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Police should carry drugs overdose antidote, says senior officerFebruary 22, 2021 at 5:28 AM Exclusive: NPCC’s drugs lead backs wider supply of naloxone after successful trialsThe overdose antidote naloxone should be made available to all police officers in areas where there is a clear need, the police chiefs’ drug lead has urged after successful pilot schemes.North Wales police and Police Scotland are trialling having beat officers carry naloxone nasal sprays that can be used to treat opiate overdoses, and West Midlands police have extended their pilot scheme, with a rollout due to be ...Tags: Drugs, Scotland, Police, Society, UK News, Emergency services, West Midlands, North Wales, NPCC 41 people like this. Like Police issue Lake District warning after rescuer falls 150 metresFebruary 8, 2021 at 7:55 AM Visitors urged to stay away after man sustains life-changing injuries trying to reach hikers Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePolice have urged visitors to stay away from the Lake District after a mountain rescuer fell 150 metres and sustained “life-changing injuries” while coming to the aid of two hikers.Rescuers were called to help two men who had travelled more than 100 miles in contravention of coronavirus regulations to camp overnight on a 780-metre (2,500ft) fell...Tags: England, UK News, Liverpool, Mountaineering, Emergency services, Leicester, Lake District, Coronavirus 5 people like this. Like Union stopped firefighters helping with Covid effort, say inspectorsJanuary 21, 2021 at 7:01 PM FBU have branded the independent inspectors report a ‘biased attack’ full of ‘untruths and omissions’ Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe union representing firefighters hampered efforts to deploy the emergency service into potentially life-saving scenarios during the coronavirus pandemic with outdated and unnecessary practices, independent inspectors have said in a damning report.The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) asked firefighters not to volunteer to support the NHS tes...Tags: Politics, Society, UK News, NHS, Trade unions, Health policy, Firefighters, Emergency services, Coronavirus, The Fire Brigades Union FBU 5 people like this. Like Two Manchester Arena bombing victims could have been saved, inquiry hearsJanuary 18, 2021 at 2:25 PM Evidence given that Saffie-Rose Roussos and John Atkinson could have survived with ‘different’ emergency service responseFirefighters did not arrive at Manchester Arena until two hours after the suicide bombing, only one paramedic entered the blast scene in the first 40 minutes, and Greater Manchester police (GMP) did not declare a major incident until the following day, the inquiry into the terror attack has heard.The Manchester Arena inquiry, which resumed on Monday, moved to examine the respo...Tags: Police, UK News, Manchester, Greater Manchester, Firefighters, Emergency services, GMP, Manchester Arena, John Atkinson, Manchester Arena attack, Saffie Rose Roussos 5 people like this. Like 'A threat to lives and homes': emergency warning issued for bushfire north of PerthJanuary 5, 2021 at 3:09 AM Homes in the Ocean Farms estate are threatened by the blaze burning out of control 100km north of Perth in Western AustraliaA fast-moving bushfire was raging north of Perth, threatening lives and homes as it bore down on a number on coastal communities.The blaze had already destroyed more than 7,200 hectares and was proving difficult for firefighters to contain as it burned out of control while fanned by strong easterly winds. Continue reading...Tags: Australia news, Emergency services, Perth, Western Australia, Bushfires, Ocean Farms 13 people like this. Like Thunderstorms forecast to batter NSW coast as flooding and wild weather continueDecember 16, 2020 at 12:09 AM Warning zone covers almost entire state except far west as Lismore cops 100mm in two hoursThe predicted reprieve from heavy rain and flooding across swathes of New South Wales is yet to eventuate with only the state’s far west expected to be spared from afternoon thunderstorms.Lismore in the state’s north copped more than 100mm in two hours on Wednesday afternoon, with the State Emergency Service called in to carry out five flood rescues in just over an hour. The downpour came as the Bureau of M...Tags: Environment, Australia news, New South Wales, Flooding, Emergency services, Australia Weather, State Emergency Service, Bureau of Meteorology, Lismore 39 people like this. Like Fraser Island residents told to prepare to leave as bushfire burns near Happy ValleyDecember 5, 2020 at 8:54 PM Fires sparked by illegal campfire