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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The independent commission's report examined how FEMA's response efforts differed between Harvey, which killed at least 68 people in Texas, and Maria, which killed 2,975 in Puerto Rico. The response in Texas was on a "larger scale" and faster than in Puerto Rico.
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While Clinton’s current levee is 41 years old, the need for it goes back 57 years to when a Mississippi River flood crest of 24.85 feet — almost 9 feet above flood stage — arrived on April 28, 1965.
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The governor's request will need to be approved by President Biden. Though a state-level emergency was already declared, federal approval of the request would mean that at least 75% of eligible disaster costs would be reimbursed by the federal government.
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Having a junior firefighter program isn't unique to Adams Fire Department; the town of Watertown also has its own, which has seen individuals such as Josh B. Wilcox graduate from the junior program and become a firefighter in the department.
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We're not back in that carefree spot yet. We may never return to that place again. But restaurants, stores, theaters and schools are open. Crowds are gathering. Masks are mostly optional, and COVID-19 is often treatable.
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The dual funding priorities — both policing and less-traditional approaches — represent dual prerogatives — stopping "immediate harm" and addressing "root causes to prevent future offenses."
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Between Saturday afternoon and Monday, the southeast of the island had received between 15 and 25 inches of rain. The rest of the island got between 5 and 12 inches. Several rivers have also overflowed their banks.
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"Even with catastrophic wildfires raging across the western United States, We’re still being asked, as an agency, why we’re trying to slow it down. That’s confusing. I’ll be honest, it’s just mind boggling.”
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The declaration would allow Oregon to partner with FEMA to provide power emergency generation, communications, evacuation support, debris removal and prepare for future fires.
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The budget, which the Skagit 911 Board of Directors passed by a vote of 4-3, includes average fee increases for law enforcement agencies of 28% and for fire departments of 21%.
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A magnitude-4.4 earthquake rattled California's North Bay on Tuesday night seconds before an aftershock occurred. Despite the temblors, the North Bay was left free of significant damage and injury.
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Following storms that inundated West Virginia this summer, the state Legislature heard arguments that the state's flood protection plan, created in 2004, is outdated and insufficient for current conditions.
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"If they get a check for only $179 that is just an initial” relief grant for contractor estimates, FEMA federal coordinating officer Brett Howard said on a conference call with media Sept 1.
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In a call with the Infectious Diseases Society of America, experts recommended the booster, which contains components of the original Wuhan strain of the COVID-19 virus as well as the omicron variant.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Placer and El Dorado counties due to the Mosquito Fire and in Riverside County due to the Fairview Fire. Both wildfires are threatening multiple communities.
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The training site itself is a 4-acre area between two of the buildings through which 22,000 wounded World War II soldiers made their way into what was then known as Schick Hospital.
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The first tranche, sent last year, was focused on recovering from the pandemic. In some local jurisdictions, that meant law enforcement agencies got millions, a federal oversight website shows.
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Stage 2 means the organization is “forecasting an energy deficiency” and directing utilities reduce the strain on the grid. That could include calling on backup generators sitting idle because of air pollution regulations.
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