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• COVID-19: A generational leadership crisis

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  The deaths of fire, law enforcement, corrections and EMS leaders and personnel will have a decades-long impact on department operations, safety and capability

• Pa. governor announces PPE stockpile to prepare for potential virus resurgence

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  Gov. Tom Wolf said the state is ready to supply sufficient PPE to first responders and healthcare workers this fall

• Atlantic City FFs sue city, saying department's COVID-19 policy shows 'blatant disregard' for health

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  The complaint alleges the policy of directing FFs to return to work after being exposed, but testing negative themselves, risks spreading the virus

• Calif. governor signs presumptive COVID-19 workers' comp bill

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  First responders will be presumed to have contracted COVID-19 on-duty if there is an outbreak at their workplace

• Chicago working toward vaccine distribution plan

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  Health officials are considering an "all hands on deck" effort that includes paramedics helping to administer the COVID-19 vaccine

• School resource medic: A new role for EMS as kids go back to school

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  With EMS run volume down 25% or more in many communities, how can EMTs and paramedics help in schools with COVID-19 screening, role modeling healthy behavior and teaching life-saving skills?

• 625,000 essential workers in Michigan eligible for free college: What to know

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  The program is a $24 million investment funded by Governor’s Education Emergency Relief Fund, part of the federal CARES Act

• COVID-19: How public safety companies are assisting the frontline pandemic response

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  The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations

• CDC to states: Be ready to distribute COVID-19 vaccines on Nov. 1

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  Planning documents sent to health departments ask officials to work out which groups should receive the vaccine first

• Scientific advisory committee: First responders should get 1st phase of COVID-19 vaccine

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  The committee formed at the behest of the National Institutes of Health and CDC published a draft recommending a four-phase distribution plan for the vaccine

• ICMA: The accelerated shift to cloud software in local government

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  "The cloud presents a number of benefits you can’t get from most systems"

• Researchers studying compassion fatigue seek responses from first responders

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  Disaster mental health experts with the Tulane University School of Social Work seek to further understand the emotional impact of COVID-19 on responders

• Virtual learning: 4 options for essential workers

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  As students around the country prepare to start school virtually, first responders are wondering how to cover homeschooling on-shift

• Maine FFs call on state CDC to prioritize first responder virus tests after FD outbreak

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  Sanford's fire union president said a 72-hour wait for first responders' test results is "unacceptable"

• FBI investigates breach of server used by SD dispatchers to identify COVID-19 patients

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  Officials say the breach may have leaked the names and addresses of those who tested positive for the virus

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