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Posted: Aug 8, 2023

$4M National Institutes of Health grant will test worksite sleep health coaching for Arizona firefighters

A $4 million award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, will allow researchers in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to identify key factors for the successful implementation of workplace sleep coaching to improve sleep health in Arizona firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The University of Arizona Health Sciences
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Posted: Aug 8, 2023

Sourdough Fire burns near important power generators for Seattle

VIDEO: Seattle City Light says it is closely monitoring the Sourdough Fire burning near its Skagit Hydroelectric Project, consisting of three dams near the towns of Diablo and Newhalem. City Light is also assisting wherever possible to support operations, including with the use of heavy equipment and boating support for structure protection in connection with the hard-to-reach fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle
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Posted: Aug 8, 2023

Fighting fire with fire: Prescribed burns to offset wildfire dangers down the line for Washington

VIDEO: It’s a rare sight in July... firefighters walking the Cle Elum Ridge in the Central Cascades Forest with drip torches in hand, setting fires. These men and women aren’t preparing for a wildfire. Essentially, they’re attempting to prevent the next big one—they’re working on what’s known as a prescribed burn, a burn that’s meant to return natural processes to the land.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 10:08:49 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle
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Posted: Aug 7, 2023

VIDEOS: Explosion at North Texas paint factory causes large fire, officials say

An explosion and fire at a Sherwin-Williams paint factory in Garland injured one employee and shut the facility down Monday morning, company officials said in a statement. The explosion happened around 1:15 a.m. Monday at the company's plant at South Shiloh Road and Forest Lane in Garland, according to the statement.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
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Posted: Aug 7, 2023

High-tech training for EMS crews in Florida

VIDEO: In an emergency, we expect our first responders to be prepared for anything, but that comes with practice, which is exactly what Collier EMS is getting at Naples Community Hospital. Training in NCH’s new state of the art simulation center helps crews prepare for the unexpected. “Yes, this high intensity, low frequency occurrences, high intensity meaning catastrophic results if you don’t figure out what’s going on and low frequency meaning, I may not see one of these my whole career,” said Dr.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WINK-TV CBS 11 Fort Myers
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