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		<title>Peru &#124; US firefighters bring message of hope, donate training &amp; gear to Lima firefighters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bombero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Father Mychal Judge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lima Peru]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lima Peru &#124; 4 Feb 2012 Portland Fire &#38; Rescue and the Portland Bombero Association were privileged to be able to assist FDNY Battalion Chief Daniel Sheridan down in Lima, Peru for a very special mission…a week of training in honor of Father Mychal Judge, the FDNY chaplain killed on 9/11 at Ground Zero. Sheridan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas &#124; State and local officials investigate odd smell in Lebo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coffey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gasoline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Topeka &#124; 4 Feb 2012 The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), along with Coffey County Fire District Number One and Coffey County Emergency Management, has noted and is investigating a strong gasoline odor in Lebo, Kan. Experts stress that the odor has shown no health concerns.  The smell was first reported on Thursday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina &#124; Natural gas releases forces evacuation of 22 homes in Charlotte</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Fire Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evacuation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas leak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westover Hills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Westover Hills &#124; 4 Feb 2012 A Natural gas release forced the evacuation of 22 homes in the Westover Hills community Tuesday morning, January 31, 2012. At least 30 residents were displaced from their homes for almost two hours. At 11:04 AM firefighters were called to investigate an odor of natural gas in the 1300 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts &#124; Boston EMS reminds residents to celebrate safely</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/massachusetts-boston-ems-reminds-residents-to-celebrate-safely/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/massachusetts-boston-ems-reminds-residents-to-celebrate-safely/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston EMS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Boston &#124; 4 Feb 2012 Like many of you, all of us at Boston EMS are rooting for the home team this weekend as our New England Patriots take on the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI Sunday night. With a couple days to go, now is a great time to start preparing for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York &#124; DOH issues first summary report on LeRoy High School case</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/new-york-doh-issues-first-summary-report-on-leroy-high-school-case/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/new-york-doh-issues-first-summary-report-on-leroy-high-school-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cluster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Roy Central School District Junior/Senior High School]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[psychological]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tic-like symptoms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Albany &#124; 4 Feb 2012 The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) released, today, the attached interim report on its investigation into a cluster of cases with tic-like symptoms in the Le Roy Central School District Junior/Senior High School. The findings in this report do not identify a need for the school district to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine &#124; Warmer weather may be cause of increase in rabid animals</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/maine-warmer-weather-may-be-cause-of-increase-in-rabid-animals/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/maine-warmer-weather-may-be-cause-of-increase-in-rabid-animals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rabies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warmer weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Augusta &#124; 4 Feb 2012 With the addition of two foxes in the same York County neighborhood testing positive for rabies, the increased number of rabies cases in the first month of 2012 has prompted the Maine Center for Disease Control and the Maine Department of Agriculture to remind people to be cautious around wild [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Dakota/Saskatchewan &#124; Premier, Governor and Senator discuss Souris flood plan</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/north-dakotasaskatchewan-premier-governor-and-senator-discuss-souris-flood-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/north-dakotasaskatchewan-premier-governor-and-senator-discuss-souris-flood-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Dakota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saskatchewan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency preparedness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saskatoon &#124; 3 Feb 2012 Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall welcomed North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple and United States Senator John Hoeven for discussions on the preparation for spring runoff of the Souris River. &#8220;We owe it to all the people throughout the Souris River Basin to meet their needs for short-term and long-term flood protection,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British columbia &#124; BC Coroner confirms identity of children in house fire</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/british-columbia-bc-coroner-confirms-identity-of-children-in-house-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/british-columbia-bc-coroner-confirms-identity-of-children-in-house-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BC