Public Safety
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All Omaha firefighters are certified EMTs but not all are certified paramedics. To make certification easier, a mobile simulation lab, jointly operated by the Omaha Fire Department and Creighton University, is coming to them. -
The deal provides Motorola Solutions with HyperYou’s agentic AI for handling nonemergency calls, as well as real-time language translation. The general idea is that AI can help alleviate call center staffing shortages.
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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.
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“I knew as soon as they said that there were 20 children that that’s why I was still sitting there without my child. That’s when it was pretty clear that that’s why our families were still there and all the other families were at home with their loved ones.”
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Today, every gallon from two water district wells must first be flushed through six enormous tanks, each filled with 40,000 pounds of specially treated coal, to remove contaminants.
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Like gun buybacks, curfew violations are a popular crime-fighting strategy because they have very little political cost. Most of the teenagers affected are not likely to vote in next year's elections.
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The closing began with one school, Portales Junior High, with a Tuesday announcement that the campus would be closed for the rest of the week with a scheduled return to campus Monday.
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"What's happening now is two (or more) viruses are coming together and we haven't been exposed to those in a couple of years, so our bodies are not able to fight off those viruses as effectively as we have in the past."
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The return of masking rules, which haven’t been on the books since March, is not a given. But with the startling formation of a third straight fall-and-winter wave, a new order could be in the offing.
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Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, hospital emergency rooms have been buffeted by a rising tide in patient volume, fueled in large part by COVID-19 cases, most recently the omicron variant.
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"As officers, we need time to collect our thoughts and clear our minds as much as possible. We wear many hats in this profession and it can take a toll on you. One minute you're a marriage counselor, then you're a disciplinarian."
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"We will be installing voice over IP (VOIP) speakers as a public address system that will integrate with our existing emergency notification system," said Matt Franz, senior vice president for technology, safety, and strategic initiatives.
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A funding request is necessary to do an assessment to determine what is needed to fill the position. The idea is for the public safety manager to oversee fire, police, emergency management and animal control.
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It started at Savannah High School in Savannah, Ga., and spread to at least eight other schools in what seemed to be a “swatting” prank, in which false emergencies send law enforcement descending upon unsuspecting locations.
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The Sea Level Rise Response Collaborative executive committee meets about four times a year and is made up of representatives from Olympia, LOTT Clean Water Alliance and the Port of Olympia.
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The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency said on Twitter there are “no indications” that lava threatens populated areas and no evacuations have been ordered. Shelters for voluntary evacuees are opening, however.
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"It never was a challenge before," said Jessica Holden, a registered nurse. "It's a dilemma. Why is it that we are not getting the number of applicants that we got before. There used to be waiting lists. We are not seeing those anymore."
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Anderson Lee Aldrich was arrested Saturday night after he opened fire on patrons at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five and injuring many more. Police are seeking a motive but believe it was a hate crime.
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EMResource is a web-based tool that gives first responders a way to locate a hospital bed or treatment facility for mentally ill patients instead of transporting them to the emergency room, where they might sit for hours.
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Much of the money being thrown at fire safety has gone toward new equipment. Currently, Cal Fire is staffing 356 engines throughout California. The agency will be drawing back to 243 engines for the winter months.
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Doctors and other experts nationwide are concerned. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association called on the federal government to declare a public health emergency in order to support a national response to the alarming rise in viral illnesses.
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