Wildfires in Northern California’s Lake County burned 11,500 acres and destroyed 22 buildings. Another 600 buildings are in the path of the Pawnee Fire.
By Scot DuFour
Responding to domestic violence calls can be a frustrating cycle for patrol officers, but it is important they keep track of warning signs. These cases have the potential to escalate into domestic homicide and officers need to know how to protect victims most at risk.
Florida's Orlando airport, notorious for its long security checkpoints, will soon get new biometric screening in the form of facial recognition technology.
A Thai soccer team and their coach have been trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand, the 416 Wildfire continues to grow and other news.
By Dr. Michael Pittaro
Continuing to care for the nation’s aging prison population is costly and requires increased healthcare, resources and officer training. Learn why legislation that releases elderly inmates who pose little threat to society is a better solution.
Small scale incidents highlight the need for community resilience support systems.
Emergency and disaster management briefing for June 22, 2018: More than 30 children and several adults fell ill at a 4-H camp in Lake Placid, Florida; a former sales rep for Purdue Pharma alleges the company continued its misleading sales tactics for opioids after 2007 ruling; disaster declarations are issued for six counties in Texas that were inundated by floodwaters – and other news.
Reflecting upon my friend’s story (and stories similar to hers) I am reminded of how complex issues such as immigration reform can easily be reduced to sound bites calling for blunt enforcement of border security law as it is written.
While it may seem that all we need to do is map out the station location and measure the percentage of the city that the station 4 and 8 minute zones would cover, there are many more issues that are intertwined with the number and location of stations. Some of the issues that are intertwined are budget, staffing, apparatus, and hazard analysis.