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• Restoring a piece of history: Firefighters in Illinois to restore original 1939 engine

  10-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO/PHOTOS: Silvis firefighters are taking on a new project: restoring an 84-year-old fire engine to its former glory.The city purchased the American LaFrance engine in 1939 and it was used as a frontline fire engine until 1964. Faded paint on the side shows it was engine #2.
  "It was traded in and it kind of disappeared," Silvis Fire Chief John Winters said.
  - PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQAD-TV ABC/MyNetworkTV 8 Moline
  
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• How Charity Is Driving Public Safety Drone Programs

  10-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  While Kale Geiswite spends his days teaching criminal justice to high schoolers, most of his time off is dedicated to the real world of public safety — fighting fires and aiding search and rescue missions.He’s a volunteer firefighter for the New Berlin Fire Department in Pennsylvania, but recently his work has centered around a tool that might look more like a video game controller his students might use.
  - PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Government Technology
  
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• Fire & Rescue marine program on Oregon's Willamette and Columbia rivers

  10-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO: It’s a side of Portland Fire & Rescue many in the community don’t see unless they’re on one of Portland’s local rivers.At Station 21 along the Eastbank Esplanade in Southeast Portland, there’s a dock that houses a fire boat and a rescue boat. This is one of three locations that house these types of boats as part of Portland Fire & Rescue’s Marine Program.
  - PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland
  
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• Can firefighters, EMTs use New Jersey legal weed? 'Nobody wants to be the test case'

  10-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO: At times, Dan Jensen feels like he’s caught between two worlds.One world is on display in his corner office, where he hangs artifacts from his career — his old career, back when he could barely sleep more than an hour or two before the nightmares jolted him awake. There are a few shields from his old firefighter helmets in Pine Beach and Seaside Heights, along with a few award plaques and older, turn-of-the-century firefighting antiques.
  - PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOU
  
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• AI tool may help prevent sudden cardiac arrest among firefighters

  10-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Recently developed artificial intelligence software can determine whether firefighters may be about to experience a potentially fatal cardiac event.That’s what a team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the University of Rochester, and Google contend in a report that details their machine-learning model.
  - PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Safety and Health Magazine
  
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