Posted: Nov 3, 2022
VIDEO: Some of Hawaii’s first responders are now using a high-tech tool to protect themselves from fentanyl exposure on the job.
It’s a mobile laboratory that can identify a variety of different drugs and results are available in seconds.
It’s called a TruNarc portable spectrometer and it allows first responders to know what kind of drug they’re dealing with without ever having to touch it.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hawaii News Now
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Posted: Nov 3, 2022
It's been a year since the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District added advanced medical providers to its list of first responders. It's a sign of the times nationwide.
Scott Perryman is a battalion chief with Metro Fire.
"I started in Southern California as paramedic," he said.
Perryman loved medicine so much, he put himself through physician assistant school at Stanford.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOVR-TV CBS 13 Sacramento
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Posted: Nov 3, 2022
The Firefighters Charities of Pasco has kicked off a no-shave November fundraiser to benefit firefighters impacted by Hurricane Ian.
Normally during November, Pasco County firefighters grow their mustaches to raise money for firefighters impacted by cancer. The mission is different this year as firefighters will raise funds for fellow firefighters impacted by Hurricane Ian.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLA-TV NBC 8 Tampa
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Posted: Nov 3, 2022
PHOTOS: Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue rescued a father and his two daughters whose 22-foot fishing boat was adrift in the channel between Illahee and west Bainbridge Island.
At 1:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue said it received a call from a worried mother and wife. The woman said her husband and two daughters went fishing out of the Brownsville marina at 5 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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Firefighters with Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority responded to a fully involved house fire in Auburn on Thursday morning.
At about 2:11 a.m., firefighters responded to the call in the 28700 block of 59th Avenue South.
When firefighters arrived, they found the home in flames and it was upgraded to a residential fire response.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
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