Sentences with phrase «for rescue workers»

This is important because spare time is scarce for rescue workers and time is usually of the essence for the animals.
Another friend cooks for rescue workers through a church organization.
In June 2014, Singh was appointed to the Mayor's Fund - a non-profit that raises private money for city causes - and the Democratic National CommitteeHe also won another six - figure contract with the state office of emergency management to provide meals for rescue workers toiling in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
In addition, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act will reopen the victims» compensation fund for rescue workers who were hurt as a result of the attacks.
«It gave me the strength to work when I'm needed and the contacts to make life more comfortable for the rescue workers
The gymnasium of PS 41, an elementary school in Greenwich Village and a pickup basketball haven for bankers and bohemians, was used as a base camp for rescue workers, the parquet floor covered by 66 sleeping bags and cots.
And even though I don't believe in the symbolism of the cross, I can not deny the historical role this particular «cross» artifact had in the aftermath of the tragedy as a meeting and prayer place for rescue workers etc., which makes it museum worthy.
«With 90 percent of cell towers on the island out of service, people can't get in touch with their loved ones — and it's harder for rescue workers to coordinate relief efforts.

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Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said a suicide bomber appeared to have posed as a media worker and blew himself up where reporters and rescue workers had gathered.
Many wept and pressed police officials and rescue workers for information on their family members.
SEOUL, March 27 - General Motors said its loss - making South Korean operations would file for bankruptcy if its union did not agree to cut labor costs by April 20, heaping pressure on workers and the South Korean government to swiftly agree a rescue plan.
Netflix triumphed in the documentary short - subject category for 40 - minute film «The White Helmets,» a look at rescue workers in war - torn Syria.
He said a turning point for the miners was the delivery of small Bibles through the tubes rescue workers used to provide food, medicine, supplies and entertainment.
«The temptation is for churches to start their own glamorous project that makes them feel good as they rescue sex workers
It was a focal point for many during the aftermath, rescue and clean - up workers often meeting there several times a day for prayers.
The fiscal window of opportunity to rescue these programs for the sake of future generations of retirees and workers will soon close.
And we responded with the best of America — with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could.
Courage here was of a defensive sort — the daring of rescue workers — while compassion took varied forms (caring for strangers, etc.).
This legislation will provide much - needed funds for medical treatment to the rescue workers and residents of New York City who suffered illnesses from breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke from Ground Zero.
Adedayo Adeneye, Commissioner for Information & Strategy in Ogun State has announced that all the workers numbering about 16 who were involved in the Itoku building collapse in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun state on Thursday have been rescued.
I can not believe that they are sufficiently naïve to believe that it is possible to achieve their goal and, in our capitalist society, instantly create jobs for the tens of thousands of sex workers that they «rescue» by criminalising their livelihoods.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is extending the deadline for workers seeking lost wages and medical benefits from their involvement in the rescue, recovery and cleanup of the September 11 terror attacks.
The bill required a supermajority and only 12 Republicans voted for the act, which proposed giving as much as $ 7.4 billion to people who were exposed to Ground Zero toxins, including first responders, firefighters, rescue workers, police officers, EMTs, cleanup workers, area residents and schoolchildren.
Ros Altmann, an independent pension adviser who helped set up a rescue scheme for workers in crashed companies, said unions needed to recognise that final salary schemes were unaffordable in the private or the public sector.
Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building and Construction Trades Council, cited Clinton's advocacy for a health care bill for 9/11 rescue workers and a World Trade Center rebuilding funding.
Rescue workers, using microphones and fiber - optic cable to probe rubble, frantically are searching for trapped victims.
The robots of the SHERPA project provide rescue workers with support during their tasks, for instance, after an avalanche.
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters)- Rescue workers searched for survivors on Monday in the rubble left by a wave of tornadoes that ripped through the south - central United States a day earlier, killing at least 16 people in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Iowa.
Rescue workers searching for disaster survivors could use the smell of decomposition to decide what kind of rescue dogs to work with in the hopes of improving their chances of finding survRescue workers searching for disaster survivors could use the smell of decomposition to decide what kind of rescue dogs to work with in the hopes of improving their chances of finding survrescue dogs to work with in the hopes of improving their chances of finding survivors.
Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic developed the Geographical Information Assistant (GINA), which has allowed rescue workers in Haiti use mobile devices to overlay emergency locations on multiple maps, pull global positioning system coordinates for the places they need to go, and use touch technology to make notations on their maps, according to Microsoft.
SHANGHAI, China — Rescue workers are using microphones and fiber - optic cable to probe rubble, searching for people trapped in Monday's devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province.
The zirconium - based NU - 1000 is not only useful not only disposing of stockpiles of such toxins, but also for use in gas masks and protective suits for soldiers and rescue workers.
This bar was masterfully formulated for rock climbers, hippies, soccer moms, stock brokers, astronauts, quarterbacks, weekend warriors, carnivores, vegans, children, prison guards, soldiers, pirates and thieves, judges, cops, rescue workers and you!
Director Patricia Riggen does a good job of balancing all the different subplots, but there are so many characters fighting for screen time (from the miners, to their family members, to the government workers spearheading the rescue attempt) that none of them are very well developed.
Sometimes the gearshifts are louder than Godzilla's war cry: This is a movie that chases a shot of rescue workers evacuating a smoldering downtown Chicago — imagery that can't help but evoke 9/11, especially when set to mournful music — with a giant ape doing the universal hand gesture for sex.
And, in one really insane publicity stunt, he takes some 9/11 rescue workers to Cuba to get them treatment for medical problems that arose after trying to save lives.
One of the consequences of the nature of call for volunteers determined the type of expertise that was generally requested, i.e. professionals in the medical sector, education, and rescue workers.
At the behest of rescue workers, Nissan incorporated an access panel into the floor that has a kill switch for first responders.
Most startling of all, for the survivors and rescue workers both, was the realization that the main dusty square was rooted so firmly by half a dozen massive trees, trees that had gone all but unnoticed in all those years, their shadows dingy with commerce, their branches cranked low with hanging wares, their droppings of mulberry collected and sold — until the bomb had loosened the green gums of the trees and sent down a shower of leaves, which Mr. Khurana kicked up on the ground as he tried to uncover the bodies of his two sons.
Italian earthquake victims asked to disable WiFi passwords (Engadget) To facilitate rescue efforts, people are being asked to open up their WiFi networks for allow aid workers and people needing help to use online services to communicate.
Or that by insisting on processes which take more time (home visits for example) or narrow the pool of potential adopters through rules (no small children, or no full time workers) we're actually causing the deaths of pets because we're holding our current rescue pets longer, or reducing the potential numbers of homes?
For animal rescue workers this time of year is also «kitty season».
Our Mission R.E.D. (Rescue Every Dog) is a support group for shelter workers and exceptional animals in need in public animal shelters.
The longer time spent handling the animal to remove it from the tangled mesh increases the risk of injury and stress for both the animal and the animal rescue worker.
His Momma had been trapped under a house and was rescued by an animal control worker, after three days of evaluating, her rescuer suspected she had possibly just given birth, Further investigation under the house led to 9 puppies that had been without their momma for 3 days....
In preparation for this monster hurricane, American Humane is securing its offices and staff in Florida and strategically moving vital equipment, including two 50 - foot emergency rescue vehicles into position so that highly trained workers are poised to deploy and provide rescue and shelter services in the area (s) expected to be hardest hit.
The FKSPCA, Inc. was formed in January 1999 by experienced and dedicated animal rescue volunteers and workers for the purpose of providing quality care for the homeless companion animals of Monroe County.
When the volunteers at a Florida animal rescue learned about a deaf young dog that was deemed «unadoptable» by workers at a shelter where the stray pup had been dumped, of course they made room for the little guy.
(a) In order to protect the health and safety of an animal, any animal control officer, animal cruelty investigator appointed under G.S. 19A - 45, law enforcement officer, firefighter, or rescue squad worker, who has probable cause to believe that an animal is confined in amotor vehicle under conditions that are likely to cause suffering, injury, or death to the animal due to heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, or under other endangering conditions, may enter the motor vehicle by any reasonable means under the circumstances after making a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person responsible for the animal.
The Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL) is looking for small businesses to hire (foster) temporary workers to fill the position of «office cat» until permanent employment (adoption) can be secured.
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