With a growing number of dams approaching their design service life, dam safety engineers are looking for ways to mitigate the risks related to public safety, aging infrastructure and rising maintenance costs. Modernizing dam monitoring and maintenance practices with digital advancements, including the latest automated condition monitoring solutions, drone-captured reality modeling and digital twins, are giving public sector dam operators tool...

On-scene commanders make decisions in the high-threat law enforcement context of hostage rescue, armed barricaded suspects, and armed suicidal individuals that can result in successful or catastrophic outcomes. The OpTac International Critical Incident Leadership and Decision-Making Program is based on Dr. Stuart A. Meyers’ research published in the books, High-Threat Decisions: When It’s a Matter of Life and Death and SWAT Operati...

Our Public Safety Summit is an online event that will bring together all types and levels of public safety officials - law enforcement, fire, EMS, telecommunications, emergency management and allied emergency responders from around the United States and internationally. It is designed to be an incredible learning opportunity for everyone that attends. Attendees will walk away with several educational resources, tips, and strategies that they c...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mission to support our nation depends on partnerships with our citizens and first responders, and as we work together, we are able to build, sustain, and improve our mission ready capabilities before, during, and after a disaster. FEMA is hosting a Recompete Logistics Construction and Mission Planning Support 2023 Industry Day Event on Thursday, December 8, 2022. The purpose of this Industry Day E...

The Social Media Strategies Summit for Public Agencies & Government features in-depth sessions from local, state, and federal government agencies leading the way in social media strategy and community engagement. Over the course of 2 days, you’ll learn about best practices and frameworks that build the foundations of a sustainable, scalable social media policy that empowers your team to serve your constituents best. For more informat...

Traditionally, by the time a family becomes known to a child welfare agency, they are already in crisis. The Family First Prevention Services Act, was a good start in allowing funding for prevention services to be provided to a family in need, but it is not enough. Preventing crisis requires cross programmatic service delivery models that include a vast array of programs, providers and other community partners in health and human services. It...

The recent national conversation on race and policing – combined with the global pandemic and escalating demand for mental health support – has elevated student, faculty, and staff concerns about campus law enforcement and safety more broadly. This has put new pressures on campus leaders to balance safety obligations and risks with stakeholder needs and preferences. To effectively navigate these pressures, leaders need to start by...

Join us for the 6th annual virtual Energy Storage Systems Safety & Reliability Forum Wednesday and Thursday, May 4-5, 2022. Sponsored by the DOE Office of Electricity’s Energy Storage Program, the Energy Storage Safety and Reliability Forum at PNNL will focus on the current state of energy storage safety and reliability, and identify additional R&D efforts to advance the DOE roadmap for energy storage. The forum will also examine...

City services are essential and must continue - even in the midst of an ongoing pandemic. In Orange County, California the court system needed to figure out a way to digitally track their staff, vaccination status, time off and caseloads to ensure the judicial system continued to move forward. The answer came in the form of data analytics and machine learning.Join us online Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. ET to hear how Orange County was able to...

*Registration for WUI 2021 will open in August 2021. With more fire in the wildland-urban interface, greater all-hazard challenges taxing our resources and no expectation of change soon, it’s critical to come together to discuss the issues impacting our industry. The WUI Conference brings together firefighters, researchers and leadership at the local, state, federal and tribal levels to collaborate on emerging issues and educate wildland...