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Heating equipment is the second-largest cause of home fires nationally. They tend to occur in winter as people try to get the chill out of their homes.
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For weeks, paramedics and EMTs in New York City have been struggling to respond to a high number of 911 calls during the coronavirus pandemic. More first responders are getting sick themselves.
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Paramedic David Goroff works in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania.
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“The thousands of hours that these families put into these fire companies. To lose that is so tragic.”
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Supporters of the bill say it is a needed correction to a burdensome system, but opponents say it just makes the departments needlessly opaque.
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"If Daryl were here, she would tell you, just as I and others have been doing for years now. Don’t mess with cancer. It is insidious and relentless."
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"They are on the front lines of not only dangerous fires, but also situations involving crime, drug overdoses, and other perilous situations."
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According to the Fireman’s Association of the State of New York, or FASNY, over 70 percent of all the fire and emergency response nationwide is done by volunteers.