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   <image:caption>This pair of images, acquired by the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Terra satellite, provides a wider view of flooding in the Rufiji River Basin. The images are false color to emphasize the presence of water. A wide network of channels fanning out into the delta is present in April 2024, while the landscape appears dry in April 2023. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152754/destructive-floods-afflict-tanzania</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/CTIF%20Forest%20fire%20commision%20Postojna%20Day%201-039.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/CTIF%20Forest%20fire%20commision%20Postojna%20Day%202-043.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/CTIF%20Forest%20fire%20commision%20Postojna%20Day%202-041.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/CTIF%20Forest%20fire%20commision%20Postojna%20Day%202-042.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/CTIF%20Forest%20fire%20commision%20Postojna%20Day%202-032.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/CTIF%20Forest%20fire%20commision%20Postojna%20Day%202-033.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/CTIF%20Forest%20fire%20commision%20Postojna%20Day%202-023.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/CTIF%20Forest%20fire%20commision%20Postojna%20Day%202-025.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/CTIF%20Forest%20fire%20commision%20Postojna%20Day%202-018.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/CTIF%20Forest%20fire%20commision%20Postojna%20Day%202-016.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the Forest Fire Commission meeting in Slovenia, May 2024</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-working-group-tunnel-fires-met-online</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-12-05T22:43:31+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/news_images/2019-07/Slovenia%20Tunnel%20Fire_ENG_CLEAN_DNxHD_120-8_odd.mov_.01_02_13_23.Still002.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A graphic of a heavy transport truck tunnel fire. Graphic by MSB / Mikael Karlsson</image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/fire-prevention-commission-has-reformed-and-started-again-wider-focus</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-06-26T08:50:15+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/news_images/2018-06/35406368_852164248311512_3199837479758725120_n.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Fire Prevention Meeting during DA in Las Vegas 2018</image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/meet-commission-members-dr-ulrich-cimolino-forest-fires-commission</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-06-15T06:46:43+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2023-05/Dr.-Ulrich-Cimolino-Dr.-Michael-Rueffer-Feuerwehrmagazin-792x0-c-default.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Photo of Dr. Ulrich Cimolino by Dr. Michael Rüffer/Feuerwehr-Magazin.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-supports-general-gregory-allione-france-european-parliament-election</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-06-15T06:44:54+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/Screen%20Shot%202024-06-15%20at%2008.25.59.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption> General Grégory Allione. Photo credit: FNSPF – Gwenn Besson</image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-commission-women-fire-rescue-meets-basel-august-their-19th-yearly-meeting</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-06-15T07:17:24+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/news_images/2018-12/Women%20Commission%20Photo%2027-11-2018%2C%2017_Fotor.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Commission for Women in Firefighting in Vienna, November 2018</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/lpg-fire-kuwait-killed-50-guest-workers-and-injured-dozens-others-including-5-firefighters</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-06-15T07:13:53+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/Mangaf-kuwait.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Mangaf, Kuwait. Wikipedia Commons License, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mangaf-kuwait.jpg</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/world-fire-statistics-report-no-29-comprehensive-analysis-fire-statistics-2022</loc>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot of the letter head of Fire Statistics report no 29</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-seminar-2024-focus-forest-fires-and-drones-held-oslo</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6100_0.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates watching the CTIF Seminar 2024 on June 19, 2024</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_2807_0.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo, June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_5982.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo, June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_5987.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo, June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_5990.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo, June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6003.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo, June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6012.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo, June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6014.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo, June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6015.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo, June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6020.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Bjorn Ulfsson recording the CTIF Seminar in Oslo, June 19, 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6022.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Bjorn Ulfsson recording the CTIF Seminar in Oslo, June 19, 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6057.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates watching the CTIF Seminar 2024 on June 19, 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6056.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates watching the CTIF Seminar 2024 on June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6049.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates watching the CTIF Seminar 2024 on June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6044.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates watching the CTIF Seminar 2024 on June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6042.