.5 days before the first symptoms appear, scientists said. The contagion of an infected person peaks roughly 18 hours before the first symptom.
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The Detroit Medical Center announced it will furlough 480 employees, while the McLaren Medical Group will cut the hours of many of its 500 doctors, physician's assistants, nurse practitioners and nurse midwives.
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Gov. McMaster signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in response to the damage wrought by heavy winds and a series of tornadoes early on Monday. The order allows the state to redirect resources to deal with the aftermath of the deadly storm, which killed nine.
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But the death toll in South Florida continues to rise. Since Tuesday morning, there’s been an increase of 47 deaths from COVID-19 in the counties of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, says the state health department.
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Coroners in four South Mississippi counties say they have tried but failed to acquire COVID-19 test kits from the state. One of those coroners believes he might have handled four coronavirus cases that have not been counted for as deaths caused by the virus.
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Under normal circumstances, prescribed burns in lower-elevation mountainous areas near Yakima, Wash., and elsewhere would be underway or planned. Prescribed burns are intentionally set fires in designated locations.
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If they are exposed to someone with COVID-19, they could lose income from their full-time jobs by being quarantined. And if they contract the virus while providing medical care, they may not have health insurance to pay for their own treatment.
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Dr. Daniel Varga has watched many of his health-care workers at his hospital contract the coronavirus as the pandemic rages across New Jersey. It has led to manpower shortages when hospitals and patients can least afford them.
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At least one person died, as the Oconee County coroner reported. Both severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings were issued for the Midlands, the National Weather Service office in Columbia said.
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Overseeing that process in Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana are the emergency management agencies [EMA]. Each county’s EMA has set up emergency operations centers, where representatives from multiple organizations coordinate response efforts.
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Students of 3D Engineering and Design at Penn State University were shut out of their labs when the coronavirus hit, but that didn’t stop them from coming to the rescue of local medical personnel with PPE.
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“We can reduce our non-violent prison population and leave fewer inmates at risk for contracting COVID-19 while maintaining public safety with this program. “We must reduce our inmate population to be able to manage this virus.
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"Some people are taking it extremely seriously and literally have been quarantined in their houses and not leaving. And then you have other people. Now that the executive order has come out, kind of have to remind them that we are under a quarantine."
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The recognition of restrictions against evictions will be included in the city's extension of a local emergency proclamation, which was first declared by the city manager's office in response to the coronavirus.
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C19Oregon.com is an online triage tool that cities and counties can use to dispense coronavirus information that is tailored to a certain area and also collect data about where coronavirus cases may be clustering.
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Confirmed COVID-19 cases caused by the novel coronavirus more than doubled to 51 among Miami VA patients over the past week. The number of positive cases among health-care workers quintupled to 20 over the same period.
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The federal government quietly seized orders for medical supplies made by hospitals April 7. Those seizures came despite President Trump directing states and hospitals to secure supplies to deal with the pandemic.
