Public Safety
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Louisiana’s most populous city is the latest government to have an AI agent answer 311 calls instead of a human. The shift will happen in coming months; the AI has been trained on three years of 311 calls. -
Born from the chaos of 9/11, FirstNet provides a mobile phone network designed for public safety professionals. The new deal comes as the U.S. Congress considers a 10-year reauthorization of FirstNet.
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A new AI tool is being deployed in California cities, offering a software platform that ingests large volumes of digital evidence in order to make it searchable and easier to sift through for detectives.
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Attendees of the event were able to put their training into practice, by learning how to deploy a fire shelter in case of entrapment — a life-threatening situation where emergency personnel cannot escape the fire.
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The university’s police department is switching to a P25-compliant digital simulcast system after experiencing difficulties with coverage when communicating via the existing system with other local agencies.
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An analysis showed 33 of Connecticut’s “critical infrastructure assets” would risk being flooded twice a year by 2050 and 15 would risk flooding every other week. The numbers rise to 127 and 98 by 2100.
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The first five months of 2024 have been the warmest ever recorded in the United States and the trend is expected to continue all summer, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The vast majority of calls are about distress, not violent crime. Dispatching social workers and other professionals rather than law enforcement can improve outcomes in many cases.
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The spending decisions came from Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has the final say on the state budget. The Legislature passed the budget in March. On June 12, DeSantis signed $116.5 billion in government spending into law.
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The Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act was introduced in a bipartisan effort and would help mitigate wildfires, use new technologies, solve the firefighter shortage and improve response times.
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One way for Orangeburg, S.C., residents to stay informed is by signing up for the county's CodeRED alerts. After an individual signs up for CodeRED, they will be notified in the event of emergency situations or critical community alerts.
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911 services were down across Massachusetts for two hours on Tuesday. The cause of the outage is still unknown.
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As dangerous temperatures hit the northeast, Mayor Michelle Wu has declared a heat emergency for Boston. Officials across the region have ended the school year early and urged caution as the mercury rises.
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As of Monday morning, the largest fire in the state was the Post Fire north of Los Angeles, which had burned 14,625 acres and was 8 percent contained. Evacuation orders had been issued for 1,200 people along I-5.
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The National Safety Council reports that 29 children died in hot cars in 2023. Efforts like the Henderson, Nev., Fire Department's Check Your Seats in the Heat campaign teach that these tragedies are preventable.
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Following issues when 911 dispatch was disrupted by telecom outages, the state has signed a five-year deal for RapidSOS's public safety tech platform to streamline services and ensure critical communication.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for five South Florida counties Wednesday evening after severe rain caused life-threatening flash floods. Additional heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast over the next several days.
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Such warnings are issued based on phone call reports and, in some cases, webcams. Recently there has been an uptick in waterspouts in the area due to favorable conditions, including warm temperatures.
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Researchers from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and USC are working with AccuWeather experts to use environmental data to look for breakthroughs in diseases like stroke, heart disease, lung cancer and asthma.
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Commissioner Mike White said that it is important to recognize that the building was built large enough to last the county the next 20 to 25 years as it continues to grow.
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Watch Duty, a wildfire-tracking app manned by volunteers monitoring fire scanners, provides emergency information to the public. As the app expands, so does debate about fire department scanner traffic encryption.
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