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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBNew state website supports longstanding complaints that hospitals have become a stopgap for holes in the Oregon mental health system. -
Jae C. Hong,/AP PhotoIn California, assaulting paramedics or other emergency medical workers in the field carries stiffer fines and jail time than assaulting emergency room staffers. State lawmakers are considering a measure that would standardize the penalties.
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The Medford City Council will vote Thursday on an ordinance to use $1.4 million in Department of Justice funding on new radio equipment for first responders and public works employees. -
Telecommunications giant AT&T is asking permission from state regulators to stop providing landline service across parts of the state. That includes Humboldt County, where many residents rely on landlines. -
The Medford School District, along with more than 30 other groups and agencies, is conducting a day-long public safety drill Thursday to prepare for incidents such as an active shooter. This will be the first time an exercise like this has happened in the Rogue Valley. -
Emergency medical service providers throughout Oregon are sounding the alarm about workforce shortages in their field. -
A huge dress rehearsal for regional earthquake disaster relief was supposed to happen next week until the ongoing pandemic forced its cancellation. Some smaller drills are going ahead this weekend and next featuring civilian volunteers who will demonstrate unusual ways aid may get to Pacific Northwest earthquake survivors. -
How much time do you have to get out of the way of a tsunami? And what way should you go and how fast do you have to move? -
In the face of worsening climate change, California is investing billions of dollars in high-tech solutions to predict and respond to natural disasters. Meanwhile, communities throughout the state — facing fires, floods and winter storms — are increasingly embracing the century-old technology of two-way radios as a failsafe. -
In the wake of 116 deaths — and counting — OPB asked first-response, disaster-planning and communications experts for their takes on how the state should protect Oregonians from extreme weather. -
A report assessing Jackson County’s response to last year’s devastating wildfires calls on government leaders to create a more coordinated emergency plan. -
Cellphone users from the U.S. border with Canada south to the border with Mexico should receive a mobile alert from the early warning system when an earthquake is detected. -
The pavement tends to rumble when a fire truck goes down the street. But not all firefighting vehicles are huge and heavy. Witness the new vehicle being… -
Air ambulances in California get some public funding to stay in business. And before the legislature closed, it passed a bill to extend that funding. That…
