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Lessons/Takeaways from San Bruno Gas Explosion
September 10, 2010
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Undoubtedly you have been following the events (and the complications) of the natural gas explosion in San Bruno last night and today (this is what we do & BTW thank you @TheFireTracker2 on Twitter for the great info feeds).

Lessons learned? Very fast surge of patients and capacity for burn victims needs to continually be planned/prepared for.

From the counter-terror/infrastructure protection aspect...how secure are the gas mains at your facility (or in the immediate area?)

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