Preparedness

One of the most significant action items to emerge from the discussion Monday was support for an outside agency to assess the operations of the police and fire departments. Such a study hasn’t been conducted since 2018.

There appears to be no avoiding serious effects of global warming and a shrinking window for mitigation and adaptation to try to minimize them, according to a U.N. report released Monday.

The statewide Incident Management Assistance Patrol program and the Division of Aviation’s Unmanned Aircraft System program recently helped develop and deploy the operation of tethered drones.

With the fire season growing longer and wildfires increasing in intensity, Californians living in fire-prone areas are having a harder time finding affordable insurance.

"In terms of numbers only, our vacancy rate is low," Ryan said. "Where it impacts us, though, is as a 24/7 minimum staffing agency. That's where the hit comes."

With the devastating 2020 fire season and the historically destructive 2021 Marshall fire still fresh in minds, there’s a special urgency in the work, members of the legislature’s standing wildfire committee said.

All members will receive a crisis intervention training premium of 2%, plus retention bonuses of $5,000 a month after the contract is ratified and another $2,000 retention bonus in 2024.

The model is designed to save taxpayer money and valuable emergency management resources by addressing medical and other issues with less costly care than an ambulance trip or a trip to the emergency room.

Officers are retiring early and the pool to replace them is small, the result of anti-cop sentiments felt across Minnesota at a time — a crime wave — when they're needed most.

Students could check out of their lunch period and get the shots immediately. About 54% of the city’s 12- to 17-year-olds and 47% of 5- to 11-year-olds are vaccinated, and that’s not nearly enough.

Lexington Emergency Management shares updates on winter weather via Facebook and Twitter. Emergency management officials also share information on how to prepare for winter storms like this one.

Abbott guaranteed in November that “lights will stay on.” His remarks were highlighted by Grand Prairie Democrat Chris Turner, who in a Twitter post contrasted them to the governor’s Tuesday statement.

The initiative aims to add capacity to overwhelmed hospitals and skilled nursing facilities by providing up to 120 extra beds statewide for patients who are ready to leave the hospital but need longer-term care.

The research by null shows a correlation between states with stronger gun laws and those with lower rates of deaths by shootings.

They also are lining up emergency shelters in case there is a situation similar to the ice storm that paralyzed Holmes County in December 2004 into January 2005.

Intensive care units, where the sickest patients get the highest level of care, were also full at Oneida, Community General and Oswego Health. Upstate’s downtown Syracuse hospital, the region’s largest, was 97% full for both acute care and ICU beds.

The plans include new steps to ensure almost 100 million vaccinated Americans can quickly get booster shots, including expanded capacity at pharmacies, education and outreach among Medicare beneficiaries, and rides to booster sites by AARP.

On Tuesday, Jefferson County, N.Y also reported 165 positive tests. That's not a single-day record for the .county, but it represented 35% of all tests conducted that day, a record-high percentage.