Rural California Got Millions in State Fire Prevention Funds
(TNS) — Since 2021, state authorities have repeatedly declined to fund wildfire prevention efforts in communities devastated by the Palisades fire, according to Cal Fire...
GIS Is the Data Backbone for Agencies Battling L.A. Fires
As unpredictable and tragically dangerous as fighting fires remains, geographic information tools offer the kinds of global incident views and intelligence that were unimaginable less...
Crisis Intervention Transforms Crawford County, Pa., Responders
(TNS) — Not too long ago, when Chief Robert Johnston of Linesville Police Department was first given the chance to take part in training with...
Kentwood, Mich., Patrol Cars Getting License Plate Readers
(TNS) — The city of Kentwood is installing automatic license plate readers on all of its police patrol vehicles as a new tool to help...
Georgia Declares State of Emergency Ahead of Winter Storm
(TNS) — Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of the severe winter weather expected to start in metro Atlanta in the...
Watch Duty Wildfire Tracking App Adds 600,000 Users Overnight
(TNS) — As L.A. County fires continue to wreak havoc, a fire-tracking app run by a Bay Area nonprofit is gaining popularity.Watch Duty, launched in...
Georgia Locals Have Lessons Learned from ‘Snowpocalypse’
(TNS) — More than two inches of snow fell in metro Atlanta on a Friday in January, 11 years ago. It began late in the...
South Carolina Readies for Potential Winter Storm
(TNS) — For now, it’s wait and see how hard the Upstate will be blasted by the winter storm, expected to arrive Friday after sunset.Various...
Attacker Drove 3 Blocks on Bourbon Street Without Barriers
(TNS) — After Shamsud-Din Jabbar swerved around a police SUV at Canal Street, his deadly path of destruction down Bourbon Street was essentially unimpeded, with...
Thousands Without Power After West Virginia Winter Storm
(TNS) — Almost 100,000 power outages and icy roads greeted communities Monday after a winter storm impacted the region with snow, sleet and freezing rain.Gov....