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First responders who are well-prepared will have the peace of mind to focus on the task at hand, rather than worrying about whether their family is taken care of. First responders can also serve as role models for other members of the community, leading by example to encourage preparedness. Click here to continue reading
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – More than $60,000 of volunteer labor is included among the city’s April 2013 flood expenses eligible for reimbursement by the federal government. Hundreds of volunteers turned out during the flood to fill sand bags as the Grand River approached a record crest. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is paying Grand Rapids…
Cohasset — Christian Cunnie, a 16-year-old CHS junior, is a volunteer for the town’s Emergency Management Agency who has been tasked with heading up the organization’s social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter. Cunnie, who has volunteered at the Police Department and the annual Cohasset Triathlon, was recommended by Acting Police Chief William Quigley…
The devastation wrought by Supertyphoon Yolanda (international code name Haiyan) has brought both grief and anger to the Filipino people. News reports about the generally sluggish response of the government, both on the national and local level, to the disaster have triggered feelings of discontent with and doubt about the country’s disaster-response capabilities. Click here…
“Many high-profile city innovation projects focus primarily on making infrastructure ‘smart’ by embedding sensors and upgrading networking capabilities. While this is a critical foundational step, limiting the conversation to infrastructure misses an enormous opportunity to unlock the human potential within a city” Stefan Sjöström, vice president of Asia Public Sector, Microsoft Click here to continue…
<p>[Safewise] examined data from the most recent FBI Crime in the U.S. Report and married it with our own thorough research to produce a comprehensive list of the 50 safest cities in California, with 20,000 residents or more, as of 2011.If you’re considering relocating to America’s most populated state, we hope you find our California…
If the tornadoes that ripped through central Illinois last month had to occur, they may have struck at an opportune time for Cook County. Cook County has natural disaster-preparation public meetings scheduled for next week, and more people may actually attend – just because they’ve had a good scare. “Nobody wants to wake up and…
For Pennsylvania’s flagship public university, a scandal’s cost continues to grow. Penn State University now says legal fees, consultants and fines associated with the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal have reached almost $52 million, pushing total known scandal expenses and lost revenue past $171 million. The new sum, which reflects the university’s cost as…