California, Nevada Collaborate on Emergency Response
(TNS) - Looking at ways to avoid another traffic disaster, transportation officials from Nevada and California met last week to discuss how to better handle...
Giant Batteries a ‘Game Changer’ for California Power Outages
(TNS) - Four years ago this week, California’s power grid was so strained by a heat wave that rolling blackouts hit hundreds of thousands of...
NWS Is a Target of Project 25 Because of Climate Change
(TNS) - An automotive executive tapped by then-President Donald Trump to help lead the Commerce Department wants to break up the primary federal agency that studies...
Mendocino County, Calif., Gets $2.5M Grant to Fight Wildfires
(TNS) - Mendocino County officials announced this week that the Federal Emergency Management Administration awarded more than $2 million toward the county's efforts in preparing...
Oakland County, Mich., Sheriff Declines to Review Shooting
(TNS) - The Oakland County Sheriff's Office declined to participate in a third-party review of its department's response to the 2021 Oxford High School attack...
Axon, LVT Partnership Yields Solution for First Responders
Two public safety tech companies have entered a partnership that will integrate a customizable mobile security solution with real-time crime center (RTCC) technology, resulting in...
Baltimore May Get Flood Walls at Tunnel Entrances
(TNS) - The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing flood walls be constructed to protect the entrances of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry and Harbor tunnels amid...
NENA Requests Reclassification of 911 Telecommunicators
Continuing its battle to have 911 telecommunicators reclassified and recognized as first responders like their emergency services, police and firefighter counterparts, the National Emergency Number...
How Colorado Springs Police Cut Costs With VR Training
(TNS) — A virtual reality training simulator is helping Colorado Springs police test and improve their skills before taking them to the streets.Police in recent...
N.H. to Eliminate Firefighting PFAS with $1M ‘Take-Back’ Program
(TNS) — New Hampshire hopes to collect 10,000 gallons of firefighting foam containing hazardous "forever chemicals" or PFAS and ship them to Ohio to be...