On the latest episode of StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast, Duncan McKay, a corporal with the Kirkland, Washington, Police Department says his department is prioritizing patrol car safety and…
Flames from the Palisades Fire burn a building on Sunset Boulevard amid a powerful windstorm on January 8, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. (Apu Gomes / Getty Images)
Oakland, California, Mayor Sheng Thao speaks onstage at the TAAF Heritage Month Summit at The Glasshouse on May 2, 2024 in New York City. (JP Yim / Getty Images for The Asian American Foundation)
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Boaters make their way through a flooded downtown Montpelier, Vermont, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (John Tully for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Vermont Chief Information Officer Denise Reilly-Hughes recalled how scrambling to restore services during last year's floods prepared her for an emergency this year.
Marcus Hernandez, a California deputy fire chief who leads the Office of Wildfire Technology Research and Development, shares how new technologies enter the field.
Deputy Chief Marcus Hernandez said his office's upcoming report will tell the governor which innovative new firefighting technologies show the most promise.