Flood Insurance Costs to Explode for Coastal Floridians
(TNS) - Events of the past year have convinced more Florida homeowners of the need to carry flood insurance.Flooding caused by hurricanes Ian and Nicole...
Fairfield Will Use COVID Money to Improve School Safety
(TNS) - Officials are looking to use federal COVID money given to Fairfield to improve school safety.The selectmen unanimously approved school officials' request to use...
Firefighters Get Hands-On Training With Trains
(TNS) - Firefighters got to climb inside a locomotive and look out from the engineer’s seat on Thursday afternoon on a specially equipped “safety train”...
Alaska’s ARROW Drone Program Focuses on Community Safety, Resilience
Earlier this month, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) launched its Alaska Rural Remote Operations Work Plan (ARROW) Program – an initiative...
911inform a ‘Game Changer’ for Situational Awareness
When Kris Sandman of the Denville, N.J., Police Department first started as school resource officer (SRO) with the Morris County School of Technology, right off...
We Should be There for First Responders
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What Now for California Beach Town After Landslide?
(TNS) - On a rather cool spring day in late April, Amy Behrens was strolling through the manicured grounds of Casa Romantica, a historic San...
Agencies Must Protect ‘Crown Jewels’ From Cyberattacks
Organizations that are not taking all the precautions they can to protect themselves from cyber threats should remember that it’s not a case of “not...
Anyone Can Prevent Death by Learning to Stop the Bleed
Severe bleeding can lead to death in a matter of minutes. But it doesn’t have to, and those who learn “the CPR of bleeding” can...
Public Schools Adopting New Emergency Mutual Aid Program
(TNS) - DuPage County officials on May 3 announced the adoption of a new emergency aid program for public schools.The DuPage County School Mutual Aid...