Public Safety
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday. -
The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested the man after he reportedly stole a vehicle from a business in east Fort Collins, set it on fire and damaged nearby agricultural land.
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The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will evaluate a $13 million rental agreement for the Sheriff’s Office to obtain new radios and accompanying equipment. The previous lease dates to 2015 and expired last year.
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As of Monday, the departments with the most employees on leave were the Seattle Police Department with 100; Seattle City Light with 82, Seattle Public Utilities with 70, and the Seattle Fire Department with 55.
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Polk County's firefighter union sent out a news release Monday saying that the county's fire department this weekend sent out newly hired firefighters who have yet to complete required training and a firetruck short of staff.
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K-12 schools remain the most common setting for new outbreaks with 100 added over the last week. Long-term care facilities followed with 30, while childcare/youth programs had 13 outbreaks.
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For 19 months, that money has flowed to workers and businesses, schools and hospitals, cities and counties and states — every cent meant to alleviate the staggering cost of a pandemic that’s killed 730,000 Americans.
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The mandate applies to the 1,854 people employed by the city of Worcester, Mass.. The numbers don’t account for the entire workforce, only those who reported to work Monday.
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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.
