Washed Out: Heavy rains impact 16 S.C. counties

With access to more than 2,000 cameras across the city, the New Orleans Real-Time Crime Center pulls footage from cameras near incidents and sends it to law enforcement, making personnel better informed en route and cutting response times.

Facing challenges that could further shrink its pool of EMS volunteers, McLean County, N.D. eased the process for county staff to participate. 

Waukesha County, Wis. has pooled, trained and coordinated staff from its municipalities to deploy after a disaster and start the recovery process.