on 14 October have destroyed 82,500 hectares of national park on world heritage listed islandA bushfire burning on Fraser Island could impact Happy Valley village and residents have been told to prepare to leave.An update from Queensland Fire and Emergency Services said the fire was burning 3.5km north-west of Happy Valley on Sunday and conditions could get worse. Continue reading...Tags: Australia news, Queensland, Emergency services, Bushfires, Happy Valley, Fraser Island 27 people like this. Like Residents of Victorian town could return soon after leaking dam forced evacuationOctober 3, 2020 at 11:45 PM Emergency services have worked for two days to secure 180-megalitre dam in Torquay, south-west of MelbourneEmergency services are hopeful that about 100 people living in a coastal Victorian town will soon be able to return home after they worked for two days to secure a 180-megalitre private dam that was found to be leaking on Friday.Volunteers knocked on doors at over 40 homes in Torquay, about 80km south-west of Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon telling 109 people to leave due to fears the priv...Tags: Australia news, Torquay, Emergency services, Victoria, Melbourne 1 people like this. Like Google Just Rolled Out a Slew of New Android FeaturesAugust 11, 2020 at 10:41 AM  Tags: Google, Android, Science, Accessibility, Earthquakes, Emergency services, Android Auto, Els, Android 11, 5 New Android Updates For Summer 2020, Bedtime Mode 64 people like this. Like Surrey fire service declares major incident after 100 homes evacuatedAugust 8, 2020 at 7:42 AM Residents describe wildfire that began on Chobham Common and spread to golf course Surrey fire and rescue service has declared a major incident as crews continue to battle a 40-hectare wildfire that has reportedly led to as many as 100 homes being evacuated as a precaution.The blaze started in Chobham Common on Friday as temperatures in the south-east soared and spread to Wentworth golf course, halting play in the Rose Ladies Series Grand Final tournament. Continue reading...Tags: UK News, Michael Gove, Firefighters, Emergency services, Surrey, UK Weather, Wentworth, Chobham Common 41 people like this. Like 'Wall of flames': fire crews battle huge blaze in SurreyAugust 7, 2020 at 4:08 PM Fire on Chobham Common covers more than 40 hectares and has spread to golf courseFire crews are tackling a wildfire in Surrey which is larger than 40 hectares and has spread to a golf course.Play at the Rose Ladies Series Grand Final had to be halted after a blaze which began on Chobham Common spread to Wentworth golf course. Continue reading...Tags: UK News, Firefighters, Emergency services, Surrey, Wentworth, Chobham Common 44 people like this. Like Bushfire royal commission told coronavirus could stop firefighters helping interstate next fire seasonJuly 15, 2020 at 2:17 AM Firefighters saw conditions ‘we haven’t seen before’ in 2019-20, Shane Fitzsimmons tells inquiryThe bushfires royal commission has been told the ongoing coronavirus crisis could mean firefighters cannot travel interstate to help battle blazes during the next fire season.The senior counsel assisting the commission, Dominique Hogan-Doran SC, said on Wednesday the extreme conditions experienced during 2019-20 saw resources in impacted states and territories stretched over a long and arduous bushfir...Tags: Climate Change, Environment, Australia news, Natural disasters and extreme weather, New South Wales, Sydney, Emergency services, Bushfires, Shane Fitzsimmons, Dominique Hogan Doran SC 33 people like this. Like Three people seriously injured jumping into sea at Dorset beachMay 30, 2020 at 3:09 PM Air ambulances landed at Durdle Door and the beach was evacuatedThree people have been seriously injured jumping off cliffs into the sea at a beach in Dorset.Air ambulances landed at the scene at Durdle Door on Saturday afternoon, and police are now asking people to stay away from the popular tourist spot, near Lulworth. Continue reading...Tags: Police, UK News, Emergency services, Dorset, Durdle Door, Coronavirus outbreak, Dorset Air, Lulworth Continue 17 people like this. Like Modoc County Defies Gov. Newsom’s Coronavirus Shutdown OrderMay 1, 2020 at 11:32 AM SACRAMENTO (AP) — A rural California county allowed nonessential businesses to reopen and diners to eat in restaurants on Friday, becoming the first to defy Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statewide orders barring such moves during the coronavirus pandemic.
Modoc County is “moving forward with our reopening plan,” Modoc County Deputy Director of Emergency Services Heather Hadwick said in an email to The Associated Press.
