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Send us Fan Mail The first-ever group chat for Resilient HERoes finds Laura talking with the Broome County Emergency Services dream team of Cortnianne Williams, Sierra Kunig, and Glory Lugo-Vazquez. Brought to you by Buffalo Computer Graphics, Inc. (BCG), Developers of the DLAN Incident Management System https://www.buffalocomputergraphics.com/ [email protected]
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