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• LAFD says it has no record of inspecting building where explosion injured 11 FFs

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  Fire Chief Ralph M. Terrazas said an inspection likely would have led to the seizure of some of the chemicals that fueled the blast

• 3 DC FFs transported to hospital after hazmat incident

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  D.C. Fire and EMS firefighters responded to two hazmat incidents, including a refrigerant leak and a sulphuric acid leak

• Chemical fire in hurricane impact area extinguished after 3 days

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  Firefighting efforts at the chlorine plant were complicated by low water pressure and storm debris

• Video: Chemical fire breaks out in Hurricane Laura aftermath

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  Residents have been ordered to shelter-in-place due to the fire and a chlorine leak in Westlake, La., which was hard-hit by the storm

• Prosecutor files criminal charges in May explosion that injured 12 LAFD firefighters

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  Charges relate to improper storage of hazardous materials, the lack of necessary sprinkler system coverage and failure to maintain a safe building

• Beyond the traditional fire-rescue mission: Loveland’s TAC Fire

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  How to enhance response to law enforcement incidents utilizing our firefighters’ existing expertise and skill sets

• Calif. fire officials: 50 sickened, 5 hospitalized from toxic gas leak at processing facility

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  Officials said two chemicals used to clean equipment leaked and combined

• Beirut FF-paramedic killed in blast laid to rest, 9 other FFs presumed dead

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  A funeral was held for Beirut Fire Brigade Paramedic Sahar Fares, 24, on Thursday; Beirut's governor said nine other firefighters were killed

• Officials: 4 NJ FFs harmed by fumes during fire at 'drug dungeon'

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  Authorities said the firefighters are believed to have inhaled chemicals used to produce synthetic cannabinoids

• 'We don't seem to learn': Beirut explosion echoes West, Texas, tragedy

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  Few significant crackdowns on chemical storage came in the wake of the 2013 West explosion, which killed 12 firefighters

• Houston ladder truck burns at warehouse fire

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  Following a partial building collapse, products from inside the structure ran underneath Ladder 28 and it ignited

• 7 Tenn. first responders transported for possible cyanide exposure

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  Officials said a bottle of potassium cyanide was found at the scene of a suspected suicide where first responders began feeling unwell

• UL FSRI releases report on battery facility explosion that injured 8 Ariz. FFs

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  Researchers used first-person accounts from responders to inform recommendations for firefighter safety at ESS sites

• What firefighters need to know about BLEVEs

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  Explaining a boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion, how it occurs and how it can be prevented

• How to prevent fluorescent bulb fires

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  Fluorescent lamps, which can be found in firehouses, need to be replaced before they quit working entirely — and pose a fire hazard

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