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Over 200 fires have been reported to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission from 39 states over two years
75% of respondents said the high-stress nature of the job was the major factor in staffing shortages
The bill presumes disabling or fatal infectious diseases were suffered in the line of duty as a result of injury due to uncapped needles
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Authorities do not expect to find severe damage from the 5.7-magnitude earthquake, but the timing is particularly trying.
All field operations are suspended through early April, but responses can still be submitted online.
“Few if any” schools will be reopening before summer break, the National Guard is at the ready and martial law is a serious topic of discussion as COVID-19 cases rise.
The goal is to have a plan for a worst-case scenario where one city’s police officers or firefighters are forced to self-isolate and cannot work
As the rest of the nation ramps up its COVID-19 response, Washington provides some early lessons on emergency communication
Officials in Arizona, Florida and Illinois felt they had done enough to ensure the safety of voters, even as concerns mounted that there will not be enough poll workers in some precincts.
It affects the counties of San Francisco, Marin, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa, as well as the city of Berkeley.
Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts and Washington state have also ordered bars to close and restaurants to stop dine-in service.
The mayor’s order applies only to residential evictions, not commercial evictions, and only to cases involving non-payment of rent, not other causes for eviction
The three-year grant will fund an on-site psychologist to support officers after critical incidents, as well as with day-to-day needs