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates watching the CTIF Seminar 2024 on June 19, 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_5999.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF President Milan Dubravac </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_5992.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates during the CTIF Seminar 2024</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6100.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo 2024 </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6099.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo 2024 </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6097.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo 2024 </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6088.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo 2024 </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6086.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo 2024 </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6057_0.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Seminar in Oslo 2024 </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6179.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF President Milan Dubravac with the delegates from Singapore who has expressed interest in becoming national members in CTIF.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6152.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The delegation from Tehran was welcomed by CTIF President Milan Dubravac. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6130.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The delegation from Tehran was welcomed by CTIF President Milan Dubravac. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6128.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The delegation from Tehran was welcomed by CTIF President Milan Dubravac. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6125.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The delegation from Tehran was welcomed by CTIF President Milan Dubravac. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6174.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The delegation from Tehran was welcomed by CTIF President Milan Dubravac, CTIF General Secretary Roman Sykora and the Chair of CTIF Norway, Ole Hansen. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6139.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The delegation from Tehran was welcomed by CTIF President Milan Dubravac, CTIF General Secretary Roman Sykora and the Chair of CTIF Norway, Ole Hansen. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/delegates-assembly-2004-oslo-about-start</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-10-23T17:17:44+00:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_3036.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The President's Report during DA 2024 </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_3020.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly V/A control room in Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_3024_2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_3025_0.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_3026.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_3029.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_3036_0.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6299.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Executive podium at DA 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6298.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6293.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A Silent Minute for Fallen Comrades around the world at The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6285.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_3036_1.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF Expo 2024  printed news review magazine. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6362.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Mingle during the Coffee Break at DA 2024 in Oslo. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Mingle during the Coffee Break at DA 2024 in Oslo. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>CTIF Treasurer Marc Mamer, who is stepping down from the EC at the end of 2024.   </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Mingle during the Coffee Break at DA 2024 in Oslo. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Mingle during the Coffee Break at DA 2024 in Oslo. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>CTIF Treasurer Marc Mamer, who is stepping down from the EC at the end of 2024.   </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Vice President Otto Drozd, who was elected Vice President in 2022, speaking at Delegates Assembly in Oslo 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Mingle during the Coffee Break at DA 2024 in Oslo. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>CTIF Senior Advisor Dennis Davis leading the Secret Ballot Voting Process during DA 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF Expo 2024  printed news review magazine. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Singapur delegation with the CTIF president at DA 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Executive podium at DA 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A Silent Minute for Fallen Comrades around the world at The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo has started</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>CTIF Treasurer Marc Mamer, who is stepping down from the EC at the end of 2024.   </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Treasurer Marc Mamer doing his Final Report as Treasurer on Delegates Assembly 2004 in Oslo</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Vice President Otto Drozd, who was elected Vice President in 2022, speaking at Delegates Assembly in Oslo 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Yvonne Näsman</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Yvonne Näsman</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Taina Hanhihoski</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Marc Mamer</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6362.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Mingle during the Coffee Break at DA 2024 in Oslo. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6364.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Mingle during the Coffee Break at DA 2024 in Oslo. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
