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May 28, 2011

FF Injuries +26%, Lasky To Retire, Memorial Day Pic (The Secret List)

  Hey, Among the Philadelphia (PA) FD’s 116 injuries so far this year are a FF that had hot aluminum drop down his neck, a gas explosion tossing a FF into the air, a FF put his hand thru glass and a medic was bitten by a dog. Those are included in numbers that are up...
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Incident Prompts New Training

An unflatering observation by a calltaker Hawaii has resulted in a readdresing of training needs. While taking a call from the sole survivor of a fireworks bunker explosion, the telecommunicator referred to him as a (expletive) idiot. Read the full story ehre: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/14702522/911-call-from-waikele-explosion-prompts-changes-in-dispatcher-training
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Dispatch Supervisor Still On Hook

A California Highway Patrol Supervisor has failed to get his name removed from a lawsuit filed by the family of a teen killed in 2006. Howver, this suit has nothing to do with the call center’s handling of the case. Instead, Aaron Reich is among those accused of distributing photos of the decapitated crash victim on...
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