Sentences with phrase «emergency responders on»

The Good Neighbor Next Door program provides a 50 percent discount to law enforcement officers, teachers, firefighters, and emergency responders on the purchase of HUD - owned single - family homes in distressed communities.

Andy, I've been engaged in understanding this drought event, having just returned from Sacramento where I briefed a group of water managers and emergency responders on the drought.

With their clinics flooded after the storm, she and other mental - health experts set up treatment centres for emergency responders on cruise ships docked nearby on the Mississippi River, and an emergency psychology unit at the city's central command centre.

Using a network of vehicle sensors — and «evolutionary algorithms» — to rejig traffic could one day get emergency responders on the scene faster

Not exact matches

Emergency first responders can rapidly assess and coordinate disaster action with real - time on - site video and audio.

Smart voice disaster responder: A voice responder that fields emergency messages and lets you check in on when responder will arrive.

According to a new NBC News survey, when any emergency is over, first responders need to do a better job focusing on themselves.

Chief Greg Cassell of the Clark County Fire Department said on Thursday that several factors complicated the department's response to the mass shooting, but he praised the emergency responders as heroic.

That's why we contact communities, landowners, emergency responders, and other groups near our pipelines and facilities on an ongoing basis.

On June 5, The 2018 Canadian Telecom Summit will feature a special panel looking at «The Evolution of Emergency Communications» with experts on wireless public alerting, next generation 9 ‑ 1 ‑ 1 as well as first responder networks, including the US FirstNeOn June 5, The 2018 Canadian Telecom Summit will feature a special panel looking at «The Evolution of Emergency Communications» with experts on wireless public alerting, next generation 9 ‑ 1 ‑ 1 as well as first responder networks, including the US FirstNeon wireless public alerting, next generation 9 ‑ 1 ‑ 1 as well as first responder networks, including the US FirstNet.

«For the emergency responders who didn't give up on my son and rushed him to safety.

The Republican - led state Senate on Tuesday is moving on more than half dozen bills that seek new protections for first responders, including police, firefighters and emergency service personnel.

Offenses against first responders such as police, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel would be designated a hate crime, according to a bill to be considered on Tuesday in the Senate.

Many of the city's dilapidated structures that the mayor wants to «bring back to life» are marked with a red «X» that lets emergency responders know the building is on the «too dangerous to enter» list.

Many of the city's dilapidated structures that the mayor wants to «bring back to life» are marked with a red «X» which lets emergency responders know the building is on the «too dangerous to enter» list.

If a first responder sees a Yellow Dot on a vehicle when he / she arrives at the scene of an emergency, they know to check the glove box for the Yellow Dot Medical Form that includes critical health information about the driver or passenger.

He said that those issues range from helicopter noise en route to the East Hampton Airport to issues that Mr. Losquadro is working on for Fishers Island, including training emergency responders and helping to provide access to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.

Our Department of Health has been at the forefront in educating law enforcement and emergency responders, as well as private citizens, in the use of life saving Narcan and has been on the frontlines of the epidemic in other ways I will talk more about later.

On Monday, a newborn infant died in Brooklyn after the mother waited nine hours for emergency responders, said New York Fire Department spokesman Steve Rittea.

Erie County Legislator Lynne M. Dixon held a press conference on Monday, October 24, 2011 conjointly with Department of Senior Services Commissioner Brenda Ward to discuss two proposed programs that would provide first responders with critical information at the scene of an emergency that could help save a life.

Gilberto Nunez sits expressionless in Ulster County Court this week as a emergency medical responder on the scene when Thomas Kolman's body was found in his car describes Nunez's emotional reaction at the scene.

Meanwhile, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was scheduled to visit the storm - ravaged Mohawk Valley on a driving tour of damaged areas in Montgomery and Herkimer Counties, making stops at the Emergency Command Center in Fort Plain and meeting with first responders and local Montgomery County officials in Mohawk.

According to emergency responders, as a result of the local ban on synthetic drugs and bath salts, (voted into law by the Saugerties Town Board on March 29, 2012), hospitalizations resulting from overdoses caused by the use of these substances have been significantly reduced.

The technology announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday claims to improve communications and the sharing of information between participating schools and local first responders during an emergency.

This winter, swings in temperature took a toll on many roads in Erie County creating potholes and safety concerns for drivers, especially school bus drivers and emergency responders who are responsible for the safe transportation of students and patients.

