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Officials: Chemical mixture resulted in death of Buffalo Wild Wings employee

A preliminary investigation found that an employee was overcome by fumes after another employee combined two cleaning agents to the restaurant's kitchen floor

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2 arrested after investigation finds pepper spray caused Mass. hazmat incident

Emergency responders previously said they could not determine the source of the odor that caused breathing problems at a community college building

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16 children, 3 adults treated after hazmat incident at Atlanta daycare

Officials believe a gas leak may have caused carbon monoxide poisoning at the facility

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N.C. city evacuates more than 300 people after EMS raises carbon monoxide...

EMS officials said carbon monoxide exposure could not be ruled out in the deaths of two infants at a public housing complex

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Buffalo Wild Wings inhalant response: Making on-scene resource decisions

Our co-hosts reflect on a recent emergency call to a Buffalo Wild Wings where a cleaning agent inhalant injured nine and killed one employee

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40 affected after jet dumps fuel on Los Angeles school playgrounds

Authorities say a jetliner making an emergency return dropped the fuel over two elementary schools and one high school

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How to practice the EMS response to an MCI

Regularly reviewing and practicing MCI skills will make sure EMS personnel are ready to act when a major incident happens

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Rapid Response: First due priorities in a hazmat MCI

The LAFD was dispatched to a report of several children experiencing symptoms after jet fuel fell on their school, demonstrating the need for information gathering/reporting and decon in a hazmat MCI

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4 FDNY paramedics nominated for award after rescuing man from CO-filled basement

The FDNY nominated the paramedics for the Daily News Hometown Heroes award for saving the unconscious man from lethal CO exposure

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4 first responders, 16 others affected by carbon monoxide at Dallas homeless...

A Dallas Fire-Rescue crew responded to a medical call about one patient when others at the shelter began saying they felt sick

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