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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When a school enters a substantial exposure event, it continues operation on the assumption that all students have been exposed to the virus, according to a letter sent to parents.
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Northwest Disaster Search Dogs, a nonprofit group that trains canines for urban search and rescue, is using Fawcett Elementary as a training site before the school is demolished in March.
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Doctors with OU Health shared advice and information about what they’re seeing during this surge, what the omicron variant looks like in children, and when COVID-19 symptoms are cause for concern.
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Simmons was accused in 1998 of setting fire to a vacant home and, in a separate incident, lighting toilet paper and ceiling tiles in the basement of Dupo Senior High School, where he was a student.
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In recent years, more than half the districts receiving certain disaster relief served disproportionately large shares of at least two groups of vulnerable students, like English-language learners and children from low-income backgrounds.
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“Even though the omicron virus is less virulent, it is much easier to spread. The numbers will be overwhelming. Add to that the cases within our own workforce and it is going to be challenging.”
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In the fourth-floor intensive care unit, tired nurses tended to three COVID patients at a time instead of their normal two. Five nurses were out sick and those tasked with scheduling staff likened it to a game of “Tetris.”
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Officials announced 31,576 new cases Monday, as well as 27 related deaths, compared with 3,360 new cases reported on Dec. 17. Monday’s figures, officials cautioned, might be undercounts because of reporting delays.
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The advisory was issued early Saturday after an underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga. The National Weather Service first issued a statement about 4 a.m. announcing the eruption was being evaluated for a tsunami.
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The Colorado chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians told the governor’s office in a five-page letter that doctors are having to triage which patients will receive the limited hospital beds available.
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Alaska on Wednesday reported 4,520 new COVID-19 cases among residents and nonresidents over the previous two days. That breaks down into 2,494 cases Tuesday and 2,026 on Monday.
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While the null and hospitalizations null, experts fear the next phase will come to areas of the country that are least prepared for it.
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Before the omicron variant drove up case numbers, the number of kids hospitalized for COVID-19 hadn’t reached past 30 patients. Now there are 34 kids hospitalized at Children Mercy.
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The severity of each case is often based on a person’s vaccination status, their age and overall health. But even then there are unknowns.
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Tornadoes raked Western Kentucky on the night of Dec. 10 and early morning of Dec. 11, killing 77 people and destroying hundreds of homes, stores, churches and other buildings.
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The current model of volunteer firefighting in Pennsylvania is based on the long-standing tradition going back to the 1700s when Ben Franklin founded the first volunteer department in Philadelphia.
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Still, Pennsylvania hospitals face a record-setting surge of patients who have tested positive for COVID-19, causing overcrowded emergency rooms, cutbacks of non-emergency surgeries and patients being cared for in make-shift spaces.
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The Bay Area’s seven-day average of new cases soared to more than 243 per 100,000 residents on Sunday, up from 11 per 100,000 residents just a month earlier.
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