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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — When Guatemalan laborer Faustino Morales fell from a scaffold in February, the response from volunteer firefighters was immediate.
Within minutes, the “bomberos” reached the accident site with advanced rescue equipment, an ambulance and a thorough knowledge of how to treat his injuries.
Just 10 years ago, help would more likely have come from under-trained volunteers who arrived in a pickup truck. Veteran firefighter Paul Embleton witnessed such a rescue attempt in 1996 while on a medical mission trip to Guatemala — and it moved him into action.
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