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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Federal grants will benefit public safety but come with limits in some cases.
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GIS maps are one affordable way for public safety agencies to plan for incidents.
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Compatibility assessment program will make radio testing data available on the Web.
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Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have just published two reports providing details of how wind affects fires in high-rise buildings that will lead to improved safety for civilian and firefighters.
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The Ohio Statewide Imagery Program chooses lidar to make a highly accurate digital elevation model.
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The Office of Personnel Management announces new effort to increase telework in the federal government.
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New technology, federal stimulus funding, new governance structure with more first responder participation, recognition of regional deployments and calls for regional and state cooperation reinvigorate new push for statewide wireless interoperable communications network.
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Public safety communications would benefit from national broadband network.
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Technology won't solve all coordination problems in disaster response.
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Wireless video and data transmitted to speed emergency treatment.
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Joint visual analytics workshop to be held in Germany in June.
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Arkansas CTO Claire Bailey gets agencies and local governments to communicate via 700/800 MHz system.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security creates group for public and private-sector agencies so federal and local government can work together to reduce cyber-security holes.
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Emergency managers say Fugate's nomination may strengthen FEMA's relationship with state and local agencies.
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"The primary responsibility of this department is as clear as it is sobering: protect our people from attacks."
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Improved self-contained breathing apparatus, CBRNE detection, lie-detection training, social networking, vehicle disabling and other efforts presented and discussed.
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Voice over Internet protocol gives North Carolina and Virginia interoperability.
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Charlotte County improves emergency response with Internet protocol network.