She said the county of about 9,000 in the state’s far northeast corner next to Oregon h...Tags: California, Oregon, California News, Sacramento, Ap, Emergency services, Gavin Newsom, Irene, Cedarville, Newsom, Modoc County, Coronavirus, Heather Hadwick, Hadwick, Country Hearth Restaurant, Janet Irene 5 people like this. Like SkyCity fire: waterproofing subcontractor calls for FENZ to withdraw reportApril 21, 2020 at 5:14 PM The subcontracting company which supplied materials for the waterproofing roofing membrane on the NZ International Convention Centre roof has called for Fire and Emergency Services to withdraw its SkyCity fire report. MPM Waterproofing,... [Author: [email protected]]Tags: Business, Emergency services, NZ International Convention Centre 7 people like this. Like How to build a hospital in nine days: emergency architecture in a pandemicApril 7, 2020 at 10:21 AM From mobile morgues to pop-up intensive care wards, Britain is responding to coronavirus with a new kind of elemental architecture – and it needs lots of itCoronavirus and culture – a list of major cancellationsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn eerie mechanical hum has joined the usual backdrop of tweeting birds and the roar of the North Circular at Wanstead Flats in London. The sound is coming from behind a large wooden fence, recently erected on wide open fields by...Tags: UK, London, UK News, Hospitals, Cities, Culture, Architecture, Britain, Military, Engineering, Art and design, Emergency planning, Construction industry, Emergency services, Newham, Epping Forest 27 people like this. Like London fire tests emergency response amid coronavirus crisisMarch 26, 2020 at 10:25 AM Blaze breaks out at flat above supermarket at Charles Square near Old Street roundaboutCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEmergency services faced a test of their ability to cope against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic as firefighters fought to contain a major blaze at a flat above a supermarket in London.About 10 pumps and dozens of officers from London fire brigade (LFB) were in attendance at Charles Square near Old Street roundabout in Shoreditch, east London, o...Tags: London, Society, UK News, Firefighters, Emergency services, Old Street, Shoreditch, Charles Square, Coronavirus outbreak 7 people like this. Like Fire services: 999 callers waiting longer than five years agoJanuary 16, 2020 at 2:06 PM Average response for serious fires in England more than half a minute slower than in 2013-14The fire service’s average response times to serious fires is more than half a minute longer than it was five years ago, according to the latest Home Office figures.The average total response time to “primary fires” in England (more serious fires that tend to harm people or cause damage to property) was eight minutes and 49 seconds between 2018-19. This response time is 11 seconds longer than last year’s ...Tags: England, UK News, Home Office, Firefighters, Emergency services 5 people like this. Like NextNav raises $120M to deploy its indoor positioning tech to find people in skyscrapersJanuary 15, 2020 at 3:55 PM NextNav LLC has raised $120 million in equity and debt to commercially deploy an indoor-positioning system that can pinpoint a device’s location — including what floor it’s on — without GPS .
The company has developed what it calls a Metropolitan Beacon System, which can find the location of devices like smartphones, drones, IoT products or even self-driving vehicles in indoor and urban areas where GPS or other satellite location signals cannot be reliably received. Anyone trying to use their ...Tags: TC, Lyft, Uber, Technology, Bluetooth, Fcc, California, Washington, Virginia, Articles, Tech, Smartphone, Smartphones, Nasa, Chicago, United States 35 people like this. Like 'I ordered one saveloy not three': Met reveals time-wasting 999 callsDecember 30, 2019 at 5:04 AM Metropolitan police identify more than 22,000 hoax calls in 2019 and warn of risk to livesA mistake with a chip-shop order and an out-of-date packet of biscuits were among more than 22,000 time-wasting calls to the UK’s largest police force this year.Call handlers identified 22,491 hoax 999 calls to the Metropolitan police in the first 11 months of 2019, the force said. There were also 2,912 hoax calls to the non-emergency 101 police number. Continue reading...Tags: UK, London, Police, Society, UK News, Emergency services, Metropolitan Police 34 people like this. Like Medical roundupDecember 27, 2019 at 6:00 AM Radiologist Saurabh Jha had me on his popular podcast a while back to discuss the history of malpractice law. Now he’s written a substantial piece (link to article, gated) on my book The Litigation Explosion (1991) for the Journal of the American College of Radiology which has in turn touched off a discussion on professional Twitter;
