#Firefighters

prison inmates make up fully 1/3 of crews fighting California firesthey are compensated less than $6/day & are often DENIED firefighting jobs upon releaseif you are talking about the California
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Yesterday, 58 firefighters were injured in various fires related to cold weather and space heaters.Out of those 58, 11 firefighters went to the burn center with 2 in serious condition.From
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ThreadI've said that there were no firefighters at the Beirut port when the event happened.Here's a question: As always, people get ANGRY at contrarian views.He's talking about this photo.Universally captioned
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People outside California don’t really understand why these fires are so bad. Thread time... We had an abnormally dry winter. Like half the snow and rain. So there’s climate change
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Thread...As over a 100,000 lie dead from Covid-19, and more die by the day, the importance of protecting workers and communities from this deadly virus has never been more vital.
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I'm convinced more than ever fear/anxiety/imminent danger is fueling the disinformation for the Oregon wildfires.People are scrambling for answers and they share because they care, even if they aren't right.
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Oregon wildfires Molalla, Oregon. Residents are evacuating A water tanker fills up to fight the fires Heading back out into the fire These two militia guys just me and two
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(THREAD 1/5) Our new study found that turnout gear may be an understudied & important source of #PFAS chemical exposures for #firefighters in fire stations, which is where they spend
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It’s dark here in Perth nowNot far from here there are some extraordinary people, who, for no personal gain, are risking their lives to save other people’s properties, businesses and
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California is burning cuz of capitalism, colonization, the culling of native animal & plant species, the invasion of non native plants, and the fact that we have been relying on
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At some point today or tomorrow, I fear we will pass the boundary beyond which there are no additional resources--no crews, no aircraft, no IMTs--to assign. If that happens, areas
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Thread: Everyone saying, "Giuliani used to be America's Mayor after 9/11. What happened to him?" Those of us who lived in NYC then knew he sucked. He basically told us
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Recent #wildfire seasons have been tough. One often overlooked but crucial aspect of more frequent, intense wildfires is firefighters’ well-being. I spoke with @NathanRott @NPR on ‘Why Firefighters Are Facing
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Good if red light only. LFT may be effective as general 'red light' monitoring because positives seem to be trusted. However many experts agree LFT negatives can't be trusted to
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Last year saw the highest number of flood and water deaths firefighters have responded to since records began.The climate emergency has hit the UK, but the government doesn't want to
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