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Kristen Winters, who worked near Chicago, wrote
on the FireLink website about a time that she and
her partner were surrounded by gang members
when she arrived to try to help someone they had
injured. She was safe after firefighters arrived to
help, but it was a scary situation for a while. When
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Paramedics working
in dangerous
situations might
need protection from
police or might even
wear body armor.