Damage control: Coordinated response key to reducing disaster risk

There is a need to train rescue teams and establish a central command system to enable the government and humanitarian agencies to coordinate and minimise destruction during any disaster, said fellows...

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Official death toll climbs to 19 after Quebec seniors' home fire; 13 still missing

Firefighters and police officers, some on their hands and knees, braved bitter cold for yet another day to find more bodies in the rubble of a seniors' home that was engulfed in flames last week. Surete...

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