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The county in Texas Hill Country accepted the funds from the state following last summer's deadly flooding on the Guadalupe River. Neighboring Kerr County accepted a similar state grant this week. -
By responding to 911 calls involving mental health crises with a specialized team including a clinical social worker, the program cut hospitalization rates. Permanent funding may be on the way.
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday.
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Health officials sought to move people infected with coronavirus from Fairfield’s Travis Air Force Base to Costa Mesa’s 125-acre Fairview Developmental Center, an empty state-owned facility for people with mental disabilities.
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Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses transmitted between animals and people. Prior examples, like SARS, were transmitted from civet cats, and MERS from camels. Symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath.
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The failure of these networks — tech advances now so widespread as to be mundane — raised fears about whether residents would be able to call 911 during an emergency. Addressing those fears is a key aim of the bill.
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Students in eighth through 11th grades must submit a completed application form, two letters of recommendation, academic records, and a list of extracurricular activities. The application deadline is March 8.
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“We’re the ones that come in and rescue the day,” said the president of the Professional Firefighters of Kokomo Local 396. “… Then we’re supposed to leave while still wearing those capes and with our heads held high.”
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The lesson, given on Lancaster City Schools' professional development day, was part of the national Stop the Bleed campaign. Training aims to arm the public with the knowledge and confidence to react in trauma situations.
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The emergency declaration also lets state agencies exercise their statutory authority to assist the communities and entities affected by flooding. Gov. Ivey also activated the Alabama Emergency Management Agency State EOC.
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The new QuakeAlertUSA early warning app lets users set the alarm at a certain threshold and gives a vibrating countdown of up to about 60 seconds until shaking from the quake will occur and then instructions on what to do.
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Park Ridge City Police Chief Frank Kaminski is recommending the city join the Cook County Sheriff’s Police 911 Center in unincorporated Maine Township due to rising costs associated with the city’s current dispatcher.
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No confirmed cases have been reported in North Carolina. State health officials investigated a possible case last month; it was determined not to be coronavirus. As of Tuesday, 13 cases have been identified in the U.S.
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The upgraded alert system was a factor, along with fire and rescue staff enhancements, in better response times. The old alert system was radio based — the new one is run by computers and radios on a fiber-optic network.
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“... some glitches are to be expected, but the problems indicate the system is not reliable. We have asked for more support from the company, and its employees have been slow in responding, even in the last month.”
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Last week, state lawmakers grappled with threats California must confront as the ocean pushes farther inland. Homes are flooding and critical infrastructure is feet from toppling into the sea.
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The new negative results mean Virginia continues to have no confirmed cases of coronavirus, a new respiratory illness that has rapidly spread, particularly in China, and has left at least 1,000 dead.
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“There is a worldwide shortage today of masks ... primarily related to the fact that the demand has spiked for these products,” Stanley Bergman, CEO of Henry Schein, one of the world’s largest distributors of masks to medical and dental offices, told CNBC last week.
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“No longer can climate change be viewed solely through lens of moral obligation, politics or activism. Seemingly overnight, it has become a matter of risk management and proactive, or even emergency, response.”
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Jeff Hardy began his career as a volunteer with the Maury County Fire Department in 2004. In 2005, he was hired by the Spring Hill Fire Department as a fireman and paramedic where he took on the role of lieutenant.
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Texas A&M-Commerce’s 2019 security report noted that exterior doors to most on-campus residence halls are equipped with electronic card access that is connected to a centralized software system with 24-hour recording.
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