Idaho Wildfire Nearly Doubles as Evacuations Continue
(TNS) - The Wapiti Fire in Custer County nearly doubled in size over the weekend as evacuation orders remain in place for parts of the...
Lexington, Ky., to Activate Heat Plan Ahead of Heat Wave
(TNS) - The city of Lexington will activate phase one of its heat plan on Tuesday ahead of a weeklong heat wave, according to Lexington...
Stormwaters Destroy Conn. Chicken Farm: ‘Wiped Out Everything’
(TNS) - The Larkin State Park Trail is, or was, 10.3 miles long, following an old railroad line from Southbury, through Oxford and Middlebury to...
Experts Say the West Needs to Rethink Wildfire Response
(TNS) - Wildfires and the pain they cause to people, property and the planet are here to stay. And if Western management practices don’t change...
Software, Volunteers Bridge the Gap for Iowa First Responders
Atlantic City, Iowa, in Cass County, is located halfway between Des Moines and Omaha, Neb., which is to say there is a lot of open...
Unified Command Must Be in School, First Responder Playbook
It is said that in a disaster scenario, the first people on the scene — neighbors, relatives, passersby — are the true first responders and...
Lafayette Parish Approves Overhaul of Preparedness Plan
(TNS) - The Lafayette Parish Council on Tuesday approved a modified proposal by Mayor-President Monique Boulet's administration to overhaul the region's emergency preparedness operations.The ordinance,...
New Mexico Gets $5.4M for Public Safety, Mental Health
(TNS) - Thirteen public safety projects throughout New Mexico are getting $5.4 million in federal dollars, with projects in Santa Fe receiving more than a...
COVID-19 Spikes This Summer in Calif. as the Bird Flu Lurks
Officials in California are keeping an eye on a long wave of COVID-19 cases fueled by what medical professionals are referring to as the FliRT...
Bradley County, Tenn., 911 Deploys Cloud-Based Public Safety Suite
Tennessee’s Bradley County 911 expects to reduce response times and provide the county with the ability to significantly improve data accessibility when it moves to...