ResearchBuzz: FirehoseAssociated 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.”
UC Irvine: UC Irvine-led study uses social media for real-time monitoring of heat experiences in state. “A study led by health communications experts at the University of California, Irvine has yielded a new way to monitor heat equity in real time, facilitating the design of heat warning systems and targeted mitigation efforts in California’s most vulnerable communities.”
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.”
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 […]
The USA PotatoFirefighters 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/
Salt Lake Tribune: When you phone 911 in SLC and Sandy, AI soon may take your call. “Some 911 calls dialed by residents of Salt Lake City and Sandy soon may be answered by something like a robot, powered by artificial intelligence. Faced with chronic understaffing among the ranks of its dispatchers, the 911 Communications Bureau based in Utah’s capital city wants to explore using an […]
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: PNNL Releases Database Tracking Wildfire Mitigation Plans Nationwide. “To aid in wildfire preparedness, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has released a publicly accessible online database of wildfire mitigation plans. The new resource offers a centralized, searchable collection of more than 400 publicly available wildfire mitigation plans […]
Ilan KelmanNew #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
"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
Radio New Zealand: Wānaka search and rescue responding to more avoidable accidents. “Wānaka search and rescue teams are responding to more avoidable accidents as unprepared people venture deeper into the back country, lured partly by the influence of social media and websites. Volunteers said they had observed more people ‘lost and out of their depth’ in 22 rescue operations between October […]