Public Safety

Bark beetles probably exacerbated the fire that ravaged parts of California over the weekend.

The training benefits the firefighters as much as the med students.

It consists of clear silhouettes of a firefighter, a medical responder and a police officer against deep blue fading into deep red stained glass.

Emergency services operations are doing well, but are stretched and that California has asked for firefighting help from Nevada and Oregon, and has reached out also to Utah, Colorado and Washington states.

9/11 and other recent high-profile events raised the profile and importance of emergency management.

So far this year, the Florida Forest Service has authorized 1,400 burns covering 52,000 acres.

On the 14th anniversary of 9/11/01, there are plenty of reasons to be thankful regarding public safety in America. And yet, there is also a growing list of cyber threats that are grabbing news headlines. We talked with Dr. Andy Ozment, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary, who is the new point person for the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC).

Crime is down, but Bratton warns of multiple terrorism threats including 'known wolves and lone wolves.'

It will be years yet before FirstNet is found in public safety jurisdictions nationwide, but JerseyNet is one of the first looks at what form the first responder network will take.

The 168-foot-wide, steel-reinforced, concrete dome outside St. Joseph High School was designed to shelter evacuees from hurricane winds, but doubles as a gym.

Interest in body worn cameras is growing fast. Here are some issues to consider before you deploy.

Steininger spent 9/11 running medical supplies across the city, the urgency of the situation ringing in his ears as he listened to the screams coming over his police radio.

Even those who are charged with ensuring that the agency doesn’t dig too deeply into Mainers’ personal lives know very little about it.

Report notes that the CDC and the state and local health departments were learning on the fly along with hospital officials how to deal with Ebola, and that the initial protective gear recommended by the CDC was inadequate.

The Redlands Unified School District in California has six well-trained safety and security officers at each of its three campuses and they all carry radios connected with the local police department.

There will be security zones within security zones, and there will be metal detectors through which pedestrians will have to pass.

The county's consolidated regional dispatch system was not meeting its target for how many 911 calls are answered within 10 seconds during the busiest hour of the day, nor goals for how quickly fire-rescue is dispatched once an emergency call is received.

Next fiscal year, police, fire and courts are projected to take up 63 percent of the city’s $1.15 billion general fund. The projection is a big jump over last year’s 60 percent figure.