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🌟 Transform Your Community with CPTED! 🌟 Did you know that implementing CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) can significantly reduce crime in your neighborhood? 📉 🏡 What is CPTED? CPTED uses design strategies to deter criminal behavior. By enhancing natural surveillance, access control, territorial reinforcement, and maintenance, we create safer, more vibrant communities. 📊 Central Florida Stats: Studies show neighborhoods in Central Florida using CPTED principles saw a 30% reduction in property crimes and a 25% drop in vandalism. 🌴✨ 🔒 Why It Matters: Improved Safety: Fewer crime incidents mean a safer environment for everyone. Enhanced Community Feel: Well-maintained areas boost community pride and deter criminal activities. Economic Benefits: Safer neighborhoods attract more residents and businesses, boosting local economies. 🌟 Join Us! At Redzone, we are committed to enhancing our community’s safety and well-being through CPTED. Stay tuned for more updates and get involved! 💪🏡 #CPTED #CommunitySafety #CentralFlorida #CrimePrevention #SafeNeighborhoods www.redzoneusa.com/cpted

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Community Traffic Safety Teams (CTSTs) are synonymous with Safe Communities. These classic programs launched in the mid-1990s. They play a critical role in traffic safety, connecting local communities, identifying priority problems, and implementing countermeasures. Florida’s traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities are at critical levels. Our CTSTs work together to improve traffic safety and help curb dangerous driving behaviors. We bring highway safety, public health, law enforcement, and business leaders across our 18 counties. Teams address local traffic safety concerns and the ongoing roadway safety crisis. Safe Communities is a model used by communities nationwide to identify and address local injury problems. Four essential characteristics define Safe Communities: 1. Use of multiple sources of data to identify community injury problems; 2. Citizen involvement; 3. Expanded partnerships; and 4. A comprehensive and integrated injury control system. The mission of the FDOT District 2 Community Traffic Safety Program is to reduce traffic-related fatalities and injuries. We do this within our communities by solving local problems with state assistance. We strive for Florida’s goal of Target Zero, following the Safe System Approach while incorporating the fundamentals of Safe Communities. To learn more, read the historical documents available online here: https://lnkd.in/dz7KkSmw

We just introduced Kansas City's $2.3 billion draft city budget and there’s a lot to like in here including: •$4 million for vision zero street safety projects (up from $500k last year, and up from zero before that) •raises for all KCPD officers, and 150 new recruits •likely another record amount of street resurfacing •$10 million to invest in new municipal fleet vehicles including more snow plows, zero emissions electric vehicles, and trash trucks •additional street cleaning and litter abatement crews •continued funding for our goal of planting 10,000 trees over 3 years •new grants to support neighborhood groups •new trash carts for every household •fully funding the right to counsel tenant legal services program •$7 million for violence prevention •a new language access office and a new office of immigration services This document should reflect the priorities and values of our city and we need your help to make sure it does. View the full document and more information about how to provide feedback at www.kcmo.gov/budget

USFA launches new tools to raise Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) awareness! Learn more about the tools and how they apply consistent data in the implementation of community risk reduction, code adoption and enforcement, mitigation, and planning efforts. #FireServiceOneVoice #WUI

Zoning is a powerful tool to enhance resilience in the face of climate-related threats.

The City of North Miami issued a State of Emergency on June 12, 2024, after experiencing excessive rainfall resulting in localized flooding. The National Weather Service issued several Flash Flood Warnings throughout the day advising that the weather conditions constituted a dangerous and life-threatening situation, and that additional rainfall is expected over the next several days. As a result, the City of North is taking the following actions: City Facilities North Miami City Hall and all City facilities will be closed until further notice beginning Thursday, June 13, 2024. Parks All City of North Miami parks are closed until further notice. Community Programming All community programming facilitated by the City of North Miami’s Parks and Recreation Department, the Housing and Social Services Department and the North Miami Public Library is canceled until further notice. This also includes summer camps hosted by the City of North Miami and MOCA. Sanitation Waste Pro, the City of North Miami’s recycling and solid waste service provider will be prepared to assist with the removal of debris and to continue providing regular scheduled services if they are able to do so safely. Road Conditions The City of North Miami and the North Miami Police Department are monitoring road conditions and actively blocking vulnerable intersections containing standing water. Motorists and pedestrians are encouraged to avoid standing water, as it could contain unseen hazards. Public Works City of North Miami crews continue to monitor all City stormwater pump stations and remain in communication with Miami-Dade County about all County-operated stormwater Pump Stations within North Miami. Crews are working to clear any blocked storm drains to ensure optimal drainage citywide. Sandbag Distribution Sandbags will be distributed to North Miami residents only. Identification is required. Distribution will start at 11 a.m. Each property will receive up to six sandbags while supplies last. Sandbag distributions will take place at the North Miami Motor Pool, located at 1855 NE 142nd Street.

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In our pursuit of making communities safer, we conducted a Road Safety Report in Florida to delve into the data behind traffic fatalities and better comprehend how to reverse this disturbing trend. Our research unearthed a sobering fact—Florida ranks as the third worst state for pedestrian traffic fatalities. Recognizing the critical need for effective solutions, Altumint is committed to its mission of enhancing community safety. One proven approach involves leveraging automated traffic enforcement technology, a powerful tool that has demonstrated success in minimizing injuries and fatalities. For a more in-depth exploration of our findings, click the link below. https://lnkd.in/gHUsecpp

The National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) has been made aware of efforts in some local and state jurisdictions where consideration is allowing a single means of egress in multifamily buildings that are currently required by code to be provided with more than one means of egress. NASFM is very concerned that allowing multifamily structures to be constructed with certain exemptions or modifications contrary to decades of research and investigation validating the need for multiple exits will jeopardize safety. More concerning is legislating and reducing known critical life saving features by circumventing the national code development consensus process. The national code development process provides for equal, non-biased dialogue between all stakeholders to find consensus. Bypassing the code development process jeopardizes life safety of the public, building occupants and first responders. Follow the URL provided below to learn more about what you and your organization can do to help keep Virginia Multi-Family Housing as Safe as possible. https://lnkd.in/et5gak4M #VASB195 #BuildingSafety #BuildingSafety365 NFPA, International Code Council, City of Virginia Beach, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Portsmouth, Virginia, City of Suffolk, VA, Virginia Beach Fire Department, Chesapeake Fire Department, Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, City of Virginia Beach Police Department, Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office, Sentara Health, Sentara Care Alliance, State Farm, National Association of Home Builders, National Association of REALTORS®, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE FIRE MARSHALS, National Association of Fire Investigators, WAVY-TV 10, Breeden Construction, The Breeden Company, Dragas Companies, Dragas Mortgage Company, Sussex Development Corporation, Granite Construction, Contractor Training Center, City of Richmond, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development