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A survey found that less than 40 percent of agencies spend at least 10 percent of their budget on prevention, while 42 percent said they don't use any software to detect and monitor fires.
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Pano AI’s CEO discusses how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing wildfire detection and response by helping agencies optimize resource allocation and protect lives through smarter firefighting tactics.
Students from upstate New York gathered this month at the University of Albany’s College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity to share visions of artificial intelligence in emergency response.
Like many cities, Albert Lea, Minn., is suffering from a shortage of EMTs and has embarked on a pilot with the Mayo Clinic and a nonprofit to provide resources to help people who repeatedly call 911.
Through BRIC, FEMA invests in myriad mitigation activities to benefit disadvantaged communities, focusing on nature-based solutions, climate resilience and adaptation, and adopting hazard-resistant building codes.
A new tool from public safety tech supplier Axon can automatically transcribe audio from the company’s body cameras. Arriving as law enforcement nationwide confronts a hiring crisis, it could free up officers for other duties.
Attendees will learn of the ongoing threat of wildfires, how to prepare their homes for wildfire season and how to be notified of an emergency along with information on evacuations in an emergency.
The Multi-Tiered System of Supports is a layered approach to intervention and, when used along with other tools, can help uncover the behaviors that lead to violence and, perhaps, change them.
The sheriff's office said it has identified the step in the process behind the mistake at the county’s Emergency Communications Facility, which spread the false alert across the state's most populous county.
The map identifies locations in the city where public road or utility projects have closed streets completely or closed traffic in one direction. It also shows detours and features real-time updates.
New Jersey has 442 structurally deficient bridges. That doesn’t mean a bridge is in danger of collapsing, but that it has deteriorated over time and can’t carry the same load or weight it was designed to when new.
When securing schools, it’s important for administrators to keep in mind that there is a lot of technology out there, and not all of it is appropriate for every situation.
The center, which was years in the making, will field daily emergency calls for the entire county and will also be used as a regional emergency response command center that can be transformed into a near-impenetrable fortress.
Chicopee, Mass., first piloted the program in 2021 with about a half-dozen students from Chicopee High School. One of those graduates is now working as an instructor for the academy and another is a medic in the military.
It was a cooperative effort between first responders in Britt, Iowa, and the community, including the local funeral homes for use of a casket to help emphasize how quickly life-changing events can happen.
The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to Nov. 30, with peak activity blowing in around Sept. 10, and most of the activity swirling around the area between mid-August and mid-October.
