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• 5 things to know about the deployment of US firefighters to Australia

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  Hundreds of U.S. firefighters are currently deployed or tasked to deploy to assist their Australian counterparts in battling the worst wildfires in the continent’s history

• Mass. FDs plan to work together to provide ALS coverage

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  Fire agencies in Lancaster and Bolton will collaborate to provide advanced life support services after their previous ALS provider abruptly pulled out

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• RI town FFs say lack of staff causing excessive mutual aid calls

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  The town received mutual aid 511 times this year and firefighters say they rely on a neighboring department almost daily

• Fundraiser set up for Conn. FF injured on way to mutual aid call

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  Hebron Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Eric Saunders was seriously injured when his vehicle struck a tree en route to the fire station

• Conn. fire lieutenant seriously injured in crash during mutual aid response

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  Hebron Fire Lt. Eric Saunders, 23, is in serious condition after his vehicle struck a tree while en route to the fire station

• Calif. woman thanks SD FFs for wildfire aid

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  The woman thanked firefighters for traveling halfway across the country to help battle the Kincade Fire

• Calif. mutual aid system under stress

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  Fire chiefs say that the decision to answer mutual aid calls has devolved from an immediate "yes" to a discussion about resources

• Fire chief: 'I've never seen injuries like that'

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  After awakening to his house on fire, a father ran through flames to rescue his three young daughters, and his teenage son jumped from a second story window to escape the blaze

• Photo of the Week: Rocky Mount (N.C.) firefighters battle fire at furniture manufacturing building

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  On Sept. 26, 2019, the Rocky Mount (N.C.) Fire Department was dispatched to a commercial building fire. It took firefighters two minutes to get to the scene, where they found a 12,400-square-foot b...

• Fuel mix-up renders Va. county fire, EMS vehicles inoperable

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  The county's fueling contract company inadvertently filled up the tanks with the wrong fuel, putting diesel in the regular gasoline tanks and gasoline in diesel tanks

• Fire chief describes unprecedented preparations for 'Storm Area 51' event

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  Teams are working on multiple contingency plans in anticipation of thousands descending on rural Nevada

• FEMA grant to help pay volunteer FFs that fought Mont. fire

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  Each of the departments that responded to a mutual aid request put in early in the battle against the blaze will be receiving reimbursement

• 5 firefighters, 3 state troopers injured in a multiple vehicle crash in NJ

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  The crash caused significant damage to an ambulance, fire truck and state police SUVs

• 150 firefighters from 23 departments respond to 5-alarm blaze in NY

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  Teams from 23 departments took turns working in half-hour shifts during the night after flames broke out at a large mansion in Old Brookville

• Q&A: Inside the IAFC’s National Mutual Aid System

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  Key players explain the hallmarks of the new system – and why simplicity is key

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