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• NH Safe Stations recognized at first responders breakfast

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  Natacha Davis stood before 300 first responders and told them how the caring she found at a fire station helped her to finally overcome her addiction

• Officials accuse NY fire Lt. of leading drug ring

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  Officials said 29 people, one of them a fire lieutenant and two of them volunteer firefighters, have been charged in connection with drug rings

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• Video: Fire chief discusses saving lives in opioid crisis in TED Talk

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  Huntington Fire Department Chief Jan Rader discusses her community’s unique approach to decreasing opioid overdoses

• RI city's program turns firehouses into havens for opioid addicts

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  Safe Stations turned all 12 of Providence's firehouses into safe havens for people seeking treatment for their addictions

• How to keep 'Safe Stations' safe

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  Protocols, PPE and a network of support ensure citizen and firefighter safety at Safe Stations helping opioid addicts seek treatment

• Combatting the opioid crisis: Becoming the epicenter of solutions

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  Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader, a TIME-recognized pioneer in fighting the opioid epidemic, talks results, first responder mental health

• Former firefighter-paramedic admits to stealing, using painkillers on duty

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  Michael L. Fostich admitted that he removed vials of morphine and fentanyl from locked safes on ambulances throughout 2016

• Okla. city plans to join opioid class action lawsuit

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  The City of Moore said the opioid crisis forced them to spend more money on firefighters, EMS providers and other addiction services than usual

• Fla. responders to give naloxone kits to families of overdose patients

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  Project Leave Behind provides Orange County responders with naloxone kits to distribute to the families of those treated for overdoses

• Ohio fire dept. encouraged by new addict-assistance program

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  A team consisting of a police officer, paramedic and a social worker has a goal of meeting with a person who overdosed to connect them with appropriate assistance

• Community paramedicine could ease the opioid crisis

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  Breaking the opioid overdose cycle with monitoring at home by community paramedics

• Retired firefighter-paramedic gives away 800 doses of naloxone

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  Luis Garcia's South Florida Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction Project hopes to reduce the number of fatal overdoses

• DOJ-produced fentanyl safety video set to air

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  The video will show first responders how to protect themselves from deadly substances

• Opioid crisis putting strain on NH fire dept.

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  From October through May, the Keene Fire Department responded to at least 51 suspected opioid overdoses, administering 110 doses of naloxone to those patients

• Indiana fire dept. using Nitronox to treat pain

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  Paramedics in the town of Fishers are now offering Nitronox to patients as an alternative to opioids

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