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   <image:caption>Mingle during the Coffee Break at DA 2024 in Oslo. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Zisoula Ntasiou speking at DA 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>CTIF Senior Advisor Dennis Davis leading the Secret Ballot Voting Process during DA 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF Expo 2024  printed news review magazine. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>DA 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Singapur delegation with the CTIF president at DA 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Tom Van Esbroeck, Belgium, will be new CTIF Treasurer from January st, 2025. </image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/meet-new-2024-executive-committee-ctif</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-10-23T17:16:51+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_6500.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Executive Commitee of CTIF as of June 20, 2024. The Secretary, Neža Strmole, is missing from this photo. </image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/milan-dubravac-re-elected-ctif-president-new-four-year-term</loc>
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   <image:caption>CTIF President Milan Dubravac at the World Fire Congress in Washington, DC, May 7, 2024. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/unconscious-after-two-breaths-lithium-battery-explosions-south-korea-killed-22-through-smoke</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-07-04T15:10:16+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:caption>Map of South Korea and South East Asia. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/smoke-burning-laptop-forced-san-francisco-passenger-plane-evacuate</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-07-19T17:33:03+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/aero-airplanes-airport-boarding-preview.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Airplane at the gate. Public Domain License https://www.pickpik.com/boarding-airplanes-san-francisco-sfo-airport-aero-airport-79288</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/new-york-introduces-new-legislation-combat-e-bike-fires-it-enough</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-07-23T17:56:56+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/skynews-e-bike-fire_6051206.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The remains of e-scooters and e-bikes after a fire. Photo by the London Fire Brigade.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/mourning-germany-and-ctif-after-passing-dfv-honorary-president-hinrich-struve</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-10-09T21:26:35+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:caption>Hinrich Struve  and his wife Änne at his 80th birthday in 2009. Photo by  Rico Thumser / DFV.</image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/six-including-three-female-firefighters-died-south-africa-bush-fire</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-07-19T17:51:48+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:caption>An aeromedical chopper lands to rescue firefighters in critical condition at the scene of a raging bush fire in the Boston area outside Howick in the KZN Midlands. Photo by Midlands EMS.</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/seven-firefighters-injured-when-two-fire-engines-collided</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-07-19T18:39:38+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/4.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A Swedish fire truck in the ditch after a deadly accident. Photo: 90 Seconds Video Series</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-has-its-own-castle-week-during-24th-ctif-young-firefighters-competition-borgo-valsugana</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-07-26T16:47:47+00:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-07-21%20at%2013.08.44_0.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The castle Borgo Valsugana beautifully lit up at night with the logo of CTIF illuminated on the tower.  Photo by CTIF vice president Nedeljko Vukalović, Croatia. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-07-21%20at%2011.58.43.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Borgo Valsugana in Trento, Italy, decorated with the CTIF name and logo. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-07-21%20at%2013.08.44.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Borgo Valsugana in Trento, Italy, decorated with the CTIF name and logo. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-07-22%20at%2000.26.27%20%281%29_0.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-07-22%20at%2000.26.27%20%282%29.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-07-22%20at%2000.26.28%20%281%29_0.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-07-22%20at%2000.26.28.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/PXL_20240722_185332410.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From CTIF Young Firefighters Competitions in Italy 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/PXL_20240722_185548399.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From CTIF Young Firefighters Competitions in Italy 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/PXL_20240722_185630303.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From CTIF Young Firefighters Competitions in Italy 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/PXL_20240722_192140441~2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From CTIF Young Firefighters Competitions in Italy 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-07-23%20at%2000.08.26.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From CTIF Young Firefighters Competitions in Italy 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4964.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4970.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4968.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4967.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4966.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4965.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4971.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4972.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4973.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4974.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4975.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4976.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4977.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4984.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4983.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4982.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4981.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4980.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_4979.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 24th international young firefighters competition in Trento, Italy 2024. </image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-expo-2024-news-magazine-now-available-pdf</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/IMG_2738.