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Lithuania Rethinks

When a town calls for help, the crew has to come from somewhere. Lithuania is reconsidering how it makes that choice.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 12
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Lithuania’s cabinet backed a package of fire and rescue bills on November 11 that would let authorities reorganize the country’s firefighting network based on assessed risk. The Ministry of the Interior says the country currently has 269 municipal firefighting teams and 93 state teams, with locations sha…

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