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• Judge: Drug-addled EMT son of FDNY chief should lose his city job

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  Robert Gala, 26, unsuccessfully argued that his oxycodone addiction was a disability that should have spared him termination after five years on the job

• 60 people charged in illegal prescription opioid crackdown

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  Robert Duncan, U.S. attorney for eastern Kentucky, called the doctors involved "white-coated drug dealers"

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• ESO announces partnership with NarcBox to help agencies manage narcotics

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  The collaboration will provide agencies a streamlined way of managing and tracking narcotic distribution

• Risk management through community engagement

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• Code 3 Podcast: Is naloxone necessary?

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  Board certified emergency medicine physician Bryan Bledsoe says EMS providers rarely need to administer naloxone

• How to decontaminate firefighter gear after a brush with fentanyl

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  Follow these five steps to decontaminate firefighter gear after a medical call involving opioids to avoid exposure

• N.H. first responders to make house calls for drug treatment

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  NH Project FIRST enlists “quick response teams” to return after an overdose call and offer to connect individuals with services at their local treatment hub

• 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

• 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

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