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Expo magazine, first copies handed out at DA 2024. </image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/results-first-day-ctif-young-firefighters-competition-italy</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-08-01T18:08:47+00:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/452481773_122154403820047205_6785967068888098230_n.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first day of Competitions at the CTIF2024 Young Firefighters Games in Italy.  </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/Day4%20CTIF%202024_217.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The first day of Competitions on Wednesday 25 at CTIF2024 in Italy . Photo: CTIF2024.  </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/451679185_122154406832047205_8214289106585749746_n.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The first day of Competitions on Wednesday 25 at CTIF2024 in Italy . Photo: CTIF2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the The Press Department of the Chief Headquarters of the State Fire Service (KG PSP)   Photos by: Section Commander Krzysztof Pisz, Junior Aspirant Jakub Szmaglik</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the The Press Department of the Chief Headquarters of the State Fire Service (KG PSP)   Photos by: Section Commander Krzysztof Pisz, Junior Aspirant Jakub Szmaglik</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>As seen in the picture from left to right: Peter Wagner (CTIF Center of Fire Statistics), Jana Fialova (Director of Fire Museum and Library), Iveta Krpalkova (Head of the archive), and Harald Herweg (CTIF Center of Fire Statistics).</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>As seen in the picture from left to right: Harald Herweg, a key figure at the CTIF Center of Fire Statistics, who played a crucial role in the book donation; Jana Fialova, the Director of Fire Museum and Library, who facilitated the integration of the books into the museum's collection; Iveta Krpalkova, the Head of the archive, who oversees the preservation and cataloging of the donated books; and Peter Wagner, another important member of the CTIF Center of Fire Statistics team.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Michelle Gentilleau (CTIF &amp; NT Extrication Commission) Juan Field (President of OBA)  and Milan Dubravac (President of CTIF) at the OBA Conference in Santiago de Chile, on September 4, 2024.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot of the Grenfell Tower Final Report Summary</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/all-2024-reports-ctifs-commissions-working-groups-and-executive-committee-da-oslo</loc>
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   <image:caption>The Delegates Assembly Oslo 2024.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/all-2023-reports-ctif-commissions-working-groups-and-executive-committee-da-vienna</loc>
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   <image:caption>Burning EV in flood water. Illustration from an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF, executed by Chat GPT. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Deutsch: Stadtallendorf im Jahr 2004, fotografiert aus Richtung Westen. Im Foto zu sehen: Das Industriegebiet DAG mit dem Ferrero-Werk in der Bildmitte, der alte Ortskern ganz hinten, die Herrenwaldkaserne am rechten oberen Bildrand. Auf dem Foto wird die von großen Waldflächen durchzogene Bebauung deutlich. Date	26 June 2004 Source	Self-photographed Author	Pazzee at German Wikipedia</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/firefighters-among-more-20-injured-la-salina-oil-terminal-fire-venezuela</loc>
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   <image:caption>Fictional image of a oil tank fire. From an idea by by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF, executed by Chat GPT.  </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/museum-hellenic-fire-corps-certified-ctif-fire-service-museum-during-27th-meeting-history</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/IMG_2974_Fotor.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 27th CTIF History Commission Meeing in Greece, October 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/IMG_2884_Fotor.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 27th CTIF History Commission Meeing in Greece, October 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The 27th CTIF History Commission Meeing in Greece, October 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The 27th CTIF History Commission Meeing in Greece, October 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The 27th CTIF History Commission Meeing in Greece, October 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The 27th CTIF History Commission Meeing in Greece, October 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The 27th CTIF History Commission Meeing in Greece, October 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/IMG_4933_Fotor.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 27th CTIF History Commission Meeing in Greece, October 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The 27th CTIF History Commission Meeing in Greece, October 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Illustrations of an injured firefighter. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF, executed by Chat GPT. </image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/lawsuit-filed-permanently-shut-down-bio-chemical-plant-after-hazardous-fire-evacuated-17000</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/IMG_7471.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A generic illustration of a burning bio chemical lab facility. After an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF, executed by Chat GPT.  </image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/10-million-hectares-forested-land-burned-bolivia-2024-so-far</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/50013632122_2cb467dae9_k.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Bolivia forest fires in 2919. Flickr Commons License. Photo by EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid. </image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/concerns-about-use-flame-retardants-affecting-drinking-water-german-drinking-water-reservoir</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/Rotestein_-_view_of_Rappbode_Reservoir_looking_W.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Rappbode Reservoir looking west along the main axis from the Rotestein. Wikipedia Commons License. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/propane-worker-charged-death-volunteer-firefighter-after-explosion-11-first-responders</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/Remains%20of%20Sterling%20house%20after%20explosion.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The aftermath of the February 16 propane explosion in Sterling  that claimed the life of a volunteer firefighter, left 11 firefighters injured, and completely destroyed a home, caused $2.5 million in damages.   Courtesy Photo/Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/1600-hydrogen-cars-recalled-due-potential-fire-risk-faulty-pressure-valve</loc>
