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Chicopee, Mass., first piloted the program in 2021 with about a half-dozen students from Chicopee High School. One of those graduates is now working as an instructor for the academy and another is a medic in the military.

SUNY Niagara College and Niagara County have collaborated on an $8 million Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy, billed as a state-of-the-art training center for future public safety professionals.

The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to Nov. 30, with peak activity blowing in around Sept. 10, and most of the activity swirling around the area between mid-August and mid-October.

Results of the survey confirm that staffing continues to be an issue in the 911 call-taking industry, as does outdated technology — 75 percent of emergency communications centers lack the budget to keep up with hiring.

Straight-line winds caused major damage to a home and those same winds knocked trees into cars and blew part of the roof off an elementary school, officials said, with no injuries reported.

Chief information officers and their IT teams at colleges and universities have critical roles to play during an emergency, particularly when it comes to managing communications and campus security infrastructure.

It’s unclear if the final fiscal 2024 Homeland Security Department spending bill due March 8 will provide a vehicle for more disaster aid money, leaving FEMA in a potential shortfall during hurricane and wildfire season.

Following a severe ice storm in late December that caused more than $11.5 million in damage, President Joe Biden approved North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's request for a presidential major disaster declaration.

Victims of the 2022 Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire are suing FEMA and its New Mexico claims office director as defendants, accusing them of failing to process claims within a required 180-day time frame.

Following a deadly shooting in Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 25, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have submitted bills that would restrict gun access, promote mental health care and support victims of gun violence.

“It’s gotten hotter now than it was in the past, but we’re not done with the increasing exposure to extreme heat. It’s going to continue to increase into the future.”

Des Moines Public Schools said it took immediate action to improve security. The breach was the third to occur in an Iowa school district in the last year, and 37 K-12 school districts in the United States have been hit this year.

While it has been uncommon for earthquakes to hit in other areas of the Palmetto State, there have been 50 confirmed earthquakes in Kershaw County since the end of June 2022, according to the South Carolina DNR.

Record-breaking rainfall in January and March caused extensive damage to California's coastal parks, according to a report submitted to FEMA seeking federal aid.

The crux of the issue is how to respond to growing youth gun violence in Denver and whether having police on campus would have prevented two high-profile shootings at East, the city’s largest high school, earlier this year.

Throughout Pennsylvania, there has been a shift away from state hospitals, and those individuals who were previously institutionalized are now in need of services provided by county-run agencies.

Seven escapees, ages 15 to 17, allegedly attacked a staff member and stole her keys, then took off in the stolen car. Three were apprehended in Burien, and the remaining four were taken into custody in Clark County, Wash., last week.

FEMA allotted St. Clair County more than $50 million to help it respond to and recover from COVID. The money came from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.