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• Rapid Response: Notre Dame fire poses unique challenges for Paris Fire Brigade

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  Firefighters face multiple hazards at cultural icon as it continues to burn

• Rapid Response: Historic landmark fires are a tactical and emotional challenge for firefighters

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  Your jurisdiction likely does not have a building as old or as historic as the Notre Dame cathedral, but it is sure to have buildings of local importance that need preplans

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  How a group of Missouri firefighters are reducing their exposure to carcinogens

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  Firefighter-paramedic Jacob Wiemann recalls when dirty gear and helmets used to be a badge of honor – now he's reminding firefighters to clean up in order to enjoy retirement

• Rapid Response: Life safety and fire escape education for new immigrants

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  Here are actions for fire safety educators and their departments to reach new residents and share life safety messages

• Rapid Response: Early incident command, multiple transport scenarios crucial to effective scene management

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  Latest shooting highlights need to stop debating and start implementing ballistic vest plans, protocols and distribution

• Rapid Response: Mayday training tested in Dallas rescue

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  Dallas Fire Chief David Coatney credits enhanced RIT training for rescue of three Dallas firefighters in an apartment fire structural collapse

• Rapid response: Firefighters battling catastrophic wildfires and EMS providers evacuating civilians deserve our attention and support

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  Catastrophic California wildfires have caused unprecedented destruction and required aid from agencies across the country

• Recognize the signs of crisis after a traumatic response

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  The shooting at the Thousand Oaks, Ca., Borderline Bar & Grill is another blow to first responders in communities impacted by mass violence

• Rapid Response: Active shooter response command decisions are made by first arriving ambulance crews, fire companies and police officers

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  What are the potential public policy, legislation, social service and healthcare actions fire/EMS providers should advocate to prevent mass shootings?

• Rapid Response: Every department needs mutual aid agreements and communications interoperability

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  50 simultaneous gas explosions and fires in three Massachusetts communities drives home the need for interoperable radios and automatic aid

• Need for ballistic vests, MCI Response Complement underscored by Cincinnati MCI

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  Cincinnati Fire Chief Roy Winston credits coordinated police and fire operations for saving countless lives within the Fifth Third Center

• What you need to know to participate in an emergency operations center

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  Your involvement in an EOC will allow you to represent your fire department at the highest level in an emergency response incident command role

• Active shooter incident lessons learned for leaders

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  NFPA 3000 is a framework for preparing fire departments, EMS agencies, other responders and communities for active shooter incident response and recovery

• MCI response: How to use armored vehicles to deliver EMS

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  Fire departments/EMS must carefully coordinate with police to provide rapid initial treatment and patient transport in mass casualty incidents

• Rapid Response: Non-law enforcement first responders as a target for violence

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  Firefighters being shot and killed in the line of duty is counterintuitive and can’t be treated as normal

• Rapid Response: Fatal shooting leaves fire service asking 'why?'

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  Consider scene security, extra precautions for calls involving violence after fire captain dies in attack on responding firefighters

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