SKOWHEGAN, ME — An estimated 2,000 children under the age of 18 are reported missing in the United States every day.

TEXAS — Do you have an exit strategy? After a fire at a nightclub broke out in Rhode Island killing 100 people in 2003, the Texas State Fire Marshal decided to conduct a safety evaluation in 189 nightclubs, bars, and reception halls. The 189 places were randomly selected in eight counties throughout Texas. 182 of the nightclubs, bars, and reception halls had exit...

ALEDO, IL — Mercer County’s amateur radio operators are needed to provide communications assistance in emergency and disaster situations.

MCALESTER, OK — Pittsburg County Sheriff’s department’s emergency responders, also known as dispatchers, Julie Padgett and Cindy Taylor recently completed training in the Oklahoma Public Safety Conference in Tulsa.

COLUMBUS, OH — A central Ohio county is preparing for a zombie outbreak on Halloween, hoping to train responders for more likely emergencies through an exercise inspired by a tongue-in-cheek blog posting from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that urged people to be prepared for a “zombie apocalypse.”

EUGENE, OR — It was a scenario emergency workers hope they never have to face in real life.

JACKSON, MS — An Atlanta man says he lost thousands of dollars while doing E 9-1-1 training with Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham. Charles Carter, President of the National Emergency Communications Institute, says he worked with Graham for nearly ten years. Carter held a press conference in Jackson Monday.