Sentences with phrase «for emergency responders»

The city also argued the other names pitched were too similar to others that already exist in the borough and could cause confusion for emergency responders.

If you can not safely reach the victim, wait for emergency responders to arrive.

The hurricane completely wiped out the island's cellphone towers and electrical grid, so it's been immensely hard for emergency responders to provide basic help.

An informative school website and social media page will significantly reduce the amount of phone calls you receive, freeing up your lines for emergency responders.

Sponsored legislation to create the Ulster County Volunteer Incentive Program for Emergency Responders

The implications are huge: Patton says he's been contacted by the National Weather Service about designing an alert system, and it isn't hard to imagine how the technology could become a valuable tool for emergency responders.

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.

The Senate is earmarking about $ 53 million for a variety of programs for opioid treatment, outpatient care and case management, medically assisted treatment, and naloxone for emergency responders.

Horrigan says the County has implemented a number of counter-drug efforts, including public opiate prevention programs and training for emergency responders and residents in the use of Narcan.

The dispersants may have significantly reduced the amount of harmful gases in the air at the sea surface — diminishing health risks for emergency responders and allowing them to keep working to stop the uncontrolled spill and clean up the spilled oil sooner.

Philip Mann, the technology chief at Kappler, a Guntersville, Alabama, company that manufactures such multilayer suits for emergency responders, notes that while such a suit would do a great job of sealing out nasty liquid, gas, and heat, it would also do a great job of sealing in all the nasty liquid, gas, and heat that my body produces.

«This approach provides additional rapid characterization capability for emergency responders to radiological events, enabling further optimization of limited resources,» Hayes says.

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.

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.

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is developing a new system, known as the Precision Outdoor and Indoor Navigation and Tracking for Emergency Responders (POINTER) to help tackle this challenge.

Aug. 23, 2017 - In the event of an accidental radiological release from a nuclear power plant reactor or industrial facility, tracing the aerial plume of radiation to its source in a timely manner could be a crucial factor for emergency responders, risk assessors and investigators.

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.

Jeep has delivered that gear to SEMA with the Jeep Wrangler Red Rock Responder, meant as a concept support vehicle for emergency responders.

When individuals refuse to evacuate or re-enter evacuation zones, they not only risk their own lives, but they also increase the risk of injury or death for all emergency responders.

The city also argued that the other names pitched by the Savo Brothers were too similar to others that already exist in the borough and would cause confusion for emergency responders.

Among her other achievements is the Ulster County Volunteer Incentive Program for all emergency responders.

Victims who received an AED shock from a bystander (57.1 percent) using a publicly - available device instead of having to wait for emergency responders (32.7 percent) had near normal function and better outcomes.