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Colleges Find Cottage Industry in Training 'First Responders'

NPR | By Greg Allen

Published February 11, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

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For a handful of American universities, training emergency "first responders" is becoming a business. With each new terror threat, increased funding arrives from Washington for programs that train emergency personnel. NPR's Greg Allen reports.