FirstNet Authority Taps Joe Wassel as Executive Director
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) announced today that it has named Joseph M. Wassel as its new executive director/CEO.Wassel spent 34 years with...
Dole Foods Cyber Attack Shows Importance of Cyber Resilience
It took the complaints of customers via Facebook, who were missing their favorite salad mix in stores, for Dole Foods to become aware that they...
Trapped by Snow, Residents Ask Why Help Arrived so Late
(TNS) - Officials knew the San Bernardino County mountains were going to be hit by a bad storm days before an unprecedented blizzard rolled in.But...
Lexington Storm Review: Did 911 Fail? Was EOC Activated?
The Lexington, Ky.-Fayette Urban County Council voted Tuesday to put an after-action review into the council’s Social Services and Public Safety Committee. A date for...
3 Injured as Train Derails in Virginia National Park
(TNS) - Three people were injured and diesel fuel spilled into a river when an empty coal train derailed early Wednesday morning in a West...
California Faces Flooding From Warm Atmospheric River
(TNS) - Another atmospheric river system has set its sights on California, raising considerable concern about flooding and structural damage as warm rain is expected...
Calif. Snow Siege Sows Desperate Struggle to Clear Roads
(TNS) - As crews hustled to clear snow-covered roads in the San Bernardino Mountains, many residents remained stranded Monday amid growing frustration over the dayslong...
County Uses Federal Relief for New Incident Command Center
(TNS) - The Clark County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) has rolled out its new incident command center, funded through $245,000 in American Rescue Plan Act...
911 Goes to Washington Attendees Push NG-911 Envelope
Organized by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), hundreds of 911 professionals converged on Washington, D.C., this week for the 911 Goes to Washington event...
Scenario Tests Response for Mass Public Emergency
(TNS) - Over 100 emergency management officers from across the state gathered at Lake Junaluska last week to test how well they would fare in...