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• Retired FF says hospital refused to treat him for not wearing mask

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  Retired Firefighter John Wetter says he was left with permanent lung damage after responding to a hazmat incident and that he should have been accommodated under the Americans with Disabilities Act

• All firefighters injured in cargo ship blast out of hospital

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  The fire chief says some firefighters will return for outpatient work; others have months of recovery ahead

• Video: New footage of cargo ship blast that injured 8 Fla. FFs

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  Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Chief Keith Powers said several of the firefighters will be off of work for a long time due to their injuries

• Fla. firefighters recovering after cargo ship explosion

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  Four of the nine Jacksonville firefighters injured in an explosion at a shipboard fire have been released from the hospital

• 8 Florida firefighters injured in explosion at shipboard fire

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  Jacksonville firefighters suffered burn injuries during fire attack operations at a cargo ship fire

• Pa. FFs discover numerous decaying containers of acid during fire call

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  Firefighters said there were "too many [containers] to count" and the hazmat team was called

• Calif. city to begin billing homeowners' insurance for response

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  The Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District will soon begin billing people or their insurance companies when firefighters respond to vehicle fires, crashes, water rescues, hazmat calls and other rescue events

• LAFD to inspect vape and smoke shops after explosion

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  A citywide review will examine how businesses store volatile materials after the blast that injured 12 firefighters

• 4 more LA FFs released from hospital; investigation looks at materials stored at site

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  Los Angeles Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas said he did not notice a safety placard warning firefighters of potential hazards at the warehouse

• 1,200+ firefighters battle persistent Chernobyl fires amid radiation concerns

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  The forest fires near the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster have persisted for almost three weeks, with strong winds complicating response efforts

• Know your role: Hazmat response levels

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  Detailing the roles and responsibilities associated with awareness-, operations- and technician-level response

• Maine town faces $22K in fines for lack of training, equipment in blast that killed fire captain

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  The Maine Department of Labor found that firefighters who went to investigate an initial propane leak did not have SCBAs or sufficient hazmat training

• 4 first responders, 16 others affected by carbon monoxide at Dallas homeless shelter

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  A Dallas Fire-Rescue crew responded to a medical call about one patient when others at the shelter began saying they felt sick

• 4 FDNY paramedics nominated for award after rescuing man from CO-filled basement

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  The FDNY nominated the paramedics for the Daily News Hometown Heroes award for saving the unconscious man from lethal CO exposure

• 40 affected after jet dumps fuel on Los Angeles school playgrounds

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  Authorities say a jetliner making an emergency return dropped the fuel over two elementary schools and one high school

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