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CalHeatScore, in the works for years, is designed to help officials and residents better anticipate the risks of heat-related illnesses on the hottest days. Maps and other data round out the service. -
The village is the latest among law enforcement agencies in its state to adopt a records management and dispatch system to let officers spend more time in the field and stay connected with neighboring agencies.
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With the communications department operating at a 35 percent staffing shortage, dispatchers are working overtime and callers may wait up to 20 minutes for emergency assistance.
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“After the first incident in the country, there will be a supply chain problem. They will be able to get the power restored, but there are certain businesses or neighborhoods that may be on a generator power for months to years.”
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Louisiana originally purchased the trailers following Hurricane Ida, which struck the state almost exactly one year ago. Ida was one of the worst hurricanes to hit the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Gov. Tate Reeves announced a state of emergency late Monday night, warning residents to conserve as much water as possible as the supply begins to run out, causing low pressure in sinks, showers and toilets.
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The result is a more defined standard for warning people about heat and a higher likelihood that an advisory will be issued in Denver and other areas of the state.
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“The goal was to have a facility that we can operate out of effectively. There’s a public benefit to speeding up the communication between public safety entities in the same room.”
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Days of torrential downpours have rapidly caused the Pearl River to rise in the past week and could peak Sunday night into Monday morning at 36 feet. At that height, water is expected to gush through Jackson, the capital.
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Fifteen hundred birds were affected in Butte County, Calif., consisting of pheasant, a few ducks and some pigeons, according to Lisa Almaguer, Public Information Officer for Butte County Public Health.
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The County Commissioners’ Public Safety Committee passed the request along at their Wednesday meeting, recommending a budget amendment to cover the cost, around $63,000. That cost will change as an updated quote is needed.
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The Sunshine State is uniquely vulnerable as Florida’s peninsula and its panhandle are positioned adjacent to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, while its east coast is open to the Atlantic.
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The copy of the bill states that a $200 million fund will be established, similar to one in Western Kentucky created in the wake of devastating December 2021 tornadoes.
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Less than 1.5% of 673,000 residential structures across West Virginia had residential flood insurance contracts through a federal program providing most of the nation’s flood insurance in force as of May 16.
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Monday kicked off the first day of the city’s first Girls Fire Camp, designed for teenage girls to learn about firefighting and possibly jump-start a career with the city’s bureau. The bureau has just four women.
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Large earthquakes are less common than the small earthquakes that occur almost every day in Washington, but can cause immense damage to houses, roads, buildings, bridges and utilities you rely on.
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Heavy rainfall Sunday night into Monday morning brought 10 inches of rain and created potentially lethal conditions for drivers across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.
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The Cowlitz County Chaplaincy exists to help first responders deal with the difficulties of the job, and the group’s presence has become more needed and more of a constant through the last few difficult years.
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The Department of Public Safety is requesting county commissioners approve Mobilcom, a telecommunications provider, as the project manager for construction of a communications tower in southeastern Crawford County, Pa.
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Over the next three decades, Texas will see more triple-digit days. Out of the 20 counties across the United States expected to experience the greatest number of days above 100 degrees annually, 16 are in Texas.
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A mobile clinic affiliated with Temple Hospital launched four months ago as a vaccination clinic. But as Philadelphia's COVID vaccination rates have stagnated, the service has added other ways to stay essential.
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