Public Safety
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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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Lewis County residents were unable to call 911 for more than five hours after an unknown technical issue with CenturyLink caused a statewide outage with the emergency system.
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The technology, called the Laser Weapon System, will be the first of its kind to be deployed, according to the U.S. Navy.
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Web-based reporting tool helps colleges and universities avoid key hurdles with disclosing information about crimes on campuses.
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The Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard offers states and localities a comprehensive tool for response and recovery efforts.
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Emergency managers and the public now have easy access to information for most disaster scenarios.
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After more than a decade, NG 911 is poised to take off and the four largest telecommunications carriers have agreed to provide text-to-911 service by May 15.
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The Texas Automated Buoy System gathers data and provides real-time information that helps in oil spill preparedness and response.
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North Carolina colleges are installing the phones in new areas of campus, and campus police officials say their visibility and reliability enhance safety.
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Today’s firefighter is expected to wear many hats, sometimes even a law enforcement one.
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Medical personnel are following law enforcement's strategy and not waiting for the scene to be cleared before entering.
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As director of the California Office of Emergency Services, Ghilarducci uses every bit of his 30 years of diverse service in the public and private sectors.
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Losing 600,000 square feet of educational space devastated Joplin, Mo., schools, but rebuilding provided an opportunity to innovate.
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The more than 3,500 police officers who will patrol this year's Boston Marathon will be more than double the number deployed last year.
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With a number of announcements and a new website, the $7 billion First Responder Network Authority appears to be moving forward to accomplish its mission of creating a nationwide public safety broadband network.
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The search for the missing Boeing 777 off the southern coast of Vietnam had yielded nothing by early Tuesday.
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Out of lessons from Katrina and Rita comes a framework for child reunification after a disaster.
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The slow pace of recovery in the world's most disaster-ready nation is sobering for the Pacific Northwest, where geologists warn that the same type of megaquake and tsunami could strike any day.
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Use of these six fundamental structures for Twitter conversations will likely be ubiquitous, with businesses, governments and organizations all attempting to communicate strategically online.
