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Friday, November 20, 2009

Act Global

While traveling in a former Soviet Bloc country, Ron Gruening, a retired paramedic and active volunteer firefighter, did what any firefighter would do — he stopped in a fire station. The conditions he saw and the stories he heard from the ill-equipped firefighters inspired him to launch the International Fire Relief Mission, a humanitarian group that ships fire and EMS gear donated by U.S. fire departments to needy departments in developing countries. Why did you start IFRM? It was a simple response from one firefighter to another. Seeing the lack of equipment or the condition of ...

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