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This week's news

Selected links to firefighter workplace, industrial, technology and OHS news stories across the last seven days.

Australia

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WA: Toodyay residents close to suing
Residents in Toodyay say they are close to litigation over the bushfire which destroyed 38 homes, six months ago.
WA: Toodyay rallies after fire.

Qld: Childers marks 10 years since tragic fire
The southern Queensland town of Childers has paused to remember the 15 people killed in a backpacker hostel fire in 2000.

Vic: Mental trauma worsens for Black Saturday survivors
Support groups for victims of the Black Saturday bushfires say the worst signs of mental trauma are just starting to emerge.

NSW: Inquiry into Crowdy Bay bushfire continues
The Deputy State Coroner will continue to hear evidence this week during an inquiry into a bushfire in the Crowdy Bay National Park in 2007.

Vic: Jerry Lewis teams up with firefighters
Recruits the services of the MFB at a launch at the firefighters' museum.

Vic: Emergency response drives police restructure
Victoria Police says it is changing divisional boundaries to improve its response to emergencies such as bushfires.

International
USA: Cardiac arrest leads on-duty firefighter deaths
Cardiac arrest was the No. 1 killer of firefighters nationwide - and in Oklahoma - last year.

Iraq: Iraqi pipeline fire put out
Iraqi firefighters put out a fire that erupted by a bomb explosion in northern Baghdad.

USA: Obama to nearly double spectrum for wireless devices
The White House is calling for billions of dollars in proceeds from the auctions to be used for building a new public safety network for police and firefighters.

UK (Northern Ireland): Drop in number of attacks on firefighters is encouraging
Last October firemen were ambushed and pelted with stones by a vicious gang of boys who started a wheelie bin blaze to lure them.

Pakistan: NATO oil tankers torched in Pakistan's Baluchistan province
Firefighters still trying to extinguish the fire.

USA: Fireworks vendors, firefighters gear up for July 4th
Reminders of the rules about fireworks.

NZ: Most trusted New Zealanders revealed
Firefighters are the most trusted group of professionals.

China: Over 4000 fire fighters battling forest fire in northern China
Over 4000 fire fighters are battling a huge forest with 2000 or so more on their way.

UK: Firefighters battle huge blaze on industrial estate
Firefighters battle huge blaze on industrial estate in South Yorkshire.

Portugal: Special fire fighting teams
Algarve's Civil Protection chief has said difficulties in recruiting firefighters from local stations to be part of special forest fire combat teams now over.

USA: Fighting wildfires with scientific data, research and instruments
Vital data — heat, wind speed and other measured information —one day might help fire fighters save property and precious lives.

UK: Tory peer has pledged to remove the health and safety rules
Tory peer says health and safety rules stop emergency service workers performing their duties.

USA: St. Louis sues state over firefighter residency law
The City of St. Louis has filed a lawsuit against the State of Missouri over a new law that would allow firefighter to live outside of the city limits.

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