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DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the past 18 years, AAA Michigan has been quietly donating funds for 'Jaws of Life' hydraulic lifesaving equipment to the communities that need it most. To date, 66 grants totaling more than $1,000,000 have been provided throughout Michigan. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110321/CL67889LOGO ) The grants - which average $15,800 each - are traditionally awarded to small communities that do not have the funds to purchase 'Jaws of...

SAN DIEGO, September 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- - Digital issue looks inside the minds, lives & hearts of responders to 9-11-01 The Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS) today announces the publication of a special 150-page four-volume digital issue featuring first-person accounts of responders who were thrust into the world spotlight the morning of September 11, 2001, when terrorists invaded their response districts - and their lives - and changed the way...

The up-coming launch of the FireWhat Wildland iOS App will make critical pre-arrival information available to the nation’s firefighters. Dunsmuir, CA (PRWEB) September 09, 2011 As the late months of summer heat up, the gloom of Fire Season is on the minds of many living in the Wildland Urban Interface areas of the United States. Firefighters have prepared all season for these types of events, and now, as recent fires in Texas have shown, Fire Season is upon us. Throughout the west...

San Diego firefighter donated his time and services to designing a permanent 9/11 memorial inscribed with the names of the 430 emergency first responders who lost their lives. Standing over four feet tall, two aluminum columns, etched with the names, and a steel beam from the Twin Towers will be located in front of Fire Station 21 in Pacific Beach. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders will be in attendance. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) September 07, 2011 A firefighter with the San Diego Fire-Rescue...

As the state of Texas is overcome by countless wild fires, start-up company FireWhat Inc posts critical fire information to assist first responders in protecting the community. Dunsmuir, CA (PRWEB) September 06, 2011 As a fire of “biblical proportions” spreads through Bastrop County, Texas, the offices of FireWhat Incorporated have been working tirelessly to spread information out to the community’s residents. As the FireWhat staff was closing down for the night on...

  Nearly ten years after The United States’ darkest day in history, rescuers who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 have a 19 percent higher risk of getting cancer of all kinds than colleagues who were not exposed, according to a long-term study. The study, published this week in a special 9/11 issue of the medical journal The Lancet, evaluated more than 27,000 police officers, construction workers,...

BOSTON, Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Fire departments are not immune to the hardships created by the nation's economic crisis, as stations across the country continue to reel from a lack of necessary funding and resources. The Third Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service, released in June by the National Fire Protection Association, underscores the continued gap in adequate funding, particularly for smaller community departments. To alleviate some of the burden fire departments face,...

Einstein Montefiore Physician-Researcher Leads Study Published in The Lancet BRONX, N.Y., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the largest cancer study of firefighters ever conducted, research published in this week's 9/11 Special Issue of The Lancet found that New York City firefighters exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster site were at least 19 percent more likely to develop cancer in the seven years following the disaster as their non-exposed colleagues and up to...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The collective spirit of togetherness and remembrance of the unwavering bravery of 9/11's fallen heroes will be shared by an expected 25,000-plus people during the tenth annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, which starts at 9:30 a.m. New York City's most beloved 9/11 remembrance event gives participants the chance to physically retrace the footsteps of Stephen Siller, the late FDNY firefighter who...

Fire truck communications have now been redefined by the Liberator headset. Austin, TX (PRWEB) August 29, 2011 Setcom™ Corporation, a leading manufacturer of intercom systems and headsets for fire apparatus, continues to pioneer new technology in the public safety communications market with the release of the newly redesigned Setcom Liberator™ fire wireless headset. For more information, visit: http://setcomcorp.com/firewireless.html. The latest feature is “instant...