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Rosenbauer’s RTE robot platform exemplifies a new generation of rugged, affordable, and versatile firefighting robots.

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In this episode, Midtronics EV Safety expert Joshua Linton joins Brett Bigger of Noble IQ, a former firefighter, to discuss the unique challenges first responders face at EV incidents.

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Nearly two dozen people were injured, including several New York City firefighters (FDNY) Saturday, when a massive fire broke out at an apartment building in Queens.

FDNY Chief of Fire Operations Kevin Woods said firefighters first got word of the fire at a two-story wooden building in Queens just before 10 a.m., and when they arrived, two buildings were fully involved, and the fire was spreading to a third building.

Woods added that rescuers were able to get to the second floor above the fire “under high heat and zero visibility” where one resident was trapped. “We want to thank the staff at all of these area hospitals for taking care of our personnel,” Woods added.

He said the five-alarm fire, which corresponds to using 250 firefighters, left “heavy damage” to the building and many of the families are displaced.

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