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Iowa City and Johnson County are taking part in a pilot program that will aim to develop a protocol that will serve as another response to 911 or other crisis line calls typically handled by local law enforcement. -
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.
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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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A new report shows a dramatic increase in cyberattacks directed against critical infrastructure owners and operators.
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Railways are now carrying highly explosive Bakken crude oil, making emergency managers' jobs even tougher.
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Colorado State University researchers are predicting a below average Atlantic hurricane season, with seven named storms.
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The state made international headlines when a nurse was quarantined after returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa despite having no symptoms of the disease.
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The animals train with the Navy to deploy to international trouble spots to detect underwater mines or guard ports against a terrorist threat.
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A downed power transmission line in southern Maryland caused a momentary loss of power that led to "widespread outages" in the nation's capital Tuesday afternoon, according to officials.
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The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency’s report provides an in-depth look at the decisions made by city leaders, federal and local law enforcement and emergency management personnel after the explosion.
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In Anoka County, Minn., fire departments and law enforcement agencies can now share critical data during a response.
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More than $1.6 billion in preparedness grant programs is available to state, local, tribal and territorial governments for fiscal year 2015.
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The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety’s found that most states with strong building code systems in place at the time of the original 2012 report either updated their codes or are in the process of doing so.
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When hurricanes don't happen, people forget about them.
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President Barack Obama issued an executive order allowing the Treasury Department to impose financial sanctions on Internet attackers who pose a threat to U.S. national security.
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Piloted last year in the Midwest, the warnings will describe whether a tornado is damaging or deadly.
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The Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System is a network of 219 radio communications sites that provide coverage to 4,000 law enforcement personnel.
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Some residents claim they did not hear sirens and had only moments to take shelter before disaster struck the city.
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The 9/11 Review Commission cited “adaptive and increasingly tech-savvy terrorists, more brazen computer hackers and more technically capable global cyber syndicates.”
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After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, local governments began talking about a new emergency communications plan that would connect every cop and firefighter in Los Angeles County on one system.
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Many survivors are still in mortgage debt a year after a deadly landslide turned the Steelhead Haven neighborhood into a burial ground.
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