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Ahead of what's forecast to be an active hurricane season, the Florida Division of Emergency Management is ready with digitized services for residents and connections to Starlink satellites to ensure reliable Internet.
A proposed Emergency Response Standard would increase training requirements for firefighters, which could prove too costly for volunteer brigades or mean some volunteers have to drop out of the programs.
It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly how many people flee ahead of a storm — and where to find those who remain — but city and county officials say they get a clearer picture with each passing hurricane season.
The two-day drill is the ninth annual disaster field course conducted by Florida International University's Academy for International Disaster Preparedness, where students are taken through a full-scale disaster response.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its 2024 storm season prediction last week, which forecasts an 85 percent chance of above-normal hurricane and tropical storm activity due in part to warmer-than-average ocean temperatures.
The Delaware Volunteer Firefighters Association has brought in First Arriving to help recruit, train and retain volunteer firefighters by marketing the opportunities it offers, like free training.
Last month's derecho reminded Houston that severe storms can spring up without much warning. The derecho cast a bright light on the area's preparedness since officials had little lead time to activate emergency operations.
Red flags mean swimming is prohibited while yellow indicates an advisory is in place for reasons such as E. coli levels, potential rip currents or high surf. If the flag is green, swimmers are good to go.
Anyone using the Norfolk Southern Railroad crossings in Ashtabula, Ohio, is urged to proceed with caution and maybe have an alternate route in mind, the emergency management director said.
In August 2023, FEMA’s cash stockpile for disaster response ran out, right as Hurricane Idalia hit as a Category 4 hurricane. It caused $3.6 billion in damages throughout Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.
If approved by the full county board in June, the project will bring together dozens of local law enforcement and fire agencies at a new $53.8 million Regional Operations and Communications Facility.
The software immerses first responders in various high-stress scenarios, including terrorist attacks, shootings and protests. The user knows, of course, it’s all fake, but it doesn’t feel fake. It often feels eerily real.
The goal is to train 1 million in bystander CPR by getting the public so excited about the effort that enrollment in CPR training programs increases rapidly. So far, 25 organizations are participating.
The county tried to earn a $1 million grant from FEMA that would have funded the sirens but was unsuccessful. FEMA would have covered $750,000 and the county would have covered the remaining $250,000.
Lexington and Central Kentucky dodged the worst of the violent storms, experiencing some power outages, downed branches and pounding rain, but residents there missed much of the destruction seen around the commonwealth.
