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IL Senate unanimously passes plan calling for school panic alert systems to improve emergency response
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IL Senate unanimously passes plan calling for school panic alert systems to improve emergency response

  • Mike Miletich
  • Updated 8 hrs ago

The proposal requires public and private schools to consider using a mobile panic alert system for emergency and crisis response.

IL Senate committee passes bill calling for school panic alert systems to improve emergency response
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IL Senate committee passes bill calling for school panic alert systems to improve emergency response

  • Mike Miletich
  • Updated May 12, 2026

This bill requires public and private schools to consider using a mobile panic alert system for emergency and crisis response.

IL bill could require school panic alarm systems to improve emergency response
Illinois Politics
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IL bill could require school panic alarm systems to improve emergency response

  • Mike Miletich
  • Updated Apr 22, 2026

Sponsors said the Illinois State Police will work with the State Board of Education and Emergency Management Agency to develop rules for the mobile panic alert system.

New Illinois laws could improve response for school shootings, hazmat emergencies
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New Illinois laws could improve response for school shootings, hazmat emergencies

  • Mike Miletich
  • Updated Aug 27, 2025

Two new Illinois laws will help improve safety precautions for different types of emergency response.

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Illinois search and rescue team sent to Texas after deadly flooding
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Illinois search and rescue team sent to Texas after deadly flooding

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Jul 12, 2025

(WAND) — An Illinois urban search and rescue team went to Texas overnight on Friday to help with operations after deadly flooding killed over …

Bill improving Illinois school emergency response plans heads to Senate floor
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Bill improving Illinois school emergency response plans heads to Senate floor

  • Mike Miletich
  • Updated Mar 4, 2025

The Illinois Senate Education Committee unanimously approved a plan Tuesday to help first responders get inside schools faster during emergencies.

Emergency response drill happening at EIU this week
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Emergency response drill happening at EIU this week

  • Jul 7, 2019

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WAND) - Eastern Illinois University is working into the summer to help keep students safe.

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