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Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Thursday. This is Seattle now.

Hurricane Milton is currently pummeling Florida's Gulf Coast. The Red Cross has enlisted

volunteers from across the

country to help shelter displaced people. We'll talk with a Red Cross volunteer from Seattle,

who's been in Jacksonville, Florida, since Monday. But first, let's get you caught up.

Bupinorphine can be an important life-saving medication for people experiencing severe opioid withdrawal or overdose.

Now the city of Seattle is expanding a pilot program that enables emergency workers to administer buprenorphine in the field, the first in the nation. Right now, about 35 paramedics with Seattle Fire are trained to administer the drug,

but almost two dozen more will get training under the program's expansion.

And if that job sounds cool, the Seattle Fire Department is taking applications

until the end of November for entry-level EMTs and firefighters.

Under Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed budget, the department anticipates they'll be able to hire up to 80

first responders. According to the department, firefighters and paramedics work 24-hour shifts,

about eight days a month. Starting pay hovers around $95,000. You can apply at

Seattle Firejobs.com. That's it for now. We're back tonight with evening headlines.

Natural disasters have not been kind to the southeast lately. Right now, Hurricane Milton is hitting Florida hard.

And just two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene ripped through North Carolina and five other states.

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