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A new San Diego Probation Department regional training facility in Scripps Ranch will provide officers from around the region with cutting-edge training enhancement opportunities including scenario-based and interactive maneuvers.
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It’s called a TCV — Total Containment Vessel. The Sheriff’s Department showed off its newest piece of equipment. It’s a steel chamber on wheels that can absorb the shockwave of a blast. It can also collect any residue that can be used for evidence.
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The Palomar Mountain Fire Station will soon be getting a $1.8 million remodel including permanent living quarters to house four to six firefighters and other significant improvements.
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A fourth grade class got a lesson we can all learn from about San Diego’s risk for a tsunami and what to do in the event of a warning or a significant earthquake when at, or near, the coastline.
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Ten teenage girls wearing matching purple T-shirts and Nike sneakers run around and around a small interior recreational yard, marking their hands with a highlighter pen for each lap. Twenty- seven laps is a 5K – the length of the race they plan to run in this Sunday.
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Preparedness, regional collaboration, and fire and emergency management resources, coupled with a lucky break in the weather, were credited in a County After Action Report for stopping the December 2017 Lilac Fire’s fast-moving destructive path within 12 hours. The report released Friday also credits heroic actions of first responders for saving lives in dangerous conditions.
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In response to increasing elder abuse crimes in the region and an impending explosion of the elderly population, County prosecutors, health and aging officials and local law enforcement are committing to a new “blueprint” of goals and coordinated community response to abuse of these vulnerable residents.
