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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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The ear-piercing whine of the pager at Cassie Fritzinger’s and Amy Ciavaglia’s homes means South Ward Fire Company, Station 4, in Tamaqua is being called to duty. To their children, it means mom is heading out on a call.
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In March, fire chiefs from 18 county departments gathered at a public safety subcommittee meeting to talk about long-range planning for fire service. Several chiefs said they did not want the county to take over their departments.
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Emergency management officials began evacuating people from an area about 5 miles west of Manhattan about 5 a.m., according to a report by the Associated Press.
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Identical bills in the House and Senate would reclassify dispatchers as Protective Services Occupations like first responders instead of their current non-first responder classification.
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'The deadly threat of fire creates an urgent need for new policies for wildfire preparedness which must be implemented without delay,' says the report, which was released Thursday.
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The $2.75 per phone monthly surcharge would pay for a significant upgrade to Muskegon County’s 911 dispatch system to ensure police and fire departments continue to respond quickly and efficiently to citizens’ calls for help.
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'It’s critical that we give them the training. Many of these situations are suicidal people that we encounter. In this course, officers are given the skills to effectively communicate with these people to prevent suicide.'
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The Blue Alerts are delivered through FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System to notify the public of imminent danger. It’s already played a role in the capture of one cop killer.
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Investigators believe a tractor was towing a pair of 2-ton tanks containing anhydrous ammonia when they began to leak; Covelli said investigators do not believe the vehicle was involved in a traffic collision.
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When the project is done, each of the Pennsylvania counties’ 911 centers will be connected to all the other 911 centers. Officials from the Southern Alleghenies 911 Cooperative met to officially unveil plans for the network.
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Frank Jannetti, director of the Mercer County Department of Public Safety, said the new computer aided dispatch will save time when responding to 911 calls at all the respective borders of the other three counties in the system: Lawrence, Butler and Venango.
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Instead of being socked away for emergency dispatch services, a share of the money raised from charges paid by mobile phone users is going into the state's general fund, to be used for other purposes.
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The week of April 14-April 20 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, set aside to recognize those men and women who are the first line of defense and response for emergency agencies.
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The Huron County Emergency Management Agency issued a notice via Everbridge shortly before 6 p.m., letting local residents know the cellular company was “experiencing an issue with 911 calls.”
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FBI officials said they were not aware of any specific threat to this year's marathon. But in the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency bunker on Monday morning, officials were prepared.
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Twelve-hour shifts are the life of a dispatcher. The job is stressful. There's always something to do, or more accurately, multiple things to do.
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The work is not for everyone: Nationally, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says job prospects are good, because many leave the field due to the high stress and demanding schedule.
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In its budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, the administration proposes using less than half of the $17 million that will be generated from landline and wireless telephone customers in the coming year for 911 operations, housed at state police headquarters.
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