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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The need to protect themselves against the coronavirus adds another complication to emergency crews' efforts in these dangerous conditions. Their personal protective equipment can be difficult to wear in a crowd, emergency medical services officials said.
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Officials had masks shipped to a New Jersey warehouse. The company wanted Colorado to pay in advance, something state officials wouldn’t do. They had no idea what these masks looked like or whether they even worked.
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State Department of Health numbers, which lag a day or two behind local numbers and don’t include Sunday’s new cases, indicate Yakima has a rate of 537.2 newly diagnosed cases per 100,000 people over the past two weeks.
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The event is part of an effort to get up to 1,000 homeless people in the area tested, to educate them on how to get help and protect themselves during the pandemic and to help them get care for their pets.
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The growth rate of new cases has been slowing for two weeks. The daily increase in confirmed case counts has been declining on both a seven-day and a 14-day basis since a high of about 700 new cases on May 24.
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The high case numbers have prompted Department of Public Safety and Corrections officials to conduct mass testing at the state's two female prison facilities over the past several weeks. At one, 87% of inmates in one building tested positive for coronavirus.
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The coronavirus will make responding to the traditional hazards like wildfire and hurricanes during the summer more difficult because of the need to mitigate the virus combined with the usual communications that often occur.
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Though a single day's number does not mean much, it came alongside reports from two large local medical providers that said they are seeing higher COVID activity in some locations than they were previously.
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As the summer approaches and the rate of transmission of the coronavirus begins to move in undulations instead of huge spikes, complacency could trigger a bigger wave as schools open and people move inside.
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Since March, Alaska has reported 505 cases of COVID-19 among residents, including 122 active cases and 373 people who had recovered from the virus Wednesday. Ten Alaskans with COVID-19 have died.
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To prevent potential spread of the virus, DOC is quarantining new prisoners and transfers for 14 days — and testing them for COVID-19 at the end of that period — before introducing them to the general inmate population.
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There are an estimated 75,000 home health aides in Pennsylvania, many of whom are working through the pandemic out of compassion, financial pressures, or both. Pre-pandemic, the job was labor-intensive and thin on rewards. Pay is generally poor in a field overwhelmingly staffed by women; paid time off and employer-provided health care are rare.
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An internal trove of emails shows just how unprepared and unsure Broward County Sheriff’s Office leaders were in confronting the extreme danger the coronavirus posed to its emergency dispatch operators.
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The announcement that data broken down to the zip code and city levels would no longer be available was met with many questions and demands, as well as skepticism, on social media. Legal opinions and solutions are being sought.
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The novel coronavirus pandemic brought about a global rush on isolation gowns, face masks and respirators and other personal protective equipment It caused shortages, brought forth scams and forced hospital supply chain management into public light.
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The expenditure data, part of a 50-state effort by The Associated Press to learn what states were spending on often hard-to-get supplies, shows Georgia led the way among the three states on expenditures or purchases in the works.
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“Texas Universities have converted nearly all their courses to online delivery in the space of about two weeks and they’ve been standing up emergency aid for students and they’ve been partnering in community public health responses.”
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The mass protests have proved a vexing challenge for law enforcement agencies. They have been encouraging peaceful demonstrations, but in recent days watched them devolve as looters and vandals broke off from the peaceful protesters, stealing and setting fire.
