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A proposed Emergency Response Standard would increase training requirements for firefighters, which could prove too costly for volunteer brigades or mean some volunteers have to drop out of the programs.
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Harris County residents should look for information from the Harris County Office of Emergency Management and Harris County meteorologist Jeff Lindner , as well as sign up for alerts from Ready Harris.
The Reading 311 app will enable residents to report issues with specific locations, such as dumping, damaged street signs and potholes. They can also get push notifications with official announcements on their smartphones.
The report recommends that the university “create a mandatory active assailant training program for faculty and staff that includes general best practices and specific training based on the variety of cross-campus facilities."
Regulators will be adding new building requirements for construction in flood-prone areas, which would require structures to be built five feet higher than existing flood elevations established by FEMA.
As part of the preparedness exercise, Oregon emergency personnel will teach community leaders how to set up the evacuation assembly point equipment. Emergency supplies will be made available to coastal communities.
The nonprofit connects chronic 911 callers to the resources they need so that fire departments aren’t tied up and those patients don’t end up having to get their health care from the emergency room.
The University of the Virgin Islands Caribbean Green Technology Center has worked since 2020 with the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management agency and FEMA’s Office of Disaster Recovery developing the plan.
The Lake County Office of Emergency Services launched a one-stop public webpage for residents to obtain information on preparedness, response, and recovery from disasters, including how to make a plan and where to get alerts.
NOAA needs aerial mapping at a level of detail that it can’t get today, but a drone partnership with Verizon Frontline will give them the data they need in hours instead of days to forecast and monitor storms.
Pano AI’s CEO discusses how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing wildfire detection and response by helping agencies optimize resource allocation and protect lives through smarter firefighting tactics.
Students from upstate New York gathered this month at the University of Albany’s College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity to share visions of artificial intelligence in emergency response.
Like many cities, Albert Lea, Minn., is suffering from a shortage of EMTs and has embarked on a pilot with the Mayo Clinic and a nonprofit to provide resources to help people who repeatedly call 911.
Through BRIC, FEMA invests in myriad mitigation activities to benefit disadvantaged communities, focusing on nature-based solutions, climate resilience and adaptation, and adopting hazard-resistant building codes.
A new tool from public safety tech supplier Axon can automatically transcribe audio from the company’s body cameras. Arriving as law enforcement nationwide confronts a hiring crisis, it could free up officers for other duties.
Attendees will learn of the ongoing threat of wildfires, how to prepare their homes for wildfire season and how to be notified of an emergency along with information on evacuations in an emergency.
