Jefferson County 911 prepares for worst in early morning ‘Operation Bug Out’ drill
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
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When protests over the death of George Floyd turned into civil unrest in downtown Birmingham last summer, the disturbance moved dangerously close to the city’s emergency response dispatch system.
Those who run the 911 operation systems in Birmingham and Jefferson County were on standby, watching from afar and plotting the next move.
“When they were downtown and moving through the city starting fires, one place they stopped was City Hall,’ said Donnie West, director and CEO of Jefferson County 9-1-1. “They probably did not know that right below them was the main dispatch office.”
How, where to get the COVID vaccine in Alabama
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
Posted Feb 11, 2021
Vehicles lined up for shots at the COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Montgomery on Monday. The clinic gave 2,000 shots on the first day of a week-long event.
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Roughly 1.5 million Alabamians are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but making an appointment and getting a vaccine can be a daunting task.
There are more places offering the vaccine than ever, but supplies are still limited and not all the places on the Alabama Department of Public Health’s list of vaccine providers have doses to give. None has enough to go around.
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