The new law raises the maximum age at the time of the written exam from 35 to 43, with waivers allowing military veterans to apply at up to 50 years of age
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
How to align community needs with federal funding opportunities
UPCOMING & ON-DEMAND EVENTS
Preventing ransomware attacks is possible; our expert panelists offer several best practices your agency can follow to help reduce risk and mitigate potential issues
On-Demand Webinar: Best practices for building rich conversational experiences for your constituents
Get an inside look at how state and local agencies are using technologies like Google Cloud and Dialogflow to enable remote workforce collaboration and engage citizens with tools like virtual intelligent agents
Learn how an app can make oversight from a distance during the COVID-19 pandemic easier
These new mitigation strategies help protect vulnerable people and prevent overwhelmed hospitals
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OPIOID RESOURCE GUIDE
Recruitment, the opioid epidemic, climate change and mental health challenges are just as significant for public safety now as they were in the heat of the campaign
Once a patient is given the drug, the Seattle Fire Department’s Health 99 team — firefighters and case workers dedicated to overdose calls — steps in to connect patients with services such as treatment centers
GRANTS
FEMA is now accepting applications for over a dozen grant programs to support emergency readiness, including natural disasters and cyber threats
Baraboo will receive USDA funding to build a main 39,000-square-foot fire and EMS facility and a smaller satellite station to improve emergency response coverage