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Oil and gas firefighter training

2015-05-31 12:21:28| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

The growing oil and gas industry has caused a boom in jobs and brought money back into our area but on the other side of things, the industry looms with dangersa dangers first responders now have to prepare for. "It's really important to get people in the class, to get an understanding of it, especially the big explosions we have seen with wells in our area," said Robert Gaffney, Captain of the Belvedere Volunteer Fire Department.

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Firefighter Training 2

2015-04-10 19:57:11| Railroads - Topix.net

Two Weyburn firefighters recently returned from Pueblo, Colorado after attending a course sponsored and fully funded by Canadian Pacific Railway. Platoon leaders Lindsey Leko and Kevin Cooke attended the Crude by Rail Emergency Response course taught at the Security and Emergency Response Training Center south of Pueblo, Colorado.

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Plymovent Corp. Donates to the Firefighter Cancer Support Network

2015-03-26 11:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Cranbury, NJ While at work, firefighters are exposed to chemicals, gases, and other hazardous substances that can have damaging effects on their health. Research has found that firefighters are twice as likely to develop testicular cancer and have significantly higher rates of non-Hodgkins lymphoma and prostate...

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Driver Crashes Into Fire Engine At Scene Of I-80 Accident, Sending Firefighter To Hospital

2015-03-16 06:27:50| IT Services - Topix.net

CBS San Francisco Connect With Us At KPIX 5 PROGRAM GUIDE: KPIX 5 TV Schedule WATCH: A Glimpse Inside The Working KPIX 5 Newsroom Breaking News Send news tips, video & photos, and video to the KPIX 5 [...] CONNECT WITH KCBS Welcome to KCBS All News 740AM & 106.9FM on CBSSanFrancisco.com! LISTEN LIVE RIGHT NOW: KCBS Live Audio Stream LIKE KCBS Radio On Facebook: KCBS is the Bay Area's only all news station, serving listeners with [...] A driver crashed into a fire engine responding to a previous accident on I-80 near Hercules. HERCULES - Officials with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said the proper placement of a fire engine at the scene of an overturned vehicle crash Sunday morning saved firefighters' lives.

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