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Speaker 1: Hello, Katie Wolvan three point sixty online at Mix one

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Speaker 1: O four nine dot com.

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Speaker 2: Well, quite a few messages slowing through Following on from

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Speaker 2: that interview with the opposition leader Leofanochiaro, I've got one here.

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Speaker 2: It says, Katie, could you please ask Lea how it's

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Speaker 2: possible for Gunner to stop the opposition or others from

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Speaker 2: asking pertinent questions that Territorians are entitled to have answered.

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Speaker 2: Labor We're elected by territorians, says that text. Another one

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Speaker 2: here it says, Hi Katie, how dare the government continue

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Speaker 2: to hide and refuse to answer questions? Our debt is

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Speaker 2: ridiculous and frightening. Their motto of keeping Territorians safe is

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Speaker 2: going to come back to bite them. I ask who

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Speaker 2: is going to keep Territorians safe from Gunner?

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Speaker 3: Says this texter? Where is the administrator?

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Speaker 2: Another one here from Mark in Twee and it says, Hi, Katie,

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Speaker 2: My understanding is the IKAK is an extension of the

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Speaker 2: government's transparency. Therefore their report should be made public without

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Speaker 2: whistleblower names. Otherwise we're not getting value for money. That

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Speaker 2: one there from Mark in Tewee and look, I actually

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Speaker 2: think you know that whistleblowers do reserve the right to

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Speaker 2: remain anonymous. That is the you know, that's the very

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Speaker 2: thinking behind being a whistleblower. And if we get to

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Speaker 2: a point where a journalist is forced to disclose their

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Speaker 2: source to a story, and in my opinion, that story

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Speaker 2: yesterday in the Northern Territory News about the IKAK about

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Speaker 2: an investigation happening into the i CAAC and and you know,

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Speaker 2: it's by the sounds of things, they've disclosed their conflicts

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Speaker 2: of interests and done everything above board. But you know,

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Speaker 2: in my opinion, if you cannot if a whistleblower is

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Speaker 2: not able to actually you know, say that something like

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Speaker 2: this is happening, then it really makes you question how

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Speaker 2: on earth you know, we're going to bring some of

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Speaker 2: these issues to the fore. So look, I'm you know,

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Speaker 2: I'm intrigued to see exactly where that all lands. But

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Speaker 2: I do not think that it's appropriate for a journalist

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Speaker 2: to have to disclose their source. You know, obviously, at

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Speaker 2: the end of the day, we go to great lengths

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Speaker 2: to make sure that we keep everything above board and

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Speaker 2: do everything adequately. We as journalists have to adhere to

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Speaker 2: our own code of ethics. And you know, yeah, I

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Speaker 2: just think that it would be a ridiculous situation if

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Speaker 2: we then, you know, have whistleblowers identified.

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Speaker 3: Another message here, it says, good morning, Katie.

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Speaker 2: I'm trying to book for a COVID VACS age eighteen

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Speaker 2: to forty nine in the Darwin region and there are

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Speaker 2: currently no clinics accepting bookings. So this is on the

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Speaker 2: government website and this person says, do you know if

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Speaker 2: this is due to a shortage in the vaccination.

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Speaker 3: That's a very good question.

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Speaker 2: My producer, Ronnie has just been online to see if

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Speaker 2: she's able to book and she can't. I've just done

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Speaker 2: exactly the same thing during the ad break and can't either.

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Speaker 2: I know that there are still some locations where you

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Speaker 2: can book in for the vaccine, but when you go

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Speaker 2: through that government website, it says the request is blocked

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Speaker 2: when you get to the point of trying to book

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Speaker 2: a vaccine if you're in that age bracket. So I'm

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Speaker 2: not sure whether this means that we are short of

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Speaker 2: vaccine or exactly what's going on. But Ronnie is following

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Speaker 2: that up with the Health Department and with the Minister's

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Speaker 2: office to see if we can get some clarification. Now

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Speaker 2: let's move along because we know that police are investigating

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Speaker 2: the cause of a fire that erupted in a car

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Speaker 2: Larichia early this morning. Joining us on the line to

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Speaker 2: tell us a little bit more is the NT Fire

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Speaker 2: Ey's Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Joshua Fisher.

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Speaker 3: Good morning to you, Josh, Good morning Katie, Josh. What

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Speaker 3: happened overnight?

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Speaker 1: So emergency services were made aware of a fire in

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Speaker 1: Murka Court, Larakair at approximately twelve minutes past three this morning.

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Speaker 1: There were multiple course Stripple zero reporting sounds of an

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Speaker 1: explosion and smoke coming from a car park below a

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Speaker 1: multi story unit complex. Firefighters were assisting Saint John Ambulance

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Speaker 1: with a medical incident nearby in Beagle Street, Larakiir and

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Speaker 1: arrived in Murker Cort approximately three minutes later to find

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Speaker 1: smoke and flames coming from the car park. This incident

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Speaker 1: who were trapped, including young children within their units, by

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Speaker 1: the thick smoke as a result of the car on

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Speaker 1: fire and a blow car park. Residents reported to emergency

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Speaker 1: did not know where their fire escape was located, and

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Speaker 1: approximately nine units were impacted by this fire, with residents

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Speaker 1: unable to leave until the fire was extinguished. Wow. There

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Speaker 1: was approximately thirteen firefighters from Darwin and Casarina who brought

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Speaker 1: and also managed the evacuation of approximately twenty residents when

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Speaker 1: it was safe to do so. Thankfully, there were no

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Speaker 1: reported injuries by residents or responding firefighters in Saint John

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Speaker 1: Ambulance were not required to treat any patients.

