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University of Texas at Arlington is working with Rice University and the governor's office on a high-resolution weather modeling and monitoring network to provide faster, more precise flood warnings in the Hill Country. -
A new smartphone app from the Jasper County Emergency Management Agency offers readiness materials for a variety of emergency situations, plus the ability to send emergency alerts. Users can submit storm damage reports, and weather information, and make incident checklists.
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The early warning system’s yearly test rang some California cellphones on a significant date in earthquake history. Warnings went out Oct. 17, the 35th anniversary of the Bay Area Loma Prieta temblor.
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The SAFE DE anonymous reporting app is the centerpiece of Delaware’s statewide K-12 emergency preparedness and case management system to prevent suicides and school violence with a crisis help center and other resources.
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MakeWay Safety is piloting a cloud-based safety platform at several St. Louis area police departments that allows first responders and other personnel to emit a warning to drivers when they’re approaching on roadways.
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While the emergency dispatch center needs more dispatchers to keep up a growing need, it does not have the space to put them. A new facility would help Skagit 911 improve its capacity and work more efficiently.
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The new system is capable of sending messages to specific neighborhoods, but only to people whose cellphones are registered. The system differs from Amber Alerts, which are sent via the federal alert network.
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The Star compared Tucson's 911 "ring times" to a standard set by the National Emergency Numbers Association, which requires 95% of 911 calls to be answered within 20 seconds of receiving a call.
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San Jose is one of only a half dozen jurisdictions in California that have taken the unconventional step of using WEA to push out information about vaccination clinics.
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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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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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Austin and Travis County, Texas' emergency management offices partnered with Deaf Link, an all-service interpreting agency, to send emergency alerts in American Sign Language.
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As Sunday night’s storm neared Norman, Okla., the Norman Police Department warned residents they’d need to take weather precautions, but that Norman has no public shelters. The storm dropped golf and tennis ball-sized hail on Norman.
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He’s helped put together new systems to allow hospitals to send out patients and accept them. He also fields calls from outlying hospitals with urgent transfer challenges.
