A group of 30 Labradoodles have been dispatched across the country as part of a program to supply first responders with a therapy dog.
Hope is coming to Grand Rapids. She will be permanently stationed in Grand Rapids at AMR (American Medical Response).
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The program, called
Rog the Dog, is part of a health and wellness campaign launched by FirstNet a high-speed internet service meant for first responders, built by At&T. Dusty Vandermeer, an operations supervisor with AMR, and the guy who will be working with Hope directly, told Fox 17,
She s just shy of a year-and-a-half old now. I don t think she has a mean bone in her body.
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Therapy dog for first responders coming permanently to Grand Rapids
A group of 30 Labradoodles have been dispatched across the country as part of a program supported by FirstNet, a high-speed internet service for first responders built by AT&T
and last updated 2021-06-03 17:01:17-04
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â A new therapy dog program is sending out 30 Labradoodles to cities across the country to provide animal-assisted therapy to first responders. One of those dogs will be permanently stationed in Grand Rapids.
The program, called
Rog the Dog, is part of a health and wellness campaign launched by FirstNetâ a high-speed internet service meant for first responders, built by AT&T.
GAO: FCC Needs a More Clarified Role in Disaster Response
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 | Comments
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that while the FCC took actions to support telecommunications restoration following Hurricane Maria, future disaster recovery efforts could be improved by identifying a clearer role for the agency in disaster response.
During Hurricane Maria, the FCC collected network outage information, provided staff assistance to Puerto Rico, created the Hurricane Recovery Task Force to support communications restoration in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), and made funds for network restoration available.
âHowever, GAO found that FCC s disaster response role was unclear in guidance published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), even though the guidance states that all levels of government should understand their respective roles,â GAOâs report said. âIn particular, DHS did not define specific actions for FCC