Public Safety
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The proposed legislation would require public agencies to delete any footage their license-plate-reader cameras, such as those sold by Flock Safety, collect within 72 hours. -
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.
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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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Officials worry that the vast coverage and many transfers are limiting the availability of ambulances to respond to 911 calls. When North East can’t respond, patients must rely on mutual aid from nearby communities.
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Lawmakers allocated $3 million to fund statewide implementation of the Rave Panic Button app, which allows users to connect with 911 and first responders while simultaneously alerting school staff during an emergency.
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Michelle Woolverton and Christi Shibata were sworn in recently as the department’s first-ever full-time female firefighters since its inception 140 years ago. Woolverton started with NDFD in August and Shibata in July.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced two vendor contracts for prototype solutions for wildfire detection and predictive modeling to help firefighters, law enforcement and the public as fires become more devastating.
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Similar to the Jan. 13, 2018, false missile alert, it was a government employee at the Honolulu Police Department undergoing routine training Wednesday who sounded the sirens heard across Oahu and in Kahului on Maui.
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Some council members have publicly questioned whether some of these calls should be rerouted to agencies like Community Outreach for Psychiatric Emergencies, which deals with cases that involve mental health emergencies.
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The plan would have taken effect Oct. 19 and cost eight full-time and two part-time dispatchers their jobs. They could have sought positions with the Sheriff’s Office, which pays less than Eustis, and other agencies.
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Victorville Fire Department's grant of $310,633 will provide resources to the department to assist with its operations and safety. Planned purchases include thermal imaging units and additional fire hoses.
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The reports of escalating violence in Portland have prompted the company for the first time to provide mandatory self-defense training to the more than 500 paramedics and emergency medical technicians. The classes consist of about eight hours of physical training.
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Granite City, Ill., firefighter Lindsay Hendrix, 36, is one of two female full-time firefighters in the city fire department. A six-year fire service veteran, she is a single mother to a 13-year-old daughter.
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Eleven months since Category 5 Michael’s landfall, anguish is still fresh in the Florida Panhandle. Counselors have seen depression and post-traumatic stress disorder seep into their communities as rebuilding slogs.
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What transpired 18 years ago stunned the nation and the world. Most New Yorkers who were old enough can tell you where they were when news broke of the first plane hitting the north tower of the World Trade Center.
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Despite assurances that the U.S. could handle such a serious disease, public health agencies and health-care institutions made serious mistakes five years ago when the virus broke through inadequate systems in West Africa.
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Florida changed regulations to require backup generators and enough fuel to maintain comfortable temperatures at all 3,749 nursing homes and assisted living facilities statewide in case of power loss. Only some complied.
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The Ohio School Safety Center houses seven homeland security officials, who will scan social media sites for information that could lead to preventing the next school shooting or other violent acts, including suicide.
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At 5 a.m., Dorian was a Category 1 storm with 85 mph winds and located 150 miles north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The storm is expected to grow and could hit Category 3 status before reaching Florida’s east coast.
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After a recent test with 350 agencies that included Miami Beach, Fla., the social media giant Facebook is making its emergency alerts tool available to any government page that wants to use it.
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The police department has replaced computers in eight squad vehicles so far for $3,600 apiece. The upgrade will help agencies in Columbia County begin sharing data more closely with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
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