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Northern California And Arizona Firefighters Join Forces To Tackle Raging Fires In Los Angeles

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Firefighters from Northern California and neighboring Arizona have been dispatched to Southern California as wildfires continue to wreak havoc in Los Angeles County. Fires ignited on Tuesday afternoon due to the rapid spread of high-speed winds, called the Santa Ana winds. These winds swiftly carried the flames from a small fire into Pacific Palisades, an … Read more

Houston firefighters’ mental health risks exacerbated by long-standing problems

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Firefighters are three times more likely to die by suicide than to die in the line of duty, according to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Locally, among Houston’s 3,600 firefighters, around 300 contacted the department’s clinical psychologists this year.  Source link