Will Climate Change Mean More Air Quality Alerts in Mass.?
(TNS) - Massachusetts residents should start getting better versed in air quality alerts, state environmental officials say, because the collision of climate change and wildfires...
To Acquire Safety Funding, Schools Need to Go on the Offense
Schools and school districts are under pressure to do what they can to make their facilities safe. But sometimes it’s difficult to know where to...
447K Still Without Power After Texas Storm
(TNS) - Rising temperatures Saturday replaced earlier wind warnings and calls to avoid power lines as recovery began after a Thursday thunderstorm that lashed through...
Maine Starts to Prepare for Storms, Climate Change
(TNS) - Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order Tuesday that created a new Infrastructure Rebuilding and Resilience Commission to help Maine recover from a...
Osceola County, Fla., Warns Residents to Prepare for Hurricanes
(TNS) - After the devastation from Hurricane Ian in 2022, Osceola County is preparing for a hurricane season unlike any other and warning residents to...
Lake County, Calif., Emergency Manager Takes All-Hazards Approach
Wildfires have burned more than 60 percent of the land mass in Lake County, Calif., in the last decade, and the cycles of drought then...
Train Hits Electrical Poles, Causes New Jersey Outage
(TNS) - A freight train traveling over a North Jersey bridge brought down a set of electrical poles Monday afternoon, sending debris onto passing cars...
Police Chief Believes Gunshot Technology Delivers
(TNS) - It's a quiet Saturday evening on Manchester's West Side when gunfire splits the silence.At police headquarters, the department's ShotSpotter map registers multiple gunshots...
Real Pressure from Fictional Tornado for Emergency Managers
(TNS) - Although the disaster was fictional, the tension in the air was real as emergency management professionals convened in Mitchell for a two day...
Who’s in Charge During a Major Houston Storm?
(TNS) - When the Houston area must contend with a major storm, countless city, county, state and federal employees work together to prepare residents for...