The company, run by No. 8 on Forbes Self-Made Women list Thai Lee, launched consultative subsidiary Stratascale, struck new partnerships, and reportedly kept pace with the deluge of customer orders flowing through its two Integration Centers in the past year.
The same NOAA satellites that helped forecasters track weather and wildfires were also critical in rescuing a record 421 people from potentially life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters in 2019.
NOAA’s polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites are part of the global Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking System, or COSPAS-SARSAToffsite link, which uses a network of U.S. and international spacecraft to detect and locate distress signals from emergency beacons aboard aircraft, boats and from handheld Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) anywhere in the world.
Of the 421 U.S. rescues last year, 306 were water rescues, 38 were from aviation incidents and 77 were from events on land, where PLBs were used. Florida had the most SARSAT rescues with more than 100, followed by Alaska with more than 50. The previous rescue record of 353 (total) was set in 2007.
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NOAA satellites helped save 304 lives last year
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – NOAA’s satellite fleet, renowned for being the backbone of weather forecasts, also played a pivotal role in rescuing 304 people from potentially life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters in 2020 through other capabilities that fly on these satellites.
Of the 304 U.S. rescues last year, 217 were water rescues, 12 were from aviation incidents and 75 were from events on land. Florida had the most SARSAT rescues with 67, followed by Alaska with 29. The record for the most SARSAT U.S. rescues in one year was set in 2019, with 421.
Health attend 537 out-of-hospital emergencies on New Year s Eve
The Health Emergencies Service of the Ministry of Health, across the three Emergency Information and Coordination Centres (CICU), has attended 537 out-of-hospital emergencies on New Year’s Eve between the three provinces, among which there were 18 ethyl poisonings, 13 assaults and six traffic accidents.
On the last night of 2019, 584 incidents were recorded. The figure for this New Year’s Eve is similar to previous years, due to the increase in care related to the pandemic, the CICU said in a statement.
Of the total number of incidents attended from 8:00 p.m. on Thursday until 8:00 a.m. on Friday morning, 220 occurred in the province of Valencia, 197 in Alicante and 120 in Castellón.