First Responder

A first responder is a person who is trained to provide emergency assistance in the aftermath of a crisis or disaster, often serving as the first line of defense in emergency situations. First responders can include police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and other emergency medical personnel, as well as search and rescue teams and disaster response volunteers. Their primary objective is to provide immediate assistance to victims and ensure the safety of the community.

First responders must be skilled in a wide range of emergency response techniques, including administering first aid, operating specialized equipment, and working effectively in high-stress and potentially dangerous situations. They must also be able to make quick decisions and take decisive action, often with limited information and under intense pressure. First responders are an essential part of any community’s emergency management plan and play a critical role in helping to save lives and minimize the impact of disasters and emergencies.

 

 

Florida keeps using unpaid prison labor to prepare for hurricanes
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Florida keeps using unpaid prison labor to prepare for hurricanes

  As Floridians prepared for Hurricane Idalia to make landfall on the upper central coast earlier this week, several counties deployed unpaid prison labor, as they have in the past, to fill the sandbags used to prevent flood damage. At least four counties — including Lake County, Polk County, Taylor County and Flagler County — relied on…

TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story receives video recommendation from subject matter expert, Dr. LaTienda Pierre, from Louisiana State University
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TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story receives video recommendation from subject matter expert, Dr. LaTienda Pierre, from Louisiana State University

Appleseed Program boxes allow you to experience the immersion We are fortunate to have wonderful people taking Appleseed boxes with TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story pre-loaded on VR headsets across America. One of those headsets made it to the desk of LSU Shreveport‘s Dr. LaTienda Pierre.  Here’s the video and a transcript. “Tell me about…

Intermediate League donates $10,000 to Children’s Advocacy Center
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Intermediate League donates $10,000 to Children’s Advocacy Center

Money slated for anti-human trafficking training   The GFWC Intermediate League of Butler recently donated $10,000 to the Children’s Advocacy Center of Butler, the largest of a series of charitable donations which totaled $20,000 to 12 different nonprofit groups. The Children’s Advocacy Center will use the money to bring in experts from the Human Trafficking…

Lake County Alliance Against Human Trafficking team hosts awareness event
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Lake County Alliance Against Human Trafficking team hosts awareness event

Jul. 22—Human trafficking awareness recently was put in the spotlight in Lake County in an effort to show how community members can help. The Alliance Against Human Trafficking team partnered with the General Federation of Women’s Clubs’ Eastlake Women’s Club, representatives of law enforcement and others for Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Bridging Recovery and…

Fight for Freedom: Tomoka Christian Church holds human trafficking awareness event | Observer Local News
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Fight for Freedom: Tomoka Christian Church holds human trafficking awareness event | Observer Local News

A mock tattoo parlor drew people into the walk-through experience, highlighting who is at risk of human trafficking. As viewers moved further into the exhibition, dimly lit boys’ and girls’ bedrooms were visible. A table with surgical instruments — alluding to illegal organ harvesting — and 90 photos of the faces of missing children completed…

Tarrant County 5 Stones June 2023 Meeting
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Tarrant County 5 Stones June 2023 Meeting

Here is our recorded meeting link and chat notes for our June 2023 TC 5 Stones meeting! Our 5 Stones meeting this June consisted of some law enforcement updates and then a panel discussion of how trafficking and trauma interrelate.  Experts on the panel included Rev. Yevette Christy,  Servant-Survivor; Heather’Amelia Johnson, LPC; Mridu Adhikari, MSW; and Carolina Utz, CSC,…

Satellites spy on human trafficking ‘compounds’ (photo)
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Satellites spy on human trafficking ‘compounds’ (photo)

The International Justice Mission (IJM) says a partnership with the space technology company Maxar is allowing it to track the growth of “compounds,” places where people are forced to work as online scammers in Southeast Asia. The IJM publicized this effort in a tweet that featured three years of imagery captured by Maxar Earth-observing satellites….

Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
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Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement

Editor’s note: We are non-partisan. Children are being hurt. Please, watch, read, learn, and act accordingly. Hearing Date: Wednesday 04/26/2023 – 3:00 PM Hearing Location: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building The hearing, “The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children,” will examine the unprecedented surge of unaccompanied alien children at the southwest border and…

Wrap Technologies to Showcase Its Pioneering Virtual Reality Training Platform, Wrap Reality™, at the International Counterterrorism Conference
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Wrap Technologies to Showcase Its Pioneering Virtual Reality Training Platform, Wrap Reality™, at the International Counterterrorism Conference

Wrap Technologies (Nasdaq: WRAP) (“Wrap” or the “Company”), a global pioneer in innovative public safety technologies and services, today announced its participation in the upcoming International …