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• Puerto Rico hit with nearly a dozen earthquakes, aftershocks

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  Local media reported that one person had died and another was injured in a home collapse in the aftermath of an initial 6.4 magnitude quake off the coast

• The CRR challenge: New generations require new approaches

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  Three examples underscore that we’re missing the mark with our current fire prevention strategies

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• Fla. city first responders awarded $1.1M hurricane recovery grant

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  The grant is part of $25 million in funding for a state grant program to support communities affected by Hurricane Michael

• The silence is deafening: Why is no one speaking for the fire service?

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  Despite the fire service’s central role in disaster response, there is no unified voice sharing our stories

• Fifth death linked to storm that walloped Houston area

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  Authorities raised the storm's death toll to five, saying it is believed to have killed a 52-year-old Florida man who was found dead in his stranded pickup truck

• Crews assess Houston-area damage after Imelda leaves 4 dead

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  Emergency crews evacuated 87 residents from a nursing home in Porter as floodwaters began to seep into the home

• Social media videos capture Texas water rescues, flooded city

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  The Harris County Sheriff office shared images and a video of first responders rescuing people stranded in their cars

• Houston-area fire station flooded by Imelda storm

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  Firefighters returned to the fire station after conducting high-water rescues to find two generators and the septic system destroyed

• Water rescues begin as Imelda soaks east Texas

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  The Beaumont Police Department said that the 911 dispatch center has received requests for more than 250 high-water rescues and 270 evacuations

• 102 patients from health center evacuated after tornadoes hit SD city

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  An EF-2 tornado hit a behavioral health center at a Sioux Falls hospital, prompting the evacuations of 102 patients, including 39 adolescents

• NC firefighter injured when tree hits vehicle

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  A North Carolina firefighter was responding to a Hurricane Dorian emergency call when a tree fell and hit his car

• Miami bypasses feds to deploy search and rescue crews to the Bahamas

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  The City of Miami and the Bahamian government are working out an agreement to send Miami's urban search and rescue team rather than wait for federal approval

• IAFC delivers search and rescue tool to help with hurricane response

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  The Search & Rescue Data Collector Tool allows first responders to capture real-time information, enabling command leadership to see where resources are needed

• FFs feed emergency crews during Hurricane Dorian

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  Florida firefighters are making an estimated 1,300 meals to feed more than 500 people a day

• Miami first responders deploy to Bahamas for Dorian relief effort

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  Fire department and medical personnel will work with the U.S. Coast Guard to help with the relief effort in the Bahamas

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