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Very sad to hear about the firefighters targeted in shooting in Idaho. This sounds targeted and heinous. Thoughts are with the fire and public safety community and the firefighter’s families in CDA. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
2 Dead as Firefighters Targeted in Shooting in Idaho, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
BurnBots at work: Bend Fire using robots to clear wildfire fuels in Deschutes River Woods
March 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The highest compliment from someone who disagrees with you is not “You were right.” It’s “You made me think.”

Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.

The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
January 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Rhode Island’s Office of Management and Budget has begun using AI tools. The agency has used the technology to conduct background research, improve the readability of documents, and even to help draft a request for proposal by relying on examples as inputs. www.route-fifty.com/artificial-i...
State governments seek to leverage AI’s promise while mitigating its hazards
Governments are experimenting with the technology and actively deploying it, but still must wrestle with policies governing its use and the potential fiscal impacts.
www.route-fifty.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
'Small victories': Utah firefighters find Californian's wedding ring, college ring in fire rubble www.fox13now.com/news/positiv...
'Small victories': Utah firefighters find Californian's wedding ring, college ring in fire rubble
As firefighters from Utah continue to help in the aftermath of destructive fires in southern California, one crew was able to find some priceless belongings for a resident.
www.fox13now.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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This energy. 👊🏻💪🏻
So badass…salute to all the pilots and crews out there doing this amazing work on the LA fires
January 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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25 years and still Y2K free.
December 31, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Public Safety UAS programs save time and save lives. We need all communities to create a plan to leverage a cost effective DFR program. ⁦‪@govtechnews‬⁩ highlighted the terrific work of ⁦‪@ChulaVistaPD‬⁩ and the transparency brought to their city.
www.govtech.com/biz/data/dro...
Drone Cops: The Future of Policing American Cities?
A <i>Government Technology</i> data analysis of the Chula Vista, Calif., police department’s six-year groundbreaking drone-as-first-responder program reveals impacts on response times, officer safety ...
www.govtech.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:04 PM