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Administration officials said the decision to halt grants and loans was necessary to ensure that spending complies with President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders
The Drone as a First Responder Program in Bernalillo County will be utilized to safely assess emergency scenes and transmit critical information
Fort Lauderdale officials are expected to vote on an EMS tax on property owners that could generate nearly $55M a year

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The business owners claim restrictions to curb the virus have led to a “vast economic loss of great proportions”
The Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts joined with teachers’ unions in promoting a program that would deploy first responders to schools
The department will use the funds to pay for mobile data terminal technology for their cruisers’ computers
The grant is aimed at reducing by 15% the number of people in city jails by the end of 2022
The bill would provide disability payments and copay reimbursements for first responders with PTSD
When the app was launched, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo touted it as a technological game changer for contact tracing
Someone briefly increased the amount of sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, by remotely accessing a city computer
The bill would direct federal agencies to develop training and best practices for fire departments nationwide to limit PFAS exposure
The team responded to 748 low-level calls since June, none of which required police or led to jail time, according to a new progress report
The New Britain police, fire and EMS departments are hoping to recruit more women and people of color through a free hiring workshop