by admin | May 31, 2018 | First Responders
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas has agreed to pay more than $173 million to settle decades-old lawsuits from thousands of public safety workers over years of back-pay claims. An executive committee representing nearly 8,700 current and former Dallas police officers and...
by admin | May 31, 2018 | Innovation related
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. – Firefighters across Alabama have access to a new app that helps them track fire information all over the state. Alabama has one of the highest fire death rates in the country. The National Center for Health Statistics and the Census Bureau note...
by admin | May 28, 2018 | Uncategorized, Wildfire Prevention
FLAGSTAFF — Dry pine needles and dead wood snapped under fire prevention officer Matt Engbring’s boots as he hiked a half-mile into the woods in search of a makeshift campsite that had served as one man’s home until this week when the area was closed because of the...
by admin | May 18, 2018 | Innovation related
Cal Fire San Bernardino Unit inmate hand crews and full-time and seasonal firefighters demonstrated their preparedness for the height of the year-round wildfire season in an exercise Thursday, May 17, in the San Bernardino Mountains community of Cedar Glen. They were...
by admin | May 18, 2018 | Innovation related
Speech to Text for Rancher Says Wild Horses Could Help Prevent Wildfires Below is the closed-captioning text associated with this video. Since this uses automated speech to text spelling and grammar may not be accurate. As we inch closer and closer to fire season,...