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• LocalGov To Do: Life Safety Audits at Houses of Worship

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  Houses of worship are predictable mass gatherings that would benefit from life safety audits and emergency planning.

• EMS: 3 Key Things to Know When an Active Shooter Survives

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  When an active shooter survives, the shooter becomes another patient for EMS to triage, treat and transport.

• Las Vegas Shooting Anniversary: EMS Can't Focus on Never Again

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  It's imperative that first responders learn what happened after the shooting began in the worst mass-shooting event in U.S. history, practice and prepare.

• Active Shooter Training for Work Spaces

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  Learn about work space escape, defense and medical treatment strategies taught in active shooter training.

• Students Trained to Use Tourniquets Can Save Lives

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  Before responders arrive, students trained to apply tourniquets have the chance to save the lives of their peers and others.

• Climate Change: Another Level of Stress for Public Safety

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  The increase of storms, floods and natural disasters further stress emergency responders that work to keep their communities and citizens safe.

• Festival Security After Las Vegas: Special Event Standby Service Advice

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  A special event standby service in Nevada shares lessons learned from the Route 91 music festival shooting in Las Vegas through five pieces of advice that can improve the utility of an event's standby service.

• Ambulances to Use Amazon Alexa to Get Fast Treatment Protocol

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  Brewster Ambulance Services will begin using Amazon Alexa to access the Massachusetts Emergency Medical Services Statewide Treatment Protocol.

• The 5 Rs of Disaster Response for Emergency Shelters

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  Disaster response in a 10,000-person emergency shelter in Houston after Hurricane Harvey offers first responders lessons learned in addressing medical and healthcare needs at emergency shelters.

• Public Safety Demands Chicago Mayor Act on Ambulance Shortage

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  It's not just small cities and counties, big cities like Chicago sometimes take years to address an ambulance shortage. Incidents on January 2nd caused public safety officials to speak up -- again.

• The Bleeding Control Products Must-Read for Local Governments

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  Bleeding control products + trained bystanders = cities saving more lives during emergencies.

• Baltimore Fights Overdose Deaths via Bad Batch App

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  Bad batch? There is an app for that. Bad Batch Alert uses data to track fentanyl overdose hot spots and alert Baltimore users.

• County Uses Grant For Door-to-Door Awareness Campaign

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  Using a small grant from a local retailer, St. Charles County Ambulance District went door-to-door to discuss heat awareness and safety.

• 6 Realities Trump Misses with His Opioid Emergency Declaration

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  At present, the Trump opioid emergency declaration doesn't quite match the realities of the opioid epidemic. Here's why.

• Walgreens fights opioid crisis, adds 1,500 safe disposal sites

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  The Walgreens Boots Alliance announced 1,500 new safe disposal sites to address the opioid crisis in hard hit communities. Access the locator

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