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Posted: Jan 27, 2022

Group of young adults step up amid EMT shortage in New York town

VIDEO: When people call for an ambulance in Sackets Harbor, New York — and the crew shows up at their door — almost everyone has the same reaction. "A lot of people just come up and ask you, 'Wait, how old are you?'" Cooper Antonson said. "'You're the EMT?!'" Grayden Brunet said of how people have reacted.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
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Posted: Jan 27, 2022

How Google, Snapchat led police to teens in deadly Colorado arson

With a family of five dead in an unsolved house fire, night-vision images of the masked suspects haunted the metro for months — until Google led police to the accused killers. At age 16, Kevin Bui and Gavin Seymour — along with another teen charged as a juvenile — were arrested on counts of first-degree murder and more in the August 2020 killings in Green Valley Ranch.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
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Posted: Jan 27, 2022

Cancer Screenings Offered At Firehouses In Florida City As Part Of National Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month

First responders face many risks, but for firefighters especially there is real concern about the risk of cancer. “Firefighters are at an increased risk for some types of cancer. Since 2015, over 70 percent of line of duty deaths has been because of cancer,” said Natasha Schaefer Solle, Ph.D., who is the Co-Deputy Director for the Firefighter Cancer Initiative with the University of Miami’s Sylvester Cancer Center.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFOR-TV CBS 4 Miami
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Posted: Jan 27, 2022

Metro city in Georgia offering housing allowance to encourage officers, firefighters to live there

To recruit new officers and firefighters and keep current employees local, one metro city is offering a new incentive. The City of South Fulton unveiled a program for housing allowance up to $450 a month toward rent or mortgage payments. The pilot program, which is open to 25 people, will run from Feb.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta
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Posted: Jan 27, 2022

Sprinklers Help Douse Fire at Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester

Two Lucky Eagle Casino employees were treated for smoke inhalation after an administrative office caught fire Tuesday evening. One of the two was treated and released at the scene, while the other was transported to a local hospital for medical treatment. West Thurston Regional Fire Authority responded to the fire at the Lucky Eagle Casino, located near Rochester, at 8:36 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Chronicle Online - Metered Site
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