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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In an 11-page ruling the judge wrote that significant evidence exists from which a jury could determine that a Grandy Lake Forest Associates representative knew 'that logging in the areas where he logged would increase the risk of landslide.'
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The statewide system, composed of six implementation phases, is expected to be completed sometime in mid-to-late 2016.
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Regulating them will be a challenge for governments at all levels, but we're going to have to figure out how to do it.
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Administrators must integrate mobile with their emergency response plans to give greater access to faculty, staff and, in some cases, students.
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There’s no silver bullet when it comes to protecting schools. Keeping students safe is the responsibility of the entire community.
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Some cite progress, but others say the nation is dangerously unprepared.
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Fire, EMS and emergency management are saving time in Virginia.
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The drug and alcohol testing of the county volunteers will be conducted randomly.
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The information sources we have today can put the old word-of-mouth rumor mills to shame. Two primary means for spreading rumors and 'facts' are the Internet and social media.
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The Bay County Hazardous Materials Team can use the e-mist SMS to respond to meningitis and Ebola outbreaks.
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The federal grant, administered through the state, will pay for the entire system and equipment. It was one of the priorities when construction on the emergency operations center building was completed nearly a year ago.
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Thus far, FEMA has disbursed nearly $48 million in disaster aid and about $42 million in housing assistance statewide to those who were forced out of their homes.
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Research shows that police departments have much higher 'clearance rates' for their cases when the public helps with investigations.
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Some counties couldn't connect directly with an 800 megahertz frequency deployed years ago.
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Radiation detectors have been deployed around every oil well site the company has serviced in the past several weeks, with no results.
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When the businesses began calling the Maryland Emergency Management Agency for information, the agency answered with its virtual business operations center, part of the Private Sector Integration Program.
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'We used to use Reverse 911 service funded by the ETSB, we no longer use that and had to develop a plan to still get the information to the residents.'