Coroners Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fatalities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house fire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mackenzie &#124; 3 Feb 2012 The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of two young children who died on Jan. 31 in a house fire in the community of Mackenzie. The deceased are Joseph and Gabrielle Fleury, who resided in the home with their parents and sister. The boy and girl were twins and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia &#124; Police issue Ecstacy warning</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/british-columbia-police-issue-ecstacy-warning/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/british-columbia-police-issue-ecstacy-warning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[central Saanich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecstacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Central Saanich &#124; 3 Feb 2012 The Central Saanich Police Service and the Sidney North Saanich RCMP are asking parents of teenagers to have a conversation with their kids tonight about the drug ecstasy. Last week, Central Saanich Police officers responded to drug overdose at a house party in Saanichton. When emergency crews arrived, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia &#124; Four members of same family killed, one person injured in high-impact RTC near Barriere</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/british-columbia-four-members-of-same-family-killed-one-person-injured-in-high-impact-rtc-near-barriere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barriere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high-impact RTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highway 5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiple fatality incident]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Highway 5 near Barriere &#124; 1 Feb 2012 In the evening of Wednesday, February 1st at approximately 8:30 PM, RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services and Barriere RCMP attended to a report of a motor vehicle accident along Highway #5 just north of Barriere, BC. Early investigation indicates that an SUV (Suzuki Grand Vitara) traveling southbound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia &#124; Off-duty RCMP officer rescues toddler from overturned submerged vehicle</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/british-columbia-off-duty-rcmp-officer-rescues-toddler-from-overturned-submerged-vehicle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aaron Jabs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good samaritan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delta &#124; 3 Feb 2012 On Wednesday Feb 1, 2012, at 7:00 AM, Alyse a 25-year-old mother of two and resident of Surrey, BC, was on her way to work when she swerved to avoid ducks waddling across Hwy 17. She reported losing control of her car which eventually came to rest overturned and partially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norm Rooker &#124; Cat Wrangling (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/norm-rooker-cat-wrangling-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/norm-rooker-cat-wrangling-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Norm Rooker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cat wrangling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herding cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem solving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s snowing again just a couple of hours before Vicki, my bride of 28 years &#38; sister paramedic are about to hit the road for a weekend getaway.  No big deal, we live in the mountains of southwestern Colorado and knew snow was part of the package when we relocated here seven years ago. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheshire &#124; Elderly woman dies after house fire in Elton</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/cheshire-elderly-woman-dies-after-house-fire-in-elton/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/cheshire-elderly-woman-dies-after-house-fire-in-elton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvanley Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alvanley Road, Elton &#124; 3 Feb 2012 Just after 5.30am the Service were called by the police to a house fire in Elton near Chester with reports that people may still be in the property. Two fire engines from Ellesmere Port and one from Chester went to the mid townhouse in Alvanley View, Elton, Chester [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avon &#124; Dog rescued from frozen lake by firefighters</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/avon-dog-rescued-from-frozen-lake-by-firefighters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avon &#124; 3 Feb 2012 Firefighters have rescued a dog from a frozen lake after the animal fell through the ice. When crews arrived they found Clifford the Collie/Jack Russell cross, in the middle of the lake treading water. It’s thought he had been there for around 45 minutes and the water was approximately four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London &#124; Firefighters urge caution during ‘severe cold weather’</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/london-firefighters-urge-caution-during-severe-cold-weather/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[London &#124; 3 Feb 2012 With freezing temperatures hitting the capital and the Met Office issuing a severe cold weather warning fire chiefs are today urging people to take extra care and stay safe as the icy weather looks set to last into the weekend. As ever, firefighters across the capital are on standby to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London &#124; Brigade&#8217;s new control centre ready for Olympics</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/london-brigades-new-control-centre-ready-for-olympics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[999 fire response service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[London &#124; 