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• IAFC urges leaders to reject AAA cost reporting plan

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  The organization is asking fire service leaders not to sign on to the American Ambulance Association’s newly proposed cost reporting system

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  How cardiovascular check-ups save firefighter lives

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  Decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease and line-of-duty death with these steps to stay firefighter ready to protect your community

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  How a multiple-patient transport vehicle can help you prepare for any disaster

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  Responding to individual emergencies comes naturally for EMS personnel, but what about mass casualty incidents?

• Off-duty firefighters save teen’s life while playing basketball

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  Columbia Fire Department Captain Kareem Spain and Kiah Thomas were playing a pickup game with some high school students when a teen collapsed

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  25 hurt, 5 serious, in Los Angeles highway crash

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  Twenty-five people were taken to hospitals following a series of crashes involving at least two cars and a bus that crashed through a concrete divider

• Man steals Texas fire dept. vehicle, strikes scooter rider

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  Police said San Antonio paramedics left the truck running while they tended to a patient, and a suspect jumped inside and took off

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  NH schools implement safety communication app

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  “Our mission with this program is to eliminate or reduce casualties in active shooter or life-threatening incidents,” Ping4 CEO Jim Bender said

• First responders honored in limo crash vigil

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  The community of Schoharie thanked the responders for their efforts at a vigil held near the site of a limousine crash that killed 20 people

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  Fla. responders to give naloxone kits to families of overdose patients

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  Project Leave Behind provides Orange County responders with naloxone kits to distribute to the families of those treated for overdoses

• 3 NY firefighters hurt after car crashes into ambulance

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  The Bethany Volunteer Fire Company firefighters were transported to the hospital after Syed Rahman, who died at the scene, struck the ambulance with his vehicle

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  NC first responders share stories from Hurricane Florence

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  Several responders from different Haywood County departments all gave their time and talents to aid in the hurricane preparation and response effort

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  Ohio fire dept. moves medic unit, shaves minutes off response time

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  Hamilton Fire Chief Mark Mercer said that move will shave as many as four minutes off of many emergency medic runs to places further west of Station 21

• Wash. health dept. investigating 9 responders in 'tube check' incident

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  Though an investigation said 11 department members admitted to intubating a deceased patient, only nine of them were actually credentialed healthcare providers

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  Pa. first responders save man after suicide attempt in subway tunnel

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  A man ran into a subway tunnel and then attempted suicide, prompting a frantic rush by emergency responders

• Delay in fire department response leaves toddler locked in car

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  Fire Chief Tommy Mayville told officers firefighters were on their way, but after several minutes, officers tried to contact him and got no response

• Responders finish elderly man’s attic work after rescuing him from fall

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  Kansas City Fire Department responders helped Ken Hargis down from the attic and finished his insulation work afterwards

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