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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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Though California has successfully cut carbon pollution, meeting its 2020 target four years early, "these achievements were eclipsed several times over by the 2018 wildfires, which produced more than nine times more emissions than were reduced in 2017.”
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The Adams County, Miss., Sheriff’s Office would also soon be operating with Mississippi Wireless Information Network system radios, which would put them on the same communication systems as the Natchez Police Department and other agencies throughout the state and improve response times.
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A Junction City, Ore., school and local police had a drill that went poorly in the spring. But district administration and PD leaders have met to review procedures used in schools in case of a lockdown or lockout.
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Berkeley County, S.C., public safety agencies have a new software system that feeds them real-time 911 caller information, includes a narcotics management application and a record management system.
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Campuses incorporate safety features in their design, such as a single main entrance into the building – through the front office – an identification system for visitors and a layout designed to offer protection in the event of a crisis.
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The courthouse will close at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and will reopen at 8 a.m. Oct. 9. This will give the county time to practice what would happen in an active shooter situation. Few details are being released about the drill.
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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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