Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week.
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Steve Patterson, mayor of Athens, Ohio, representing the National League of Cities, noted that since 2017, the NFIP's authorization has been extended 28 times, all on a short-term basis.
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A project using multiple data sets and lidar technology can predict and model how fires will affect specific forested areas and help balance the interests of sometimes-competing stakeholders.
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"I'm really disappointed how many people have told me in the past three and a half years I've been involved with this, 'Yeah, I'd like to be more involved' with those people not ending up helping out."
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FEMA is currently accepting applications for teens interested in emergency management and community preparedness, which the agency says gives a “glimpse into the future of our profession.”
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Multnomah County officials said they could have kept warming sites open longer if the city had been more willing to pitch in. Portland officials say longer accommodations would have been easier to provide if the county had been more cooperative.
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"Living in the country brings a lot of freedom and a lot of privacy, but you're also not going to experience the same level of expedited services or the same level of services as living in a city."
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“We’re going to have all these CERT members trained, they’re welcomed to come and get the training, and if they want to never do anything else with it, at least they’re going to be able to help themselves and their families.”
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It happens as a surface frost or hoar is created when water vapor is deposited on the snow surface like dew and that vapor turns to ice, instead of liquid. It transforms the surface of the old layer of snow into the crystalline layer that lacks cohesion and is weak.
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Enough officers were on hand to take out the gunman soon after he entered the school and riddled two classrooms with semiautomatic gunfire, killing 19 students and two teachers and injuring 17 others — but they faltered.
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The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model suggests the possibility of more damaging earthquakes than previously thought in areas including Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; New York; and Boston.
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As temperatures plunged below freezing this weekend and strong winds downed trees across the metro area, taking out power lines, more than 100,000 customers lost power in the Portland area.
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The gov tech firm has announced its highest sales ever for its BolaWrap product. It’s part of a larger trend among agencies and their tech providers to respond to changing police practices and citizen expectations.
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The county will require its next provider to develop an “appropriate tiered system” for their responses, offering things like at-home telehealth appointments when appropriate, instead of just transporting people to the hospital.
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The main effect for today will be strong wind gusts, especially late this afternoon into Saturday. These high winds could snap tree limbs, leading to power outages, and blow around any unsecured objects.
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Victims of the 2022 Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire are suing FEMA and its New Mexico claims office director as defendants, accusing them of failing to process claims within a required 180-day time frame.
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The Jeffersonville Police Department currently has a mobile command center that's more than 30 years old. Its replacement would be used for critical events, natural disasters and to assist other communities if needed.
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Following the release of the federal National Climate Assessment last week, experts in Washington state say that although the window for countering the negative impacts of climate change is narrowing, there's still time.
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Los Angeles police officers record roughly 8,000 interactions with the public on body-worn cameras, and most of that footage goes unseen. Artificial intelligence might soon be tapped to help.
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