Public Safety
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While the city has used drones before, Chief Roderick Porter said the two new aerial vehicles the department is getting under a contract with security tech company Flock Safety are more advanced. -
The proposed legislation would require public agencies to delete any footage their license-plate-reader cameras, such as those sold by Flock Safety, collect within 72 hours.
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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.
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A tank car of butane, a form of liquefied petroleum gas, derailed but didn't release any of the highly flammable material. The only cargo known to have spilled was some powdered, natural bentonite clay and multiple box cars of Coors Light and Blue Moon beer.
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The homes are at risk because the weight of the living space — held up by skinny, flimsy supports that can bend or break in a quake — can come crashing down.
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Unlike responders in other school shootings, Nashville Metro Police arrived at the Covenant School quickly Monday morning and left no doubt that they were going in to take out the suspect, who had already mowed down six people.
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Scores of first responders from several agencies rushed to the scene and residents living with a half-mile of the crash were told to leave their homes. No injuries were reported and BNSF is sending a team to the scene assess the situation.
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"I seen the transformer over there explode and I grabbed my dog and hunkered down with him. You could feel the whole trailer moving and shaking. I thought it was going to come apart. We're just lucky to be alive."
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Firefighters and EMTs and police officers rushed to the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading, Pa., dousing flames and digging through rubble looking for survivors. Others wanted to help, too.
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The shooter, Audrey Hale, had two assault-type rifles and at least one pistol, a police spokesperson said at a briefing. Hale entered the school through a side entrance and traversed the first and second floors of the building.
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The official death toll stood at 21 on Monday, down from 25 as previously announced, as authorities cited the total confirmed by coroners since Friday's Twister, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
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Storm systems brought “thunderstorms, high-velocity straight-line winds and multiple tornadoes." It came after tornadoes took more than two dozen lives in Mississippi and Alabama.
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By Sunday night, the hope for survivors came to an end, the death toll having risen to seven. The final bodies pulled from the debris were believed to be unaccounted-for workers, according to authorities.
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Mass shootings get more attention, but the smaller-scale tragedy of gun suicide represents a majority of firearm deaths in most states. In the United States, suicides make up 57% of all gun deaths.
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Unlike an ambulance service focused solely on emergency medical services, the city's paramedics will be supplemented by firefighters who would be on duty whether the city had an ambulance service or not.
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"A hybrid of a couple of full-time people to lead the department to do the planning and training for the department and take calls during the day when volunteers are typically at work is kind of what we're after."
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Some manufacturers of electric vehicles are eliminating AM radios, one of the ways federal, state and local public safety officials communicate with the public about important information during emergencies.
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"If you live in this area, please pack your 'Go Bag' with necessary essentials: insurance policy, pets, medications, a change of clothes, and LEAVE NOW," the sheriff's office said. "Once the road gives out completely, residents in that area will not have access to emergency services."
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"We wanted a different way for the citizens to talk to 911, and this way we can communicate real-time information that we can share with responders. This is the next generation of 911."
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When faced with seemingly impossible situations and the world watching, leaders have turned to the “craziest ideas” to mitigate the situation even when the odds were against them. Oftentimes, they worked.
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The Woodstock Fire Department was selected for a $132,597 FEMA Assistance to Firefighters grant toward the $139,227 project. The department will chip in $6,629 to meet a required 5% match by the recipient of the grant.
