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By the end of May, every firefighter in Chattanooga will have completed online training about xylazine, a sedative veterinary drug, based on information from the DEA
Opioid settlement funding will continue for 11 to 18 years, and it is expected that more settlements will be forthcoming. Is your agency getting its share?
The first responders experienced tingling hands and blurred vision following the incident
Willimantic Fire Department members responded to a fire involving “a one-pot methamphetamine lab,” officials said Monday
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Authorities have not named a suspect at this time and officials said it is not clear how anyone gained access to the narcotics
Robert Duncan, U.S. attorney for eastern Kentucky, called the doctors involved “white-coated drug dealers”
The collaboration will provide agencies a streamlined way of managing and tracking narcotic distribution
A Florida firefighter claims coca tea leaves he brought back after hiking Machu Picchu in Peru caused him to fail a drug test
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The September 2016 blast killed Michael Fahy, a 17-year fire department veteran whom Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro called “a star” of the department
Mark Monroe was sentenced to three years in prison, followed by 10 years of special parole
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One pharmaceutical company is offering a $6 rebate for every naloxone syringe bought by non-federal first-responder agencies
The funding would fight the deadly heroin and prescription narcotic epidemic by focusing on treatment and prevention
There is suspicion within the division that a firefighter or paramedic took the drugs, but officials said nothing has been proven
Five of the seven have been off the street since July while two others have resigned from the department
First use of narcotics overdose antidote since program began for firefighters that respond to all medical calls
Donald Penney is facing felony charges alleging he took painkillers intended for patients
No drugs were missing and the fire chief says a new bar-code tracking system is in place