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• San Diego first responders overwhelmed with mental health calls

  14-09-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO: San Diego first responders say they are overwhelmed with mental health calls. They’re hoping changes at the state and local level will provide more resources to help alleviate the problem. They received more than 53,000 calls last year and oftentimes, there's not much they could do to help those on the other end.
  - PUB DATE: 9/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFMB-TV CBS/CW 8 San Diego
  
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• New safety legislation announced on 5-year-anniversary of Massachusetts gas explosions

  14-09-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO: Five years after over-pressurized gas traveled through underground lines fueling fires and explosions across the Merrimack Valley, new legislation aims to prevent that from ever happening again.“We proposed new regulations to affect nearly 2.3 million miles of pipelines across the country,” said Tristan Brown, the Deputy Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration part of the Department of Transportation.
  - PUB DATE: 9/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFX
  
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• FEMA funding study to help firefighters prevent injuries

  14-09-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Bridget Melton, Ed.D., professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology at Georgia Southern University, is part of a team awarded $1.1 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist with a study aimed to promote wellness in firefighters and first responders.Melton is collaborating with researchers at the University of Kentucky as part of a three-year study that builds on a decade of foundational work by Melton and the Tactical Athlete Initiative team in the W
  
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• 80 displaced after 4-alarm fire rips through Pennsylvania apartments

  14-09-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  VIDEO: Eighty people are displaced after a four-alarm fire ripped through an apartment complex Wednesday night. Firefighters battled flames into Thursday morning.All 49 apartments in the complex have been impacted, and 80 residents have been displaced.Officials are telling people in the area to conserve water.
  - PUB DATE: 9/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYW-TV CBS 3 Philadelphia
  
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