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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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These agencies must converge to develop solutions for an electric grid that is vulnerable to cyber- and physical attacks that continue to evolve, and present moving targets created by sophisticated, motivated actors.
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One benefit of the P25 system is the fact that it is non-proprietary, which means local entities (police departments, county 911 centers, etc.) can purchase radios and equipment at lower prices on the open market.
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The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act would support the public-private partnerships necessary to develop important vaccines, therapeutics and devices for chemical and biological events.
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The influx of 420 injured patients and counting at Miami Valley, Ohio area emergency rooms in the days following the tornadoes underlined the importance of the training the hospitals do to prepare for any scenario.
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Associations of fire and police chiefs took votes to shift the system to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, according to presentations Wednesday at a meeting of the state commission investigating the Parkland massacre.
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Scot Peterson, 56, had been nationally heckled and vilified for failing to confront the former student who gunned down and killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
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Officials picked Tyler Technologies to provide the computer-aided dispatch and records management system for the dispatch center. While the current system still works, there’s no way to repair the old system if it breaks down.
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The shooter fired at police, injuring one officer, before being shot and killed. The officer’s bulletproof vest saved his life.
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"Since I've been in Jackson, for 23 years, we've never had a specific program aimed at dealing with gun violence. I think it's time," said Elmer Hitt, Jackson director of police and fire services.
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Meteorologists warned of an isolated tornado perhaps touching down in the five boroughs or its suburbs Wednesday as the strange and dangerous local weather stretched into a second day.
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Meteorologists tracked the devastating storms starting after 4:30 p.m., and the warnings and funnel cloud sightings continued through the night in both Kansas and Missouri.
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Following a week of severe storms that included flooding rains and tornadoes, Gov. Kevin Stitt amended an executive order he originally signed earlier this month to include all 77 counties.
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While trying to predict lake and river levels after torrential rains earlier in the week, they've had to evaluate some of the 13 tornadoes that were sighted or touched down during the severe weather on Wednesday night.
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Microclimates occur within large cities like San Francisco, New York and San Diego, and heat waves can exist and not exist in different areas within those cities, putting vulnerable residents at risk of death.
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A 25-year study of officer-involved shootings in San Diego County revealed 79 percent of them — about 8 in 10 — involved people who suffered from mental health issues, substance abuse or both.
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A steady increase in population brought with it more tailpipe pollution as well as pollution from power plants as the area industrialized. The new concrete and bricks raised temperatures in a desert city, compounding the effects of global climate change.
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The governing board of Scott County Emergency Communications Center, or SECC, unanimously approved three contracts related to the bi-state project, including an $8.55 million contract with RACOM for the purchase and installation of the new radio infrastructure.
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The contract arranges for firefighters who provide paramedic services to receive additional pay in the amounts of $2,500 for 2020 and $3,000 for 2021, and offers a one-time bonus of $1,000 to current firefighters who become certified to perform paramedic services.
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