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This story, and others like it recently, highlights the increasing prevalence of chemical suicide in jurisdictions across the United States. The possibility of encountering ...
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By Travis Andersen Boston Globe BOSTON — Twelve people were evacuated from a South End apartment building and four Boston police officers and an ambulance crew were taken to ...
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I lost my dad, who was not a firefighter, to cancer 20 years ago. Since then, I've known too many of our brother and sister firefighters who have had to go through the same ...
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By Manny Fantis WUSA9WASHINGTON — Forty three people have been transported after a carbon monoxide leak at 1324 Harvard Street, NW, DC. DC Fire Spokesperson Pete Piringer ...
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Two firefighters were not wearing face pieces at the time of their deaths in a mobile home fire; SCBA did not have PASS devices ...
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By Justin McClelland and Danielle Wilson The Dayton Daily NewsLEBANON, Ohio — Joe Frolick made 100 touchdowns Friday, Sept. 4, but he wasn't on a football field. The ...
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Because there is no specific test or sign of cyanide poisoning, we need a treatment that is safe to give to a victim even if they do not in fact have exposure to cyanide. We need ...
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Cyanide is deadly. It can be encountered in either terrorism or a building fire, but the signs and symptoms are vague. What can we do about it? We need a treatment that is cheap ...
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By Dan Scanlan and Shakaya Andres The Florida Times-UnionPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — After 10 people were released after being treated for exposure to sodium cyanide, officials ...
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Source of the cyanide still undetermined; the seven firefighters had been responding to a fire at a boat-building company ...
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By Dr. Ken Lavelle, MD, NREMT-P Scenario Engine 9 is first on scene of an apartment fire. Primary search produces a single victim who was asleep on a couch, and he is removed to ...
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There are certainly paramedics, fire chiefs and physicians who will say that the lack of scientific research about firefighter rehab and the complexity of decision-making in the ...
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Doug Bacon missed the funeral of a fellow Spokane firefighter because he was in treatment for throat cancer – the same illness that had just killed his friend and co-worker. ...
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Attleboro, Mass. Fire Capt. Keith Jackson says the department was told of a "cyanide emergency" at the Stern-Leach Co. plant Monday morning. ...
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Chief warns victims of apartment fire against lingering chemicals in belongings HUNTINGTON — Jerry Comer was one of the more fortunate tenants who lived in the Emmons apartment ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a cyanide antidote kit that can be carried on ambulances and stocked in hospital emergency rooms to save lives of firefighters ...
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The chemical inferno that cleared out Apex, N.C. in October started as a small warehouse fire that might have been contained had the facility owner built firewalls and other fire ...
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By Greg Gross The San Diego Union-Tribune Copyright 2006 The San Diego Union-Tribune ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A two-alarm fire destroyed a metal plating factory early yesterday, ...
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The Associated Press APEX, N.C. — The hazardous waste storage plant fire that led to the evacuation of thousands of residents in early October may have started where ...
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By Toby Coleman The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Copyright 2006 The News and Observer State regulators Wednesday suspended the storage permit for the Apex ...
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