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...
Brothers’ Bakery Survived Harvey. Will Project 2025 Kill it?
(TNS) - Few people would voluntarily crown themselves the "King and Queen of Disaster." But Bobby and Janice Jucker, co-owners of Three Brothers Bakery, proudly...
‘A Full Restoration Effort’ After 12 Inches of Rain in Danbury
(TNS) - As he reckons with the damage from last weekend's heavy rainstorm, Southbury First Selectman Jeff Manville recalled the tornado of 2018 — which...
Rebuilding Plans Unveiled for State Park After Wildfire
(TNS) - Four years ago, a raging wildfire burned through California’s oldest state park, Big Basin Redwoods, charring 97 percent of the landscape in the...
Roads, Businesses Damaged by CT Floods. What’s Next?
(TNS) - As the clouds cleared Monday morning, Connecticut looked out on a level of devastation officials said happens once every millennium. Meteorologists said more...