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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An attacker remotely accessed a Florida water treatment facility via a low-grade security system, and it’s likely that others will see how easy it was and commit more cyberattacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure.
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Grocery retailers in Texas and other parts of the South are used to hurricanes shutting them down for a few days. But the recent massive winter storms are wreaking havoc on the entire transportation infrastructure.
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A survey by Rave Mobile Safety found what first responders and public safety officials have known for years: Often, it’s best for the politicians to step aside and let the people in uniform speak about an emergency.
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California’s health department regularly updates a list of COVID infections and deaths at nursing homes. But only half of listed facilities where employees have died from the disease have reported the death to Cal/OSHA.
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The snowfall wasn’t welcome in many quarters after delighting many only a few days ago. Adding to the troubles was the daily forecast capping a historic four-day cold snap, the worst since 1989.
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“The situation is that Fort Worth water system (our supplier) is experiencing unprecedented water main breaks and other equipment failures due to this weather event,” Haltom City Manager Rex Phelps said.
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Florida was expecting 200,000 Moderna vaccines to arrive Tuesday, but hazardous weather stalled delivery, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which is tasked with the state's vaccine distribution.
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Leaders in both the private and public sector knew something like this could happen. They have called for investigations over weather-related energy failures and quickly arranged hearings at the Capitol before.
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"To have the power go out and not come back on and not have anybody telling you that it's going to come back on and also compounded by literally almost a year of feeling a loss of control can send somebody into a deep state of despair."
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A peer-reviewed study of the impact of vaccine misinformation published in Nature in early February found that exposure to online misinformation about vaccines led fewer Americans to say they would "definitely" get one.
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The Paramedic Technology Program is a four-semester program that runs from the beginning of June through July of the following year. It is delivered through a combination of Interactive Video Network and on-site methods.
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Signs that the extreme weather might pose problems for Kansans emerged Sunday night, as Gov. Laura Kelly issued a cold-weather emergency declaration, which allows state resources to be used to assist in hard-hit areas.
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People vaccinated in mid-January were automatically slotted into appointments for most of the city's anticipated weekly supply of doses, a prioritization that the city said complied with directives by health officials.
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Having developed a task force comprising various agencies to respond to a multitude of disasters during the last decade, the state was poised to respond to the pandemic in a coordinated fashion.
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Florida is allowing people 65 and older, healthcare workers with direct patient contact and long-term care facility residents and staff to get vaccinated. But Walmart also listed an option for Florida residents "deemed to be extremely vulnerable to COVID-19.
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Six months after an unprecedented disaster, county, city and non-government organizations in Linn County have yet to decide how they’ll ensure emergency communications get to the public should another such storm strike.
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The California Department of Public Health reported Wednesday providers have administered 5,089,484 out of about 7.6 million doses that have been distributed to hospital systems and local health offices.
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“They are very aware and experienced in vaccine administration for us to be able to maybe at one point move into vaccine administration in the schools.”
