Preparedness

Early warning capabilities are part of a new AI pilot project operated by Cal Fire in partnership with UC San Diego's ALERTCalifornia system, which maintains 1,039 high-definition cameras in strategic locations throughout the state.

“Unusual would be an understatement,” said Los Angeles County Meteorologist John Dumas. “Obviously there’s no correlation between the earthquake and the storm, but just the odds of one and then the other are pretty out there.”

"Due to a forecast of storm impacts and possibly prolonged utility outages, Catalina Island residents and visitors, especially those with medical, access and functional needs, are advised to leave the island on August 19."

Several local school districts, including Houston ISD, already have a police officer stationed at every middle school and high school, and they also have additional officers who rotate among several elementary schools.

One Texas school district is adopting the My eBodyGuard app, which victims of violence or bullying can quietly voice activate to record an incident as it is happening and, if necessary, command the app to call the cops.

Washington's updated smoke management plan will give firefighters more planning time and a longer season to ignite controlled burns that help prevent massive wildfires.

A red flag law, which allows people to obtain gun violence restraining orders, is a commonsense proposal to disarm people who allegedly present a danger to themselves or others around them.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron sent a letter to the industry last month urging it to wake up. All seven former heads of FEMA from the Clinton through Trump administrations sent a similar letter in February.

Inspired by mass shootings at schools, the "Lightguard" temporarily impairs the vision of shooters and other assailants, giving people time to negate threats and seek safety until law enforcement intervenes.

In New Mexico, the Portales and Clovis school districts are going into the new school year with some tangible safety measures, including a new system with an app that teachers and administrators can access via their cellphones.

Some are already ordering a new tool from FirstNet, a wearable, silent panic button alarm system that, preloaded with key data, notifies the local PSAP and other personnel of an incident via text message or phone call.

The music festival promises to be the largest attraction in terms of attendance in a summer that’s already seen several high-profile happenings in the downtown area. Chicago police said they would be ready for the mega-event.

To better help individuals facing this type of crisis, the Lee’s Summit Police Department has expanded its long-standing Crisis Intervention Team to include civilian mental-health specialists.

“Every single one of us masks every day, because we look at the data. We may be the last maskers, but that’s what we do. I’d highly recommend people going to indoor gatherings with a lot of people mask."

While mass shootings plague the U.S., "campus vulnerability assessments" of Hawaii's public schools have progressed slowly, with only 140 of the 258 regular public school campuses formally evaluated since 2017.

Requests for information were met with a mix of resistance and deflection from the railroad companies and the Association of American Railroads. Right-to-Know requests were filed to 12 central Pennsylvania county governments.

In addition to mental health issues, respondents cited technology as a major roadblock; fewer than half said they could get accurate location information from mobile callers, and fewer than 20 percent can accept video.

The LUCAS 3 is portable and consists of a compression unit that goes on the patient’s chest and a plate placed under their back that then performs chest compressions.