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When storms like Helene and Milton sever traditional wireless and web networks, these operators can step in to provide weather updates and damage assessments, connect people with worried loved ones far away, and even relay emails.
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When the Fort Worth City Council made the historic decision to dissolve MedStar and switch to a fire-based EMS system this May, council members made a pledge to current MedStar employees: They would be treated as part of the Fort Worth family.
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Text alerts from the Texas Department of Transportation — known as HELP Alerts — notify motorists and others nearby about transit-related emergencies that affect travel on highways. The latest real-time Highway Emergency Link Platform alert in Fort Worth occurred on Sept. 29 when a reported accident shut down Interstate 35W from south of downtown to Interstate 820.
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Fort Worth is searching for its first 911 communications administrator. The administrator will have a tall task ahead of them. Fort Worth is transitioning EMS services from MedStar to its fire department, and MedStar dispatch employees will transfer over to continue providing dispatch services alongside fire personnel.
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The decision brings abortion back into the political limelight as a major controversy, just months before the presidential election.
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Hospitals are required to stabilize anyone experiencing a medical emergency. Two lawsuits question whether that includes performing an abortion, despite state laws.
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A federal appeals court in New Orleans says the Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency care law to require that Texas hospitals provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy.
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By a landslide vote, Denton County Emergency Services District 1 will annex the Lantana community into its area of service. Complete but unofficial results Tuesday night showed voters also approved a new District 2 to provide emergency medical services to the same area District 1 covers.
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Conditions in Austin are prime for a spark to lead to a fast-spreading fire. If authorities issue an evacuation order, will you be ready?
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It will be up to voters to decide whether to establish a Denton County Emergency Services District No. 2 this November after county commissioners unanimously approved putting the item on the ballot Tuesday.
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Abbott’s top priorities for this legislative session include property tax reform, ending COVID restrictions, expanding school choice, increasing school safety, tightening bail restrictions, hardening the border, and addressing the fentanyl crisis. Lawmakers can start working on these issues immediately.
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The emergency preparation supplies sales tax holiday starts Saturday at 12:01 a.m. and lasts through the weekend.