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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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The surge of recent threats is raising questions from public health experts, who say they are worried about the state’s capacity to deal with more contagious diseases as they arise.
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Incentives and opting out can be effective ways to get public buy-in for alert notifications.
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The case is a reminder of the ease with which viruses once confined to remote corners of the globe can leap from continent to continent.
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With its new iOS 8 software, Apple is locking itself out of users’ smartphones — and leaving cops and the courts out in the cold.
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The drought means many communities have, since January, cycled onto and off of a list of "critical water systems" that state officials say could run dry within 60 days.
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Organizations may be ready for a new kind of dynamic exercise, based on risk-reward principles.
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Seismologists agree that it’s a matter of when, not if, it happens, and that the resulting damage will be incalculable in the city of more than 4 million residents and 400,000 businesses.
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The fire is just 5 percent contained after burning 12,780 acres.
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American law enforcement officials view sovereign citizens as the No. 1 potential terrorist threat in the United States, according to a 2014 study.
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After a tragic mine accident in Ouray County, Colo., a coordinated response saves lives thanks to training just the day before.
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The city will slap large signs — in multiple languages, with red letters and a drawing of a destroyed building — on apartment complexes that violate seismic safety laws.
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The ability to respond, mitigate and recover from disasters means being resilient.
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Several projects meant to reduce the possibility of catastrophic flooding have occurred in the decade since Ivan.
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Currently firefighters get emergency alerts from a pop can filled with coins or screws that gets knocked over by a piece of paper that rolls through a fax machine.
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Chief resilience officers begin to guide cities toward a future that’s better prepared for physical, social and economic challenges.
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Numerous new initiatives are helping enhance the state’s preparedness posture.
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From across the country, a dozen nonprofit groups have sent volunteers to help residents who are still struggling to clean up after the flooding.
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Portable satellites and mapping capabilities that would make communication possible in the case of network outages were among the technologies highlighted.
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