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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With the technology, the 911 operator can view the profile of the caller and learn about any mental health issues or potential problems with mental illness, human trafficking, or domestic and gang violence.
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National Grid said in a press release that damage from the storm is "widespread," with damage hitting both Massachusetts and Rhode Island. More than 222,000 in Massachusetts were without power and 92,000 in Rhode Island.
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EMS crews have been busier than ever this year, as people who delayed getting care during the COVID-19 pandemic have grown progressively sicker. But there’s limited workforce to meet the demand.
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"We have huge volumes of very sick patients, a surge of workplace violence against healthcare workers that is being felt nationwide and a workforce that is ready for all of this to be behind us.”
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“It’s protocols like this change in response configuration that’s going to help us bridge the gap of the long term problem of staffing so we can start to idle down some of that mandatory overtime.”
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The ModUcom system used at the backup center was installed in 2011. However, the county is upgrading to new radios which will interface with VIPER radio systems used throughout the state.
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“We have been carefully monitoring the transmission rates for West Hartford and our neighboring towns, and we have achieved the benchmarks which allow us to safely lift the mask mandate,” Town Manager Matt Hart said in a statement.
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Most station chiefs say they would like to let their employees decide for themselves whether they want to be vaccinated. But with a government mandate in effect, that's no longer possible.
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The wildfire started October 17, and scorched roughly 10,106 acres, until its containment Nov. 14 — making it the largest wildfire in Boulder County's history.
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City of Raleigh Freedom to Choose, a coalition of 53 Raleigh police officers, 48 firefighters and 17 other city employees, has hired attorney James Lawrence to fight the city's policies regarding vaccinations.
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The risks of hospitalization and death from COVID are much, much lower for vaccinated people, so it is important to get fully vaccinated. The wave of infections and deaths from the delta variant were largely unvaccinated people.
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Burgess, 25, currently serves as a reservist with FEMA in the logistics division and has previously served with FEMA Corps, which is a bridge program between FEMA and Americorps NCCC.
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For the longer term, FEMA has a direct housing program but it won't be until mid-November that units start arriving and then they will only be placed after clearing a number of hurdles, such as not being in a flood zone.
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A booster for the Pfizer vaccine was given emergency approval last month for people who are 65 or older, those 18-64 who are at high risk of severe COVID or whose on-the-job or institutional exposure puts them at high risk.
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Both police and crisis mobile team workers are walking into a "universe of unknowns" when responding to calls, unless they can share information.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is considering a pilot program of two-person teams comprised of a mental health clinician and an emergency medical technician to respond to low-risk 911 calls and defuse any situation involving people going through a mental health crisis.
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Fentanyl was detected in the blood of 89 of the 260 total people who died from overdoses in San Francisco in 2018, while it was present in 519 of the 712 people who overdosed in 2020.
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From 2019 to 2020, patient assaults on employees more than tripled, from 40 to 123 while injuries increased from 17 to 78 at the hospital in southwest Missouri. The hospital said the pandemic is “greatly compounding the issue.”
