First Responders

“It’s the one place that I can think of in the country that you can walk into and just punch a worker in the face and the response is something like, ‘Okay, we’re sorry that something upset you, do you want a sandwich?’”

"We get to see the different types of container cars — how they function. This helps us relay information to the railroad. We learn the terminology so we can tell Norfolk Southern what's needed."

The state began transitioning in November 2018 when Durham County 911 joined via AT&T ESInet, hosting a hosted call solution and text messaging, and Anson County 911 completed the state’s transition in February.

First responders rely on their radios to save lives and to keep themselves safe. When those radios don’t work at optimum levels, it creates potentially dangerous situations that persist in some jurisdictions today.

Population growth has strained emergency services in the county and, combined with the pandemic, created a "perfect storm" that exposed the difficulties EMS was having keeping up with the influx of residents.

The weather service issued two high-wind warnings and one wind advisory that together cover the state. The two areas expected to experience the strongest winds are the eastern Massachusetts coast and the northern Berkshires.

"I would roughly guess we typically see four or five hundred cars a day come up (Route) 201, multiply that by 10 times, and that’s a factor,” said Mike Smith, Somerset County, Ohio, Emergency Management director.

The Alli Connect platform uses machine learning technology to help first responders connect with mental health professionals before their problems become severe and prioritizes user privacy.

Newer vehicles come with safety features including high-voltage batteries, advanced restraint systems and other onboard technologies that can cause difficulties for first responders trying to extricate a crash victim.

"We don't do any predictive policing or use artificial intelligence to predict where crime will occur. We don't use any predictive analytics," said Joe Leibold, chief of the Waterloo Police Department.

Maryland and federal officials said they would rebuild Francis Scott Key Bridge yesterday as first responders continued to search for missing people. The immediate impact of the disaster is a tightening of the supply chain.

The city will explore using GPS technology from LYT to give green lights to emergency vehicles. The initiative, at a dozen intersections, will preserve its existing, optical-based system and compare their performance.

The tool aims to take the load off of understaffed 911 call centers by handling less critical tasks, like routing 311 calls and answering routine queries.

The new product could help police find evidence and access records more quickly, the company says. Veritone recently launched another AI-backed tool for digital evidence management as more agencies embrace artificial intelligence.

The group launched in 1996 and the 75 students now form Rice EMS—until recently—the only full-time student-run emergency medical service in Texas. The students are all state and nationally certified Emergency Medical Technicians.

Authorities believe a ship lost power and struck a support column of the bridge, sending the cars into the river and launching a search-and-rescue operation. Two construction workers who were on the bridge were rescued.

Firefighters are often the first responders on the scene but aren’t allowed to transport patients to the hospital and often have to wait up to 25 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, even with critically injured patients.

The GUIDES mobile app gives Long Beach Police access to services that can help a subject with substance abuse, homelessness and mental illness. It allows access to case information, and warrant and stay-away data.