Texas County to Complete Buyout of 110 Flooded Homes
(TNS) - After back-to-back rain events in 2016 flooded dozens of homes, Montgomery County is hoping to wrap up the final buyout of some of...
Kentucky City Applies for Grant for Paramedic Course
(TNS) - The Owensboro, Ky., Fire Department is planning to send six more firefighters to paramedic training and is seeking a federal grant to help...
Eligible Volunteer Fire Departments Offered New Grants
(TNS) - A new pilot program from the Texas A&M Forest Service is issuing grants of up to $3,000 to help volunteer fire departments with...
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria Reminds Calif. How to Prepare
(TNS) - It's a matter of when, not if, a major earthquake hits California . We've enjoyed a period of relative earthquake quiet — a...
COVID-19 ‘Emergencies’ May Finally be over After 3 Years
(TNS) - Three years after the coronavirus outbreak prompted governments to take unprecedented action to contain the virus, the state of California and the federal...
Vernon County Updating Hazards Mitigation Plan
(TNS) - The frequency of and damages caused by severe storms and other natural and man-made hazards in Vermilion County will be discussed at a...
Worry That It Can Occur Here?
(TNS) Recent attacks on substations in two North Carolina counties have officials in the Triad and across the state calling for better protection of the...
How to Help the Turkey-Syria Earthquake Survivors
(TNS) - Bay Area nonprofits sprang into action Monday in the wake of a devastating pair of powerful earthquakes that leveled buildings and killed at...
Fire, EMS Services Complicated by Handshake Deals
(TNS) - [Easton, Conn.] is looking into next steps after a consultant hired to evaluate its fire and emergency medical services submitted a report and...
Shelter to Open in Portland as Maine Braces for Cold
(TNS) - The city of Portland will open a temporary shelter Friday and Saturday nights as Maine braces for a blast of arctic cold that...