Emergency staff to get gas masks
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Britain's emergency services will be issued with gas masks to protect them against potential chemical attacks by terrorists, The Daily Telegraph reported.
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Deployed military troops, emergency  workers, pregnant women and children will be among the first to  get scarce vaccinations if a pandemic strain of flu breaks out,  U.S. officials said.
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APPLETON, Wis. - Pets here will be breathing a little easier now that local rescuers will be carrying oxygen masks designed for animals. Six Appleton fire trucks and 13 ambulances will be equipped with masks intended for use on dogs, cats and other small animals.
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Pioneering junior wardens have been paying a visit to their local fire station to learn some vital fire safety messages.   Thirty two primary school children have volunteered to be neighbourhood watch wardens to help combat crimes, including arson and nuisance fires, in Newtown in Stockton.
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Eight people in London suffering from breathing difficulties after being found in chemical tanker
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Ramallah - All members of the Palestinian security services were placed on a state of alert on Thursday to prepare for a possible outbreak of unrest in the event of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, Palestinian security sources said.
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North Carolina and New York are withdrawing from service thousands of Australian-made gas masks bought for police after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because they do not meet federal standards for protection against nerve gas, anthrax and other toxins.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan: Taiwanese health officials urged the public Monday to check their temperatures daily and wear surgical masks when visiting hospitals, as the island began a series of measures to guard against a new SARS outbreak.
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Police in the Russian region of Chechnya  have new orders to open fire on anyone wearing a mask, the  local interior minister was quoted as saying Thursday.
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ALBANY, NY Aug. 17, 2004  Citing what they called a public health emergency, New York officials on Tuesday ordered power plants to reduce emissions blamed for acid rain.
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Two departments at the Royal Marsden Hospital could reopen within days of a serious fire.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced yesterday that it will allow 60,000 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina and now living in FEMA-provided trailers on the Gulf Coast to move into hotel or motel rooms if they are concerned about formaldehyde gas in their trailers.
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Emergency room doctors are urging people to protect themselves from winter's deadly companions, hypothermia and frostbite.
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Ambulance staff say they will hold a strike ballot if management do not agree to discuss their concerns.
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By Ana Ribeiro, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 24--Early Thursday afternoon, Rob Shields got a phone call at work that anybody would dread.   It was the Roanoke Fire-EMS Department.   But there was no fire.
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Flu shots will be prohibited for anyone not in a high-risk priority group under an emergency rule the District's acting health director plans to issue Friday.
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By REBECCA SMITH  ALL paramedics are being issued with radiation meters and chemical hoods to protect them in the event of a terror attack or radiation leak.