San Joaquin County Public Safety Digest

H5N1 bird flu has been reported in three California dairy herds.

Inland communities with big population booms will experience the most extreme heat days under climate change projections. The combination puts more people at risk — and many cities are unprepared.

It's National Preparedness Month and, by proclamation of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors, Community Preparedness Month. Learn more about how you can prepare for emergencies or disasters in the article.

Stocktonia reports on the Stockton Mobile Community Response Team, which is dispatched to mental and behavioral health incidents as an alternative or addition to police.

CalFire received the first of five planes promised by the federal government, a former Coast Guard C-130 Hercules air tanker.

Early warning systems save lives during disasters, but a recent FEMA survey found that only a third of people are signed up. Use this resource to find your county’s emergency alert sign-up page.

With the addition of two new firefighter paramedics, Ripon Fis=re State #1 is fully staffed.

A study of crime and other safety factors in hundreds of US suburbs found Lodi to be among the safest in the state.

The Manteca City Council approved a 3/4 cent sales tax measure for the November ballot to fund a new headquarters building for the police department.

The Ripon City Council is working with the Ripon Consolidated Fire District to determine how to improve fire protection following the defeat of the Proposition 218 fire service funding measure.

After Ripon property owners voted down a parcel assessment to fund increased fire services, and Manteca voters consider a sales tax increase to boost local fire services, scrutiny increases over continued Manteca support of Ripon fire protection.

Manteca Mayor Gary Singh expressed concerns that a Manteca sales tax measure on the November ballot for improved city fire service would in effect subsidize fire protection in Ripon.

Property owners in the Ripon Consolidated Fire District declined to pass Proposition 218.

The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk. The EPA issued a rare emergency order.

So many intense wildfires all at once require an intricate chess game for maneuvering firefighters and equipment around the U.S.

The last day that property owners in the Ripon Consolidated Fire District can vote on Proposition 218 is Thursday, August 8.

City of Manteca Mayor Gary Singh advocates traffic signals be included as a public safety measure, even if the city has to pursue funding by itself.

A look at the hottest July ever recorded in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys and what's to come.

About 80 Californians die every year after contracting Valley fever, a fungal disease that typically affects the lungs. A recent outbreak was traced to a music festival in Kern County.

Whether they mean to or not, people are responsible for about 95% of the state’s wildfires. While arson accounts for about 10% of the fires, others can start in a myriad of ways.

The City of Sacramento is preparing its Streets for People Active Transportation Plan and is seeking public input through online comments and in workshops.

In his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office. So far, the state has registered more than 180,000 new apprenticeships. Many of them are firefighters.

In a July 25 press release, Mayor Kevin Lincoln of Stockton announced the city will begin clearing homeless camps on public property.

After years of delay, a new California regulation to protect indoor workers from extreme heat is now in effect.

Officials in Manteca are seeking to take an acre of the 17-acre Tara elementary school for use as a sixth fire station.

A 43% rise in calls over five years is putting pressure on the Manteca Fire Department.

The first two human cases of West Nile virus this season were reported in Yuba and Stanislaus Counties.

In a July 19 statement, the Ripon Consolidated Fire District announced it was suspending ambulance services because of a shortage in staffing.

The City of Manteca has begun a $1.6 million project to upgrade street signs to be more visible at night.

Swimming is allowed again at Lodi Lake following closure due to bacteria alert.

In their July 10 meeting, the South San Joaquin County Fire Authority Board of Directors approved funds in the 2024-2025 budget to provide ambulance service out of the Central Avenue headquarters.

First responders from the Lodi Fire Department were dispatched to incidents during the height of the recent heatwave on July 11.