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Rescuer safety: rates of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) in firefighters
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder listed in the DSM-5 in the chapter on trauma and stress-related disorders
New York, Bronx building fire: 19 dead, firefighters and rescuers at work / VIDEO
A frightening fire broke out in a 19-storey building in the Bronx, New York: so far 19 people are dead, including 9 children
EMERCOM of Russia calls to equip houses with fire detectors
EMERCOM of Russia: “in 2021, fire detection helped save nearly 600 people, including 245 children”
Covid in the USA, Los Angeles decimated in rescuers: 450 firefighters positive to Covid, in crisis…
The new Covid wave is hitting hard even in the USA: in Los Angeles putting the world of emergency and rescue in crisis
UK, Omicron strikes hard even among fire brigades: one third of fire engines unavailable due to…
Firefighters: London has had over a third of its fire engines unavailable as Omicron hits staffing numbers, new London Fire Brigade data shows
Italy: father and son found missing after explosion tragedy in Ravanusa (Ag)
Italy: the final toll of the tragedy in Ravanusa (Ag) is nine dead. Tomorrow there will be public mourning in Agrigento
Italy, explosion in Ravanusa: four buildings destroyed, three dead and six missing
Firefighters worked through the night amidst the rubble in Ravanusa, a small town in the province of Agrigento, where last night an explosion caused by a gas leak destroyed a four-storey building and seriously damaged three other adjacent…
France, increasing number of attacks on Sapeurs-Pompiers: parliament introduces bodycam for French…
Bodycam for the fire brigade in France. French National Parliament passes new law: all fire departments can now implement bodycam solutions
How does one become a firefighter? The essential information to become a firefighter in Italy
Become a firefighter in Italy: the path is complex and requires great preparation: firefighters, all over the world and in Italy too, carry out a difficult and complex job, and the people selected must be able to do it
Italy, water bomb in Forlì: firefighters save two motorists
Yesterday morning, shortly before 8 a.m., a violent storm hit the city of Forlì. Several fire brigade interventions