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Warning and communications systems the pennsylvania emergency management agency pema propelled pennsylvania into a national leadership role in the advancement of the emergency alert system eas by deploying a satellitebased emnet eas system to county, television, and radio stations with an fcc cityoflicense located in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. Public safety canada helps canadians and their communities protect themselves from emergencies and disasters related to all kinds of hazards natural, humaninduced and technological through national leadership in the development and implementation of policies, plans and a range of programs. Ng911 compliant voice recorders, now or updated computeraided dispatch cad systems, updated computer hardware and broadband data infrastructure, emergency medical dispatch systems, subscriptionbased access to hosted ng911 services, including but not limited to, emergency services internet. The telecommunications section provides administrative management of webeoc, an emergency information management software application hosted on the emergency management divisions servers for the entire state. Floods are one of the most common hazards in the u. Governor kate brown declared a state of emergency on february 7, 2020. Emergencies begin and end locally, and indiana s county emergency management agencies fill that first line of response.
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