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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The calls that were received originated from a Tallahassee-based Florida Division of Emergency Management number due to a default mode in the software. The testing provided valuable information about the system.
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The city of Dayton, Ohio and Premier Health have teamed up to try to find alternative ways to serve and provide care to some high-frequency users of 911 and hospital emergency departments. Nearly 300 people have called 911 at least 10 times in the last two years.
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Connecticut legislators are working to extend workers’ compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder. Lawmakers now look to cover emergency medical personnel, dispatchers and state prison guards.
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Of the 90,000 or so dams in the U.S., at least 1,688 are considered high-hazard and in poor or unsatisfactory condition. Those and other dams endanger tens of thousands of lives of people who are unaware of the risk.
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Although more than 9,800 U.S. agencies are on board with the nationwide public safety communications platform FirstNet, a debate persists about the very issue that FirstNet is designed to solve: interoperability.
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The Android Team Awareness Kit was originally developed by the military for situational awareness and has been deployed by the Corona Fire Department as it responds to wildfires, search and rescue and other calls.
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The goal is to better understand interactions between the body, clothing and various materials when exposed to different extreme conditions, including intense heat, and to use that knowledge for next-generation gear.
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Through two grants totaling $140,000, the program will fund over a year of service from 16 trained officers. Participating officers will respond to mental health-related calls to ensure safety for all involved.
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The system lets people under duress communicate with dispatchers via text rather than through a normal phone call. While not the optimal form of communication, it's been a lifeline when other options were unavailable.
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Nationwide, the AP review of federal data and reports obtained under state open records laws identified 1,688 high-hazard dams rated in poor or unsatisfactory condition as of last year in 44 states and Puerto Rico.
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Andrei Mojica, 17, was in his AP government class going over a worksheet when his teacher went outside and saw people running. Nobody in class panicked until somebody opened their door and said: "There's a shooter on campus."
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City officials had talked about putting a 3.5-mill emergency-services levy on the spring ballot. But Townsend said that amount would not be sufficient to fund more staff and avoid temporary station closures, which have continued into the fall, records show.
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The Health and IT Services departments collaborated to develop the POD PreCheck and the POD Locator apps if the state needs to distribute medication to the public quickly, such as during an anthrax attack at a large event.
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The district will be paid for with property tax increases and will allow the current dispatch center in Corvallis to increase from 17 employees to 28. Backers say the increase is critical to improving county emergency response.
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The San Bernardino Police Department has deployed Dragon speech-recognition software that lets officers and detectives speak into a microphone that translates that language into a report, recognizing department codes.
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Developing safe schools within the Framingham, Mass., school district is a two-prong approach that includes a visitor management system and student IDs, but also a ‘social, emotional learning’ curriculum.
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The likelihood of surviving a disaster is increased by good planning before the disaster, from securing property and having a clear crisis communication plan, to forming a post-disaster action plan and backing up files.
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In Garfield County, Colo., the R&D branch of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control has established the Technodrome, a drone-testing space that appears to be a national first.
