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A Baton Rouge Cybertruck owner donated $20,000 worth of EV fire blankets to local fire stations after learning they had only two to handle electric vehicle fires
Lower Merion Township offers a 100% real estate tax credit to active volunteer firefighters and ambulance personnel who live and own property in the township
The grant, part of the SCAD SERVE Community Fund, will be used for public safety technology upgrades for the Savannah Police Department
Ultimately, the cuts are far less severe than calls to defund the police by 50% in 2020
“Volunteers are hard to come by": Assistant Fire Chief Travis Buhnerkempe said the definition of a health care worker and rules for them create a staffing concern
More than 25,000 city workers have until mid-January to get vaccinated or risk losing their jobs
The sum, which was disclosed by three anonymous sources familiar with the matter, would be the largest police-related settlement in Colorado history
Officers had obscured their names and badge numbers while responding to protests citing safety and privacy concerns
The gunman legally bought the two rifles used in the shooting, despite having a gun taken away from him a year earlier
The facility will be used for training exercises and to house a public safety program designed to get area kids interested in becoming first responders
The Otsego County pilot program will employ 20 EMTs and its two ambulances are equipped with the latest technology
Officials hope that by next year mental health professionals could respond to one-third of all mental crisis calls to 911
The officers claim a council member defamed them by referring to a fatal police shooting as “a blatant murder”