Mass Casualty Series Could Help Businesses Face the Horror
A nine-session series on how businesses can effectively mitigate, respond to and recover from an active shooter or other mass-casualty event could make a big...
What’s the ‘True Cost’ of Operating an Ambulance Service?
(TNS) -A series of quick Meadville City Council subcommittee meetings Wednesday led to further discussion of the city's impending startup of emergency medical services (EMS)...
Hermantown, Minn., Explores Hiring Paid Firefighters
(TNS) - The city might soon add two full-time firefighters to its staff after years of being a volunteer-only fire service.Police Chief Jim Crace said...
30 Homes Evacuated After San Francisco Peninsula Mudslide
(TNS) - A mudslide in Woodside, a town in San Mateo County on the San Francisco Peninsula, shut down a road, isolating several homes, and...
Some Electric Vehicles May Have a Public Safety Problem
Future drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) will be helping to protect the environment but in doing so could miss out on important public safety broadcasts.That’s...
Santa Clara County, Calif. Will Update Expired Hazard Plan
(TNS) - After one of California’s stormiest winters in recent memory downed power lines and trees, Santa Clara County is updating its plan to keep...
Whitfield County 911 Calls to Include Video Livestreaming
(TNS) - In Whitfield County, 911 callers using smartphones now have the option to livestream video or send multimedia information like photographs to dispatchers at...
Nat’l Guard Joins Evacuation Efforts in Tulare County, Calif.
(TNS) - The National Guard and dozens of public safety agencies are on scene in Tulare County in what the Sheriff’s Office calls a massive...
Woodstock, N.Y., Fire Dept. Will Upgrade Portable Radio System
(TNS) - The Woodstock Fire Department will use a federal grant to upgrade its portable radio system to a "high-band" system that firefighters say will...
In Desperate Situations, Give ‘Crazy’ a Try (Opinion)
I recently attended a daylong forum entitled, “Rethinking Resilience and Crisis Management” at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. A wide range of...