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Chicago’s Black Fire Brigade Is Training First Responders And Working To Reverse Racism At The Fire Department

Since launching in 2018, the program to help Black youth has helped hundreds of them find work as first responders. But funding remains a problem. WASHINGTON PARK — Three times…
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NAEMSP Conference Kicks Off in San Diego

The National Association of EMS Physicians’ annual meeting began in earnest Thursday in San Diego, with mask and vaccine requirements to guard against the latest omicron variant of COVID-19. After…
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Black Fire Brigade opens clubhouse for peer support, youth mentoring

After more than 30 years with the Chicago Fire Department, Quention Curtis had grown weary of the discriminatory hiring practices that have cost the city nearly $92 million in settlements…
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Black Fire Brigade Offers Free Training for EMTs, Paramedics and Firefighters

The scene is disturbingly realistic: Two men lie on the floor with very convincing fake blood pooling around them. Others in the room are screaming in fear. A siren is…
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Black Fire Brigade trains Chicago youth for careers in fire rescue services

An organization on Chicago’s Southwest Side is helping youth by giving them a pathway to careers in fire rescue services.
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Black Fire Brigade trains Chicago youth for careers in fire rescue services

An organization on Chicago’s Southwest Side is helping youth by giving them a pathway to careers in fire rescue services. https://abc7chicago.com/black-fire-brigade-chicago-department-youth-program/5736299/
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