Public Safety
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All Omaha firefighters are certified EMTs but not all are certified paramedics. To make certification easier, a mobile simulation lab, jointly operated by the Omaha Fire Department and Creighton University, is coming to them. -
The deal provides Motorola Solutions with HyperYou’s agentic AI for handling nonemergency calls, as well as real-time language translation. The general idea is that AI can help alleviate call center staffing shortages.
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Louisiana’s most populous city is the latest government to have an AI agent answer 311 calls instead of a human. The shift will happen in coming months; the AI has been trained on three years of 311 calls.
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Project 2025 targets NOAA, which oversees the Weather Service, as “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry” and, as such, a threat to “future U.S. prosperity … It should be broken up and downsized.”
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A New Hampshire program for eliminating "forever chemicals" used in firefighting foam, free to agencies, aims to keep thousands of gallons of foam from contaminating water, soil and air.
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The police netted a federal grant through the Department of Justice to buy two Apex Virtual Reality training systems, a $69,000 piece of tech officials say promotes training efficiency and cuts overall costs.
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Safety measures in newer vehicles can also make it harder for responders to get to victims after a crash. Firefighters from Mapleton, North Mankato and Minnesota Lake learned how to get people out of a variety of vehicles.
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Historically, the fair allowed people with a valid handgun license to carry a concealed gun onto the grounds, but this year not even licensed gun owners can carry a weapon.
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The declaration allows the West Virginia Emergency Management Division to post personnel and resources for quick response to any emergency that may develop. Coordinating agencies have been placed on standby to report to the EOC.
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Tide gauge data shows Mississippi Coast waters rose 8 inches in the last 30 years. Scientists predict the water will rise 18 inches in the next three decades and could rise another 3.84 feet by the end of this century.
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First responders and law enforcement were helping save people from the flood waters, which officials said rose so rapidly in a couple of neighborhoods that they reached porches and people’s waists.
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The state’s Flood Inundation Mapping Alert Network website, updated this year, now offers a quicker, more seamless look at data from state and federal agencies. It can now predict in real time when areas will rise to flood stage.
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SponsoredDuPage County's seamless dispatch system boosts 911 response efficiency, integrating 62 agencies for faster, coordinated emergency services.
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As the U.S. becomes more diverse, emergency call centers are responding to more non-English speakers. Prepared and its competitors are using AI to power more capable, real-time translation.
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As the storm was about 20 miles south of Savannah, Ga., on Tuesday morning, and 100 miles out from Charleston, it had tropical-storm-force winds that extended up to 205 miles out.
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Chicago’s hospitals have been planning for a potential dark side to the convention. They’ve been developing plans and practicing for influxes of patients should violence erupt or disaster strike at the convention.
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After hitting the state's Big Bend area early Monday, Debby was reduced back to a tropical storm as it moved inland, but the National Hurricane Center still warns of "catastrophic flooding" as rain continues.
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As railways increasingly rely on digital connectivity, a “strategic alliance” between Digi International and Cylus combines their products into a unified solution designed to offer better cyber protection.
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After the gas is shut off, the electricity may be next because electricity is key for telecommunication lines, the sewer system and the fleet of pumps that help mitigate ongoing land movement by expelling the groundwater that geologists say causes it.
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Four firefighters suffered heat exhaustion and another had a seizure, but all are doing fine and no homes were lost overnight in the fire, which started in a 10-by-10-foot area in open space Tuesday.
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The Extreme Heat Emergency Act would classify extreme heat as a major disaster under the Stafford Act, which recognizes certain events as disasters eligible for a presidential Major Disaster Declaration.
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