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Audit: Mission-critical data not properly tracked for medevac helicopters
Sun reporterAbout a third of the state's medevac helicopters were out of service for nearly two months last year, and the state police-run program doesn't adequately track mission-critical data such as the timeliness of emergency responses and the cost per flight,...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Budgets and Budgeting, Employees, Emergency Planning, Diseases
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Volunteer Notes
The Volunteer Center Serving Howard County, in cooperation with CERN (the Community Emergency Response Network), is recruiting members of the community and referring them to local nonprofit and government agencies in need of volunteers for Disaster...Tags: Emergency Planning, Disasters
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Community Notes
The Columbia Association will hold a KidsKorner Meet and Greet at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the east Columbia library, 6600 Cradlerock Way, Columbia. The event will highlight opportunities and information available through the association's KidsKorner Web...Tags: Armed Forces, Vantage Point, Environmental Pollution, Radio Industry, Food and Dining Culture
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Congressman Dan Lipinski jumps aboard Canadian National deal
Chicago Tribune reporterCanadian National Railway's bid to buy the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway gained momentum this week as a key congressman joined a coalition of suburban leaders throwing their support behind the controversial deal. U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) and the...Tags: Crete, Des Plaines, Government, Waukegan, Emergency Planning
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3 Wounded In Latest City Shootings
Courant Staff ReportThree men were shot Wednesday in separate incidents around the city, ending several days of relative calm, Hartford police said. "It just suddenly exploded," Major Crimes Division Sgt. Edward Yergeau said of the multiple shootings. Unlike the series of...Tags: Assault, Murder, Cornwall, Rob Davis, Injuries
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Several factors weigh in on car chases
Of The Morning CallPennsylvania law requires police officers to consider the danger posed by starting a car chase, the severity of the crime the driver is suspected of committing and the weather and traffic conditions. Two of those factors, the severity of the crime and...Tags: Emergency Planning, Sexual Assault, Palmer Township, Vehicles, Assault
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FDNY official: Report says some maydays not heard in deadly Deutsche Bank blaze
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Firefighters sent more than 30 distress calls from a burning ground zero skyscraper where two firemen died, but not all were heard in the confusion, a fire department official said. A Fire Department of New York report on its response...Tags: Government, Fire Department of New York, Fires, Deutsche Bank AG, Explosions
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Musharraf leaves Pakistan at crossroads
The Swampby Kim Barker ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The resignation of President Pervez Musharraf on Monday ends an era in Pakistan and could pave the way for a stronger civilian government that is more independent from the army than any government in......Tags: Armed Forces, Pervez Musharraf, Defense, Government, Terrorism
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Pakistan's ruling coalition at odds after forcing Musharraf's exit
The Associated PressJust a day after Pervez Musharraf's resignation, Pakistan's governing coalition fell into wrangling today over restoring the judges he fired, exposing troublesome divisions that could disrupt picking his successor as president. Pakistanis have been...Tags: Armed Forces, Guerrilla Activity, Labor Legislation, Nawaz Sharif, Pervez Musharraf
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Va. man charged with making bottle explosives
Fairfax County officials say a 19-year-old Lorton man has been charged with making bottle explosives. Joshua Lavontae Gingrich faces seven counts of manufacture, transport, possession and use of a fire bomb or explosive materials or devices....Tags: Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Prosecution, Explosions
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Plastic explosive used against cops
A man used Semtex in a rocket-propelled-grenade attack against Northern Ireland police officers -- the first attack using the deadly explosive since paramilitary groups agreed to hand in their weapons, police said Tuesday. Northern Ireland Deputy Chief...Tags: Explosions
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IRA-era explosive used in attack
BELFAST—A man used Semtex in a rocket-propelled grenade attack against Northern Ireland police officers—the first attack using the explosive since paramilitary groups agreed to disarm, police said Tuesday. Dissident groups have attacked...Tags: Injuries, Explosions
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