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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Hospitals could firm up their response to bombing threats with course.
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U.S. telecommunications and public safety agencies partner to test and develop new 4G wireless solutions that would upgrade emergency response communications.
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Burlington County, N.J., tests military communications technology that provides interoperability among emergency management workers.
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Emergency management, public safety, homeland security and criminal justice agencies from around the world are invited to enter.
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The Montgomery County, Pa., Department of Public Safety provides near real-time emergency and traffic incident information online.
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The system allows Illinois officials to quickly track diseases and respond accordingly.
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Chasing4Life provides educational programs nationwide to encourage citizens to be personally prepared for emergencies and disasters.
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Public safety personnel are the first line of defense in the war on terror.
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The Dayville, Conn., Fire Company utilizes wireless tracking of firefighters to improve emergency response and after-incident accountability.
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For 20 years, college and university campuses have relied on blue-light call boxes to provide remote locations with access to police dispatch.
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The University of Southern California’s text message tip program guarantees user anonymity while promoting campus safety.
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A power outage at a Transportation Worker Identification Credential processing facility may require up to 410,000 cards to be replaced.
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Forty-six of 56 states and territories not ready for Dec. 31 deadline.
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When complete, the system will provide geographically targeted emergency alerts to cell phone users.
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Public safety agencies have flocked quickly to the short messaging service because of its security.
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Releasing information as quickly as possible is the new version of erring on the side of caution.
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Worst-case planning, resource planning, joint agency planning, among the lessons learned from seminal event in the Pacific Northwest.
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Random Hacks of Kindness attracts disaster relief experts and software engineers to innovate technology solutions.
