August 31, 2022 • Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times   (TNS) – When lightning ignited the bone-dry foothills of the Sierra Nevada last year, forestry crews fanned out across Sequoia National Park to defend an ancient grove of California redwoods from … read more

  Written by: Amy Rock, Campus Safety News HOULTON, Maine — Houlton Regional Hospital established its own security force that patrols the grounds 24 hours a day. CEO Shawn Anderson said the decision was made about a year ago when … read more

  Written By: Katja Ridderbusch HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. — Ken Beyer can’t think of a day in the past few months when his phone didn’t flutter with calls, text messages, and emails from a police department, a sheriff’s office, … read more

  Written by: Hasan Karim, Springfield News-Sun, Ohio • August 10, 2022  (TNS) – Springfield police officers and firefighters conducted walk-throughs at several city school buildings on Tuesday as the district looks to improve the overall safety of faculty and students. … read more

  Written by: Mark J. Berger – August 10, 2022 It’s been a little over two months since the tragedy in Uvalde. I’m going to focus on my area of specialized knowledge and not comment on issues outside of this … read more

  We have all been there: you’re committed to picking up the kids, attending a ballgame or meeting with a teacher when disaster strikes and your role as emergency manager requires you to respond to the crisis. Now what? Do … read more

  August 17, 2022 • Dalia Faheid, Fort Worth Star-Telegram   (TNS) – Over the next 30 years, Texas and other parts of the central U.S. are at risk of being exposed to extreme heat — temperatures exceeding 125 degrees. That’s … read more

  Written by: Amy Rock In 2019, 20,870 workers in the private industry experienced trauma from workplace violence, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Of those employees, 70% worked in the healthcare and social service industries. From 2020 to … read more

  (TNS) — Mental health professionals across Missouri and Kansas are preparing for Saturday’s launch of 988, a 24-hour call and text line they expect will change how mental health crises are handled. They hope 988, which will replace the … read more

  The tragedy of the attack on the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is compounded by the law enforcement response. A preliminary report on the shooting and subsequent response details “lackadaisical” responses by multiple law enforcement agencies and outlines … read more