3 Feb 2012 The transformation of a potential white elephant into a hub for the capital’s 999 fire response service will be officially recognised on Wednesday 1 February when fire minister Bob Neill, MP opens a new London Fire Brigade operations centre in Merton. The building was originally specified and built as part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London &#124; One man injured in house fire in Blackheath</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shooters Hill Road &#124; 3 Feb 2012 Six fire engines and around 30 firefighters  were tackling a fire in a house of three floors on Shooters Hill Road, SE3 this morning. Two men escaped from the house before the Brigade arrived, one of them suffered from smoke inhalation and was treated by London Ambulance Service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cumbria &#124; Three people injured in flat fire in Barrow-in-Furness</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/cumbria-three-people-injured-in-flat-fire-in-barrow-in-furness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low White Close, Barrow-in-Furness &#124; 1 Feb 2012 At 2321 hours on Wednesday 1st February 2012, appliances from Barrow, Walney and Dalton, including the aerial ladder platform, along with Station Manager Stuart Dolan and Watch Manager Mike Dobson attended reports of a fire in a flat on Low White Close, Barrow in Furness. On arrival [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands &#124; Boy rescued safely from Bloxwich pond</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/west-midlands-boy-rescued-safely-from-bloxwich-pond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bloxwich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice rescue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Willenhall Lane &#124; 3 Feb 2012 At 08:58 this morning West Midlands fire service received an emergency call to reports of a .youth stranded on a wooden pallet in a pond at Willenhall Lane Bloxwich. The incident involved one teenage boy who had become stranded on a wooden pallet in the frozen pond. Firefighters attending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London &#124; Community order for abusive patient</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/london-community-order-for-abusive-patient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[London &#124; 3 Feb 2012 A man who verbally abused and tried to attack a St Helier medic has been sentenced to a six-month community order. Christopher Tormey, 27, of Gaisford Street, Kentish Town, had been drinking when he began shouting abuse and throwing punches at Emergency Medical Technician Stephen Say. Stephen, who has worked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London &#124; Ambulance service prepares for snowy weekend</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/london-ambulance-service-prepares-for-snowy-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/london-ambulance-service-prepares-for-snowy-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[emergency preparedness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[London &#124; 3 Feb 2012 ‘Please use us wisely and only call 999 with life-threatening emergencies’ – that’s the message from the London Ambulance Service as snow is predicted to hit the capital this weekend. Demand on the Service’s 999 control room is expected to rise if the wintry forecast proves correct, as icy roads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Midlands &#124; Ambulance Service warns of dangers playing or walking on frozen water</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/east-midlands-ambulance-service-warns-of-dangers-playing-or-walking-on-frozen-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[East Midlands &#124; 3 Feb 2012 An East Midlands Ambulance Service paramedic is urging people to be aware of the dangers of frozen water to help prevent an East Midlands tragedy. Peter Lewin, EMAS Hazardous Area Response Team paramedic, is trained to respond to medical emergencies in a hazardous area, and in his own time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North East England &#124; Patients the priority as NEAS reviews accident and emergency provision</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/north-east-england-patients-the-priority-as-neas-reviews-accident-and-emergency-provision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[future demand]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[relocation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newcastle &#124; 3 Feb 2012 A new structure has been proposed by NEAS to treat patients needing accident and emergency care, as demand on the service continues to rise. The new proposals would mean relocating some ambulances across the region to meet current and future demand on services. An expanded, non-emergency tier is also being proposed to respond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands &#124; New set of wheels for Knowle lifesavers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solihull &#124; 3 Feb 2012 Three years on, the volunteer life savers of Solihull are raring to come to the aid of their local community in their new car thanks to the continued support of Guest Alfa in Knowle. The car, an Alfa MiTo Sprint, will be used by the six members of the Knowle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands &#124; Three people overcome by smoke in fire in Worcester</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/02/west-midlands-three-people-overcome-by-smoke-in-fire-in-worcester/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christchurch Road]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christchurch Road &#124; 2 Feb 2012 Three people have been taken to hospital after a fire at a property in Worcester earlier this morning.   West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Christchurch Road, Worcester at around 3.30am. Two ambulances and an incident support officer attended the scene. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: [...]]]></description>
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