Public Safety
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday. -
The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested the man after he reportedly stole a vehicle from a business in east Fort Collins, set it on fire and damaged nearby agricultural land.
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The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will evaluate a $13 million rental agreement for the Sheriff’s Office to obtain new radios and accompanying equipment. The previous lease dates to 2015 and expired last year.
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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.
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Landline voice, landline teletype/telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/TDD), wireless/cellular voice, and VoIP 9-1-1 require substantial system modification.
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Over-classification of homeland security intelligence causes considerable confusion about what information can be shared with state, local and tribal law enforcement partners.
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Flynn discusses homeland security and national resilience.
