Sentences with phrase «from emergency responders»

In such an event, the rules for treating victims that most people have come to expect from emergency responders are altered.

Although standardized guidelines for conducting thorough case investigations have been developed, 6 these guidelines have not been uniformly adopted across the more than 2000 US medical examiner and coroner jurisdictions.7 Information from emergency responders, scene investigators, and caregiver interviews can provide additional evidence to assist death certifiers (ie, medical examiners and coroners) in accurately determining the cause of death.

Not exact matches

More than 36 people in the region have been reported dead from the storm, and emergency responders are expecting the recovery to take years.

The grand jury, which first convened in August, has weighed evidence — including a video recorded by bystanders of Mr. Garner's arrest — and heard testimony from officers and emergency responders involved.

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.

Rescue teams, maintenance and support staff from the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard will work with emergency responders in Texas.

Hundreds of officers and emergency responders with lights and sirens proceeded from the Navy Operational...

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.

In attendance were law enforcement and emergency responders from Delaware, Schoharie and Otsego counties.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the Robinson R44 helicopter, which had departed from Westchester County Airport, wound up in the Atlantic Ocean about 10:25 a.m. and «emergency responders picked up the two people who were aboard and ferried them to shore.»

The New York City Council Progressive Caucus is stepping up calls for Mayor Bill de Blasio to reconstitute a citywide task force to examine how emergency responders help people suffering from mental illness, and are insisting that the mayor consider creating a parallel response force of social workers and therapists that can answer calls rather than police officers.

Senator Patrick M. Gallivan, a Republican from western New York who is a former State Police captain and sheriff of Erie County, said troopers acted as emergency responders and the only specialized investigators in large parts of the state and questioned if they were being put to equally good use in the city.

Newsday, in a report about Singh's contract to provide food at Nassau's Office of Emergency Management in Bethpage after superstorm Sandy a few years ago, pointed out that meals served to first responders were different from the simpler, lighter fare served to Nassau residents who found themselves forced to stay in county shelters.

More than 40 state personnel from the Department of Environmental Conservation, Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, State Police, Office of Fire Prevention and Control, and Office of Emergency Management are assisting local first responders as they battle the fire, Cuomo's office said.

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.

Cardiac arrest victims who received a shock from a publicly - available AED that was administered by a bystander had 2.62 times higher odds of survival to hospital discharge and 2.73 times more favorable outcomes for functioning compared to victims who first received an AED shock after emergency responders arrived.

Families were separated as emergency responders herded people into temporary holding centres, and police wielding guns prevented newly homeless people from crossing a bridge to escape the city.

Gamers could choose to help sort through crowd generated images from ongoing disasters, labelling the damage levels they see to give emergency responders an idea of where they are needed — all without leaving the game.

Working with leadership from the Boston Police Department and Emergency Medical Services, the National Guard and other regional law enforcement, McLean developed LEADER (Law Enforcement, Active Duty, Emergency Responder), a specialized program that provides mental health services to men and women in uniform.

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.

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.

In rural Arkansas, students from Eureka Springs High School created 911 responder maps for their historic community, mapped 307 fire hydrants, and identified emergency evacuation landing zones.

Logs from the incident confirm that from the time the emergency button was pressed, it took just four seconds for Command Centre to lock all outside doors, notify district authorities and limit building access to emergency responders only.

Students surveyed the scene, weeping, stunned or laughing nervously as emergency responders used the jaws of life to remove the roof from the green Audi.

If the regular driver confirms the need for medical assistance or should we be unable to reach the regular driver, emergency medical responders will be automatically dispatched to the GPS location from where the signal or notification was received.

Nothing in this Order precludes railroad carriers from taking any additional steps to communicate with state and local emergency responders regarding the transportation of hazardous commodities within a state or local jurisdiction.

This Order does not preclude railroad carriers from taking any additional steps to communicate with state and local emergency responders regarding the transportation of hazardous materials or any other commodities within a state or local jurisdiction.

And when I was in Corpus Christi, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands with the Vice President and the Second Lady, I saw the importance of MARAD and the MARAD ships in providing basic services to our first responders and emergency workers so they could help the survivors and others who are trying to recover from such a devastating natural disaster.