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Speaker 3: Goodness me.

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Speaker 2: Just how extensive was this fire? Did it only impact

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Speaker 2: those cars in the car park down below or did

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Speaker 2: that damage sort of spread further.

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Speaker 1: We've got fire investigator there this morning assessing that scene

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Speaker 1: and determining the full extent of the damage. But what's

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Speaker 1: heat and smoke. So we're reporting that there is some

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Speaker 1: plumbing works under the building. There may even be some

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Speaker 1: heat stress damage done to the cement of that first

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Speaker 1: damage there and the full extent we know and once

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Speaker 1: the fire investigation is.

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Speaker 2: Complete and Josh, were those residents able to return to

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Speaker 2: their homes?

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Speaker 3: Then later this morning.

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Speaker 1: Not all residents were. Some were able to return back,

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Speaker 1: but residents directly above where that fire was have not

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Speaker 1: been able to at this point due to the extensive

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Speaker 1: damage to plumbing and also the smoke that has impacted

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Speaker 1: that uniticomplex.

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Speaker 2: So how many people haven't been able to return to

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Speaker 2: their homes?

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Speaker 1: I don't have the full details there in front of

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Speaker 1: me at this point, but at this time it's just

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Speaker 1: one unit complex that I'm aware of, Okay, but our

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Speaker 1: crews and a crime scene is still established there as

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Speaker 1: we work to determine the cause and the full extent

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Speaker 1: of the damage.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know that a full investigation is set to

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Speaker 2: get underway, But is there any idea at this point

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Speaker 2: whether it's been deliberately lead No?

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Speaker 1: Not, At this time we can't rule that out. The

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Speaker 1: fire investigation will determine the cause of that, so the

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Speaker 1: full details be known once we've completed that work.

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Speaker 2: And how long do you anticipate that that investigation will take.

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Speaker 1: The fire investigators there this morning, so they're working through

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Speaker 1: the steps and obviously hopefully working to cause determined the

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Speaker 1: cause of that fire. I'd anticipate that it would take

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Speaker 1: all of this morning to ascertain what we need to

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Speaker 1: to determine the next steps.

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Speaker 2: And I'd imagine that that means that the residents of

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Speaker 2: that building aren't able to use their car park.

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Speaker 1: That's correct. While the crime scenes established with restricted movement

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Speaker 2: But no injuries aside from that smoke inhalation, everybody did

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Speaker 2: remain safe, albeit quite scared by the sound of it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's correct. It was quite stressing for those members,

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Speaker 1: and our fire fighters do an incredible job protecting territorians,

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Speaker 1: and I would like to commend all of our members involved,

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Speaker 1: along with those residents of the complex who quickly raised

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Speaker 1: the alarm as well as followed the direction of emergency.

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Speaker 2: Services and Josh, no doubt they would have had to

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Speaker 2: work incredibly quickly because it is a quite highly populated

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Speaker 2: sort of area in the sense that there's other units

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Speaker 2: and things around as well, isn't there.

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Speaker 1: Oh exactly. There was a number of exposures that our

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Speaker 1: members had to protect, and thankfully they are in a

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Speaker 1: with a separate medical emergency, so we're able to get

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Speaker 1: our clients as quickly on scene, and with the support

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Speaker 1: of Casarina with their rescue tender as well as another

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Speaker 1: pumper a crews, you're able to get to work very

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Speaker 1: quickly suppress that fire and limit the damage, as well

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Speaker 1: as being able to accommodate all of those residents that

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Speaker 2: Be trapped, and so just very quickly because we have

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Speaker 2: got another we've got a minister waiting on the phone

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Speaker 2: line for us, but just very quickly. Was it a

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Speaker 2: situation where those residents inside the building had to be evacuated,

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Speaker 2: did they have to sort of did you need to

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Speaker 2: use cherry pickers or anything like that to get them

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Speaker 2: out or was it a situation where they were still

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Speaker 2: able to get out via the stairs.

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Speaker 1: No, they were able to get out via the stairs

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Speaker 1: once we were able to make clear that escape route,

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Speaker 1: I guess. In summary, this morning serves as an important

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Speaker 1: reminder as to how quickly fires can start and spread,

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Speaker 1: and the importance of having working smoke alarms and having

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Speaker 1: a written and well practiced home fire escape plan. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's really important that those fire escape plans are practiced

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Speaker 1: at least twice a year, that it's designed to suit

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Speaker 1: your home, and that it's talked about with everyone in

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Speaker 1: the house. It's really important that children, if they are

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Speaker 1: out alive in the event of the house fire.

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Speaker 2: Well, Chief Fire Officer Joshua Fisher, we really appreciate your

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Speaker 2: time this morning.

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Speaker 3: Thanks so much for speaking with us.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Katie,