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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“Through the course of a first responder’s career — whether you’re a firefighter, police officer, EMT — you kind of get a higher tolerance for acceptable risk."
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According to H.D. Palmer, the state Department of Finance's deputy director, Cal Fire estimates the current emergency fund expenditures are nearly $200 million over its budgeted amount for this fiscal year (July 2021 to July 2022).
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Some elective procedures in surgery, cardiology and interventional radiology will be temporarily stopped. Cancer-related procedures, emergency services and ambulatory surgery sites will not be affected.
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Exhausted health care workers around the state have also recently been experiencing hostility by patients and the people they serve, according to Dr. Anne Zink, the state's chief medical officer.
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The city's stricter employee vaccination mandate — announced last month and set to take effect Sept. 30 — will require vaccinations, and limit the weekly-testing alternative only to those eligible for a medical or religious exemption.
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A map of the United States, updated daily, shows that California is the only state that is not recording "high" rates of COVID transmission, according to the CDC.
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Vaccines have emerged as the most contentious issue since masking, and 30% of people 12 and older are still unvaccinated in Florida, according to the state Department of Health.
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It would be easy to blame the influx of COVID-19 cases, but while the admission of COVID-19 cases is having an impact, the changes it has caused in the economy represents the other side of the story.
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About 75% of the department's officers are vaccinated, 255 have applied for religious or medical exemptions, and two are facing termination for refusing to comply with the city's vaccine mandate.
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“The hospitals are full. People are coming in suffering from neglected conditions because they’ve deferred care for almost a year and a half, or because they’re seeking elective procedures that they’ve delayed.”
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"We are depending on FEMA, we are depending on PEMA, to help us get the funding to mitigate this," said Coatesville's city manager, James Logan. "The city will not be able to fund this without their help."
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“Congress must put an end to mass spying by ensuring that surveillance is targeted, that there is robust judicial oversight and that people whose lives are invaded by government surveillance can challenge that spying in court."
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It was the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 . They were in Newark Airport , where Horniacek worked as an inflight coordinator. Her job was to check in flight crews at the airport before they boarded their planes.
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The Durham Emergency Communications center answered just 78% of the calls it received in July within 15 seconds. Nearly 9% of calls took 41 to 60 seconds to answer.
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Louise underwent dozens of surgeries, lost her fingers and suffered severe damage to her face and arms. She suffered life-changing injuries, requiring multiple skin grafts, because she tried to help a colleague who was on fire.
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“So, we have to understand that mandating vaccines amongst many of these health care professionals is not going to make things better, it’s simply going to make things worse.”
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These messages I received recently, fragments of thousands conveyed during America’s null of over 120,000 people from Kabul are haunting reminders of the urgent communications from twenty years ago.
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Of the 50 deaths attributed to Hurricane Ida, more than half of the deaths, 27, were recorded in New Jersey. In New York City, 13 people were killed, including 11 in Queens.