Government: Tablets can increase productivity of government users — from military to civilian government field workers to emergency first responders — allowing them to enter information or share it quickly with remote offices to complete the business of government more efficiently.

On Sept. 7, 2010, American Humane's team of emergency first responders helped Boulder County Animal Control rescue pets from homes threatened by a wildfire that roared through Fourmile Canyon near Boulder, Colo..

On January 12, 2016, American Humane's renowned emergency rescue team of first responders, accompanied by one of their 50 - foot Lois Pope Rescue Vehicles and two F - 350 trucks, deployed to Tennessee at the request of the City of Bartlett Animal Control to participate in a dramatic early morning raid in Bartlett which was aimed at saving, rehabilitating, and caring for 46 cats and a dog seized from a local home who were allegedly abused and neglected.

On Sept. 7, 2010, American Humane's team of emergency first responders helped Boulder County Animal Control rescue pets from homes threatened by a wildfire that roared through Fourmile Canyon near...

American Humane's emergency first responders helped these scared animals recover from trauma caused by the tornadoes.

From helping animals displaced by Hurricane Sandy to leading efforts to establish community cat programs and high - quality, high - volume spay / neuter clinics, Dr. Sarah Kirk is an animal welfare and shelter medicine leader, and has worked her entire career as a shelter veterinarian, consultant, and emergency responder, most recently as the Medical Director of the ASPCA Field Investigation and Response emergency team.

Emergency responders help all household members «You may not be able to prevent a disaster from occurring, but you can reduce its impact with a little planning,» advises Dr. Loukia Agapis, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in Urbana.

«The citizens of Bastrop have been very supportive of the response effort from law enforcement and emergency management personnel, to the first responders and the rest of the community,» said Bissett.

He's assigned to protection, and his job is to keep the emergency responders safe from explosives or other such threats that may be found at a disaster scene.

Emergency responders examined James and determined that he was unharmed — save some bumps and bruises — from his night in the wild.

Data from texts and tweets sent from our smartphones can help first responders estimate crowd size and be better prepared in emergencies.

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.

Emergency responders evacuated approximately 500 people from homes within a one - mile radius of the rupture.

«The purpose of this code is to establish minimum requirements to safeguard the public safety, health and general welfare through affordability, structural strength, means of egress facilities, stability, sanitation, light and ventilation, energy conservation and safety to life and property from fire and other hazards attributed to the built environment and to provide safety to fire fighters and emergency responders during emergency operations.»

At the time of the Exxon Valdez spill, emergency responders recovered nearly 1,000 sea otter carcasses from the entire spill area, with estimates for the total number of immediate otter deaths going up to around 3,000.

Emergency responders reportedly extracted two teen passengers from the Acura using the Jaws of Life before transporting them to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Statements from eye witnesses and first responders to the accident scene, such as fellow motorists, emergency personnel and police officers

These include information about previous violations of regulations by the trucking company or driver involved, the truck's maintenance records, the speed the truck and your vehicle were traveling, the location of the impact on the vehicles» exteriors, the truck driver's log book and statements from eye witnesses or first responders to the accident scene (emergency personnel like police officers, firefighters, EMTs or state motorist assistance crews).

There are a variety of types of information that are relevant to your claims, including information about previous violations of regulations by the trucking company or driver involved, the truck's maintenance records, the speed the truck and your vehicle were traveling, the location of the impact on the vehicles» exteriors, the truck driver's log book and statements from eye witnesses and first responders to the accident scene, such as emergency personnel and police officers.

HB 2417 / SB 2414 takes the existing language from the state's veterans treatment court statute (T.C.A. § 16-6-101 — § 16-6-106) and replicates it, replacing the word «veteran» with «first responder», defined as «paid, full - time law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel who are employed by the state or a local government in this state.»

Emergency responders in Elk Grove and Sacramento Country have received over 1,600 accidental 911 calls from Apple repair facilities in the past four months.

The myGeoTracking platform enables solutions across a wide range of industries from mobile field force companies, trade services companies, emergency responders, and healthcare providers, to 3PL, transportation and USPS freight brokering companies — all using smartphones & feature phones over app, text or voice calls.