#emergencyresponders — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #emergencyresponders, aggregated by home.social.
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Associated Press: Vermont rescue team sees increase of calls as social media lures skiers into danger. “A rescue team that covers Vermont’s tallest mountain has seen a rise in calls from inexperienced skiers who end up getting lost and in dangerous locations after being influenced by videos on social media.”
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National Business Aviation Association: NBAA Activates HERO Database as Industry Readies Melissa Relief Efforts. “The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has activated its Humanitarian Emergency Response Operator (HERO) Database in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa’s devastating blow to the island nation of Jamaica.”
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National Business Aviation Association: NBAA Activates HERO Database as Industry Readies Melissa Relief Efforts. “The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has activated its Humanitarian Emergency Response Operator (HERO) Database in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa’s devastating blow to the island nation of Jamaica.”
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National Business Aviation Association: NBAA Activates HERO Database as Industry Readies Melissa Relief Efforts. “The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has activated its Humanitarian Emergency Response Operator (HERO) Database in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa’s devastating blow to the island nation of Jamaica.”
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Northeastern University: Northeastern research on wireless signals could transform public safety communication for emergency responders. “Researchers at Northeastern University’s Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things are rethinking how spectrum — radio frequencies integral for wireless communication — is shared, managed and pooled. This research builds on their work in Open Radio […]
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Firefighters Outraged After Immigration Raids Target Active Wildfire Response
Wildfire veterans believe top officials collaborated with the raids, sidelining crews for hours amid ongoing fires. -
Route Fifty: 911 looks to AI to filter out non-emergency calls . “Utah’s Weber Area Dispatch 911, a public safety answering point, is using artificial intelligence to filter out harassing calls to its non-emergency line to ensure call takers are free to answer 911 calls.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/route-fifty-911-looks-to-ai-to-filter-out-non-emergency-calls/
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New #OpenAccess paper:
"Risky decisions and complex problem solving in Norwegian first responders".
By Anita L. Hansen, Jarle Eid, Kjersti B. Valdersnes, Gianluca Pescaroli, and Ilan Kelman.
In "Safety and Reliability".
https://doi.org/10.1080/09617353.2025.2500777
#FirstResponders #EmergencyWorkers #EmergencyManagement #EmergencyResponse #Norway #Norge #EmergencyResponders -
The Conversation: AI can scan vast numbers of social media posts during disasters to guide first responders. “In my research as an AI scientist, I’ve developed new models that go further. They can understand the meaning and context of posts – what researchers call semantics. This helps improve how accurately the system identifies people in need and classifies situational awareness […]
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Unseen Japan: Student Rescued From Mt. Fuji Goes Back for Smartphone, Needs Second Rescue . “Fortunately, rescues from Mt. Fuji haven’t set new records despite an increase in tourism. In 2024, Shizuoka authorities reported that they had to assist 46 people who were stuck on the mountain. That’s close to but still short of the 51 rescues performed in 2018 before the COVID-19 crisis.”
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The Guardian: Social media and map apps blamed for record rise in mountain rescue callouts. “Honeypot locations posted on social media and poor quality navigation apps are likely to be responsible for a record number of callouts for mountain rescue services, including a huge rise in young people needing to be saved, analysis reveals. For the first time, mountain rescue teams in England and […]
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Route Fifty: Call centers continue to field AI-generated 911 calls. “Like many industries today, AI is hitting the public safety sector ‘at a faster pace than we know how to deal with collectively,’ said Brandon Abley, chief technology officer at the National Emergency Number Association. By 2026, an estimated 33% of emergency calls will be generated from internet-of-things devices or AI […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/07/route-fifty-call-centers-continue-to-field-ai-generated-911-calls/
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#Virginia women #salvage #discarded #flowers, give them to strangers. Laura Ruth and Rebecca Shelly collect flowers after #weddings and #funerals to repurpose them - #floral #waste #donations #seniorcare homes, #hospitals #counseling centers, #menta health agencies #schools and #emergencyresponders in their area. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/08/17/virginia-friendly-city-flowers-donate/ #kindness #compassion
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I'm excited and honored to be the closing keynote; titled 'The Burning Question - How Do Humans Make Decisions?' at #EDW this March.
If we believe that AI can improve decision-making in emergency response, shouldn’t we first understand how humans make decisions to begin with?
Hope to see you on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 – 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM.
https://edw2024.dataversity.net/sessionPop.cfm?confid=159&proposalid=15443#AI #decisionmaking #EmergencyResponders #humanfactors #situationalawareness