Preparedness

The Frederick, Md., Police Department is taking a more holistic approach to health with the underlying belief that resiliency is a cultural issue for everyone within the department, both sworn and nonsworn.

Straight-line winds are winds that flow out of thunderstorms. They are characterized by starting from virtually no wind to gusts of 60 to 80 mph, potentially causing serious damage to buildings, power grids and people.

Officials estimate 20,000 to 30,000 people will watch the 50-lap, 192.56-mile Formula One race from specially built grandstands that require the closure of parts of the heart of the Strip.

“We’re offering that protection, and we’re offering an environment with the sea oats, and the dunes for nesting birds,” said Gulf Shores Emergency Management Coordinator Brandan Franklin. “It’s both environmentally friendly and economically a good thing.”

"The purpose of this exercise is to comprehensively exercise and evaluate the readiness and capabilities of emergency medical services as they pertain to a mass casualty incident," Emergency Management Director Brandon Lewis said in a news release.

Survival was paramount to those evacuating, then came figuring out longevity in a time when no one could even return home and most wouldn't have a home to return to.

AEDs are used to help people who are experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. Around 80 percent of campus is within a four-minute walk to obtain an AED. That's four minutes total — two minutes each way.

Only on a few occasions have parents faced prosecution for their child’s actions in a long and bloody history of mass shootings committed by young adult men in America.

Climate changes and rising ocean temperatures have lengthened hurricane season. Experts say that means emergency managers need to expand their understanding of what could happen and when.

More than 80 percent of respondents said they would support policies related to the reduction of gun deaths and injuries. Specifically, more than half said they were willing to pay more to have more police on the streets.

“I’m stuck, I need to be evacuated,” the caller told a dispatcher, his voice quavering in a rapid-fire string of sentences. “I’ve called a couple of times. I just need to know what’s going on, if I need to try to swim out of here.”

"We are a busy 911 center," Delaware County Emergency Services Director Timothy Boyce said. "We're one of the leading centers in the commonwealth. We're very proud of that, answering almost 2,000 calls of service every day."

The Environmental Protection Agency announced the grant last week as part of an $8.24 million package for environmental justice projects in Washington. The county was allotted $999,839 to build climate change resiliency.

High winds and low humidity increased the fire risk and brought the threat of preventive power shutoffs to almost 70,000 customers in L.A. and Ventura counties, according to Southern California Edison.

3,135 homeowners in the county applied for individual damage assistance from FEMA after devastating storm activity in January and 1,554 more did the same after the barrage continued in March.

Otis’ top winds rose from 50 miles per hour early Tuesday to 165 mph by 11 p.m. local time. That surge of power, known as rapid intensification, is particularly dangerous because it can take emergency managers by surprise.

According to a statement by Chippewa Falls police chief Matthew Kelm, on Oct. 20, a 911 call came into dispatch at 12:44 p.m. that day from a woman who said a man had broken into her home and was threatening her and himself with a firearm.

The shootings at Schemengees Bar and Grille and Sparetime Recreation, a bowling alley about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) away, in Lewiston on Wednesday night killed at least 18 people.