Many schools are enrolled in the Sheriffs» Association's Rapid Responder program, which allows those responding to a school emergency immediate electronic access to critical information on the school's layout and infrastructure, staffing and student personnel.

Hundreds of emergency responders converged on a Manhattan subway station Sunday morning as part of an emergency drill designed to deal with a Paris - like terrorist attack.

«Vial of Life» participants place a decal on their front doors, alerting emergency responders of a packet of medical information on the home's refrigerator door.

Emergency responders are converging on the waters off New Rochelle near the New York Athletic Club where initial reports are that two boats collided sending people into the water.

«The only people who should be on the streets in these communities are people who are emergency responders,» Poloncarz said at a Tuesday news conference.

In additions, emergency responders will rehearse various scenarios, including what to do if someone gets sick on the subway or in the airport, and how to get the patient to the hospital without infecting anybody else.

More than 500 emergency responders are sleeping on cots in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, waiting to dispatch to areas devastated by Hurricane Irma.

The liquid doesn't need to be refrigerated and is easily transported, so it could also be used by first responders to emergency scenes as well as on the battlefield.

The FAA is, however, working with NASA and private industry on ways to manage swarms of smaller delivery and emergency responder drones — rules that might also apply to larger self - flying aircraft.

In addition to improving the scientific record, the USGS says the crowd - sourced data can also help emergency responders focus quickly on the hardest - hit areas to provide a rapid response.

Educate and train the public on how to recognize cardiac arrest, contact emergency responders, administer CPR, and use AEDs, as well as facilitate state and local education departments to include CPR and AED training as middle - and high - school graduation requirements.

This would give governments and emergency responders some heads up on how bad a tornado season might be.

Bakken crude oil was found to be more volatile than oil extracted elsewhere, forcing the USDOT to issue an emergency order on May 7 requiring all railroads carrying Bakken crude oil to notify state emergency responders about the operations of those trains in their states.

Less than half (45.7 percent) of cardiac arrest victims get the immediate help they need before emergency responders arrive, in part because emergency medical services take, on average, between four and ten minutes to reach someone in cardiac arrest.

«I want to praise the launch team, range safety, all of our emergency responders and those who provided mutual aid and support on a highly - professional response that ensured the safety of our most important resource — our people,» said Bill Wrobel, Wallops director.

Her current projects include exploring the ways in which young children use touch and gesture interactions with mobile devices, first responders» use of mobile devices during emergency evacuations, and modeling inquiry behaviors on mobile devices.

Based on the study findings, Weisfeldt and his team, including lead author John Hopkins medical student Ross Pollack, would like to see greater distribution of AEDs, including equipping police with defibrillators, especially in regions where it takes emergency responders long to get to the patient.

The death toll would be even higher, were it not for emergency responders» heavy reliance on naloxone as an antidote that rapidly reverses the effects of overdose.

Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria wiped out Puerto Rico's rickety electrical grid, emergency responders are still struggling to treat the immediate health needs of people on the island.

The app on the first responder's phone scans for WLAN networks in its vicinity, detects the emergency message and sends a response signal to the victim's app.

Earthquake program coordinators from Oregon and Washington in coordination with CREW have finished work with hundreds of first responders and emergency management professionals in crafting a new strategy on how to effectively implement earthquake early warning systems when the strategy eventually goes public in the Pacific Northwest.

A 5 - h sleep opportunity was chosen because: (i) on average it does not reduce deep slow wave sleep as does more severe sleep restriction, (ii) it is a level of sleep restriction that occurs across a 5 - d work week in many occupations (e.g., military and security operations, emergency responders, and shift workers), and (iii) it is a level of sleep restriction that is consistent with that used to examine the influence of sleep loss on metabolism (18, 19, 21, 42).

As Attorney General, I have a strong record of providing school safety and ensuring emergency responders are trained on what to do if an emergency occurs in a school.

FRA plans to issue an additional NPRM based on the consensus recommendations of the Securement Working Group and approved by the full RSAC that would prohibit certain unattended freight trains or standing freight cars on main track or sidings and require railroads to adopt and implement procedures to verify securement of trains and unattended equipment for emergency responders.

This comprehensive approach includes immediate and long - term steps such as: launching «Operation Classification» in the Bakken region to verify that crude oil is being properly classified; issuing safety advisories, alerts, emergency orders and regulatory updates; conducting special inspections; moving forward with a rulemaking to enhance tank car standards; and reaching agreement with railroad companies on a series of immediate voluntary actions they can take by reducing speeds, increasing inspections, using new brake technology and investing in first responder training.