What Changed at New York Hospitals After Blizzard?
(TNS) - The ferocity and duration of last year's historic blizzard presented monumental challenges to Western New York's hospitals.Many hospital staff members were stuck at...
Emergency Response Key to Marin County, Calif., Water Plan
The Marin County, Calif., Municipal Water District continues work on a five-year strategic plan that will ensure emergency response readiness in a state trying to...
Some Agencies Are Ill-Equipped for Stormwater Issues
In what amounts to a perfect storm of aging water and flood infrastructure combined with more intense rainfall in certain parts of the country brought...
Who Will Save Horses in Orange County During Next Wildfire?
(TNS) - Dee Dee Friedrich remembers how haphazard wildfire horse rescues used to be in Orange County before a team formed to cart animals to...
Lawrance, Mass., Police Department Hits Grant Jackpot
(TNS) - The Lawrence, Mass., Police Department will receive about a quarter of the allocated grants from the Healey-Driscoll administration announced last week to support...
Storm Pummels Hudson Valley, Causing Flooding, Power Outages
(TNS) — A powerful storm that's drenched the East Coast is threatening to cause flash flooding across much of the lower Hudson Valley.The storm has...
San Francisco’s 911 Response Times at a Low Point
(TNS) - Valerie Tucker has a tough job even in ideal conditions. As a 911 dispatcher in San Francisco, she handles a barrage of high-stakes...
FDNY Tech Leader Looks Back on FireCAD Achievements
As dispatching becomes quicker, more reliable and more precise for firefighters and emergency medical personnel, JonPaul Augier, a soon-to-retire New York City Fire Department official,...
More Than 200K Without Power After Storm Hits Massachusetts
(TNS) – More than 200,000 Massachusetts customers were without power Monday morning as a result of a strong storm that brought high winds and heavy rainfall...
Georgia State Campus Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured
(TNS) - One person was killed and another was injured after an argument led to gunfire early Friday morning on Georgia State University’s campus in...