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Mental health crisis grows among climate change disasters first responders

First responders on the frontlines of climate disasters are suffering from a mental health crisis. Firefighters battling California’s megafires have taken the brunt in suffering from mental health. The California Fire director has pledged to make mental health his highest priority.
Western Wildfires & COVID-19
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Wildfires already threaten the West. Then came COVID-19

What if you need to mobilize first responders while keeping them socially distanced—and also potentially evacuate whole communities to safety?
Stressed by coronavirus, first responders prep for a dangerous summer
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Stressed by coronavirus, first responders prep for a dangerous summer

FEMA is overwhelmed, fire crews can’t fully prepare, emergency shelters are newly dangerous. And forecasters predict an extreme summer driven by climate change.
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