Certificate-of-need (CON) laws in 35 states allow incumbent firms to raise legal objections to entry by new competitors. Bad idea generally, and especially when ...Tags: Law, California, Kentucky, Uncategorized, Military, Pennsylvania, Emergency services, Defense Department, Cato, Pacific Legal Foundation, John Stossel, CALEB BROWN, Military Times, American College of Radiology, Cato Daily Podcast, Saurabh Jha 39 people like this. Like Woman dies in Welsh hospital after six-hour wait for ambulanceDecember 19, 2019 at 11:19 AM Donna Gilby broke her foot in fall outside her home and later had cardiac arrest in hospitalA 47-year-old woman died after falling outside her home and waiting for several hours on a cold pavement for an ambulance.Donna Gilby was unable to move after breaking her foot in the fall on a residential street in the village of Cwmaman in south Wales. Continue reading...Tags: Health, Wales, Society, UK News, NHS, Emergency services, South Wales, Cwmaman, Donna Gilby 42 people like this. Like London fire brigade one of the worst in UK, inspectors sayDecember 16, 2019 at 7:01 PM Country’s biggest brigade ‘inadequate at getting the right people with the right skills’ The London fire brigade (LFB) is one of the worst in the country, according to inspectors who found that two and a half years after the Grenfell Tower disaster, incident commanders remain inadequately trained, the service is wasting resources and it is failing to learn from its mistakes.In a scathing report, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services said the UK’s biggest fire briga...Tags: UK, London, Society, UK News, Firefighters, Emergency services, Grenfell Tower, Grenfell Tower fire, Rescue Services, Grenfell tower inquiry 28 people like this. Like Firefighters tackle blaze in Birmingham warehouseMarch 18, 2019 at 7:37 AM West Midlands fire service called to reports of a huge fire at a furniture warehouseAbout 100 firefighters have been deployed to tackle a huge fire near a train station in Birmingham.West Midlands fire service (WMFS) said they received several 999 calls at about 5.11am on Monday after reports of a large blaze at a furniture storage warehouse in Tyseley. Continue reading...Tags: UK News, Firefighters, Emergency services, Birmingham, West Midlands, Birmingham West Midlands, WMFS, Tyseley Continue 27 people like this. Like Emergency Services Cloud Software Maker RapidDeploy Nets $12MFebruary 11, 2019 at 12:55 PM  Tags: Startups, Cloud, Texas, 911, Funding, Samsung, Trends, Tech, Investment, Analytics, People, Vc, Broadband, Software, Austin, South Africa 55 people like this. Like Weston-super-Mare ice rink evacuated after fire breaks outNovember 23, 2018 at 3:56 PM More than 100 people had to be evacuated from Icescape after a blaze was started accidentallyMore than 100 people had to be evacuated from an ice rink after a fire broke out. Avon fire and rescue were called to Icescape at the Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare shortly after 5pm on Friday.A spokesman for the service said about 120 people had to be cleared from the rink and surrounding area, including staff and families with children. Six fire engines were sent to the scene and the blaze was put out ...Tags: UK News, Emergency services, Avon, Weston, Tropicana, Icescape 42 people like this. Like Monopoly 911 ambulance franchise lawsNovember 23, 2018 at 12:05 AM In California, ambulance companies pay local governments for monopoly franchises on 911 calls, then send the bill to insurers: “So cash strapped counties are in on the business of fleecing insurance companies, and through them, people and businesses who pay premiums” [John H. Cochrane]
Tags: antitrust, California, emergency servicesTags: Law, California, Uncategorized, Antitrust, Emergency services, John H Cochrane 44 people like this. Like Football fans injured in 'apocalyptic' Rome escalator collapseOctober 23, 2018 at 6:28 PM Dozens of Russian fans of CSKA Moscow were hurt when metro station escalator sped up then collapsedAuthorities in Rome have launched two investigations after 24 fans of the CSKA Moscow football team were injured when a crowded escalator suddenly sped up then collapsed, hurling people down the staircase.One of the fans, who was in the Italian capital for his team’s Champions League game against AS Roma, had his foot amputated in the incident at Repubblica station on Tuesday evening in what one wi...Tags: Europe, Russia, Football, Sport, Rome, Italy, Champions League, Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Emergency services, Roma, Repubblica, CSKA 44 people like this. Like Inquiries begin after football fans injured by escalator in RomeOctober 23, 2018 at 6:28 PM Dozens of Russian fans of CSKA Moscow were hurt when metro station escalator collapsedAuthorities in Rome have launched two investigations after 24 fans of the CSKA Moscow football team were injured when a crowded escalator suddenly sped up then collapsed, hurling people down the staircase.One of the fans, who was in the Italian capital for his team’s Champions League game against AS Roma, had his foot amputated in the incident at Repubblica station on Tuesday evening in what one witness describ...Tags: Europe, Russia, Football, Sport, Rome, Italy, Champions League, Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Emergency services, Roma, Repubblica, CSKA 38 people like this. Like Dozens of Moscow fans injured as escalator runs out of control in RomeOctober 23, 2018 at 3:35 PM Most of the casualties are supporters of the CSKA football teamTwenty people, most of them fans of the CSKA Moscow football team, have been hurt after a crowded escalator at a Rome metro station suddenly sped up, hurling people down the staircase.One person was seriously hurt in the accident at the city-centre Repubblica station, according to Italian police. Continue reading...Tags: Europe, Russia, Football, Sport, Rome, Italy, Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Emergency services, Repubblica, CSKA 25 people like this. Like |