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   <image:caption>Photo from the GPA Photo Archive. Flickr Commons Licence.   Test vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado. Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL. 2016. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/jane-goodall-honoured-fire-youth-and-commended-austrian-tree-planting-project</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/feuerwehr_goodall.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Photo Credit: Wildbild / Herbert Rohrer. Austrian fire youth with Jane Goodall and leaders for the Austrian Fire Service Association.  Photo Credit: Wildbild / Herbert Rohrer</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/goodall_rede.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>On October 24, over 400 young people, including about 30 members of the fire youth, gathered to meet Jane Goodall in Salzburg. Photo Credit: Wildbild / Herbert Rohrer</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/mayer_goodall.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Photo Credit: Wildbild / Herbert Rohrer. On October 24, over 400 young people, including about 30 members of the fire youth, gathered to meet Jane Goodall in Salzburg. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/pra%CC%88sentation_goodall_2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Photo Credit: Wildbild / Herbert Rohrer. On October 24, over 400 young people, including about 30 members of the fire youth, gathered to meet Jane Goodall in Salzburg. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/pra%CC%88sentation_goodall.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Photo Credit: Wildbild / Herbert Rohrer. On October 24, over 400 young people, including about 30 members of the fire youth, gathered to meet Jane Goodall in Salzburg. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/one-e-bike-incident-lfb-every-two-days-12-e-bike-fire-survivors-are-suing-london-landlords-and</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/E-bike%20setting%20fire%20to%20an%20apartment%20building.%20CTIF%20-%20Chat%20GPT.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>E-bike setting fire to an apartment building. CTIF / Chat GPT</image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/our-time-short-ignites-and-dies-flame</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-10-23T17:14:45+00:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/BW%20-%20Mikko%20Saastamoinen%20-idolbild%20-%20Vuoden_Palomies_2020_Fotor.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Mikko Saastamoinen, photographed in 2020 by Teemu Heikkilä. Used with CTIF permission from photographer and publisher. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/single-use-propane-canisters-outlawed-state-california-2028</loc>
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  <lastmod>2024-10-29T18:13:43+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/Screen%20Shot%202024-10-29%20at%2010.48.39.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A generic illustration of singe use propane canisters littering in a park. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF, executed by Chat GTP. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/death-toll-approaching-100-spain-after-severe-flooding-unknown-number-people-missing-many</loc>
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   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission.  </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/IMG-20241026-WA0005.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/IMG-20241026-WA0007.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/IMG-20241026-WA0009.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/IMG-20241026-WA0012.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/IMG-20241026-WA0016.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/IMG-20241026-WA0018.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/IMG-20241026-WA0029.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/IMG-20241026-WA0030.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the October 24, 2024 meeting of the CTIF firefighting competitions commission</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Roman Sykora, Secretary General in CTIF, and Milan Dubravac, President of CTIF, at the European Summit of Firefighters in Brussels in November. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-norway-held-national-webinar-about-fires-solar-installations-and-lithium-ion-batteries</loc>
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   <image:caption>From the power point presenting Kurt Tofte Rusås from the fire services of the cit of Bergen </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/14-dead-when-train-station-collapsed-northern-serbia</loc>
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   <image:caption>The train station in Novi Sad, Serbia, after the collapse. By Mishyac - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=154815491</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/25-million-people-under-red-flag-fire-warning-california-mountain-fire-only-60-contained</loc>
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   <image:caption>800 firefighters or more were working to contain the Mountain Fire on South Mountain in Ventura County, California, on Wednesday, according to what fire officials said. Photo by the Montecito Fire Department</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>An illustration shows the inside of a potential submerged floating tunnel that would be used to cross a fjord in Norway. Photo by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/dangers-flood-water-exposed-skin-infections-cholera-and-human-tissue-damage-follow-wake-storms</loc>
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   <image:caption>Delaware Army National Guard members provide flood rescue support in Wilmington, Sept. 2, 2021. Photo by The National Guard. Spc. Alyssa Lisenbe</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ten-killed-nursing-home-fire-spain</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/Screen%20Shot%202024-11-15%20at%2012.14.31.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Map of Villafranca de Ebro in relation to the city of Zaragoza. </image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/hurricane-season-2024-six-dead-and-several-missing-after-japan-floods-september-200000-were</loc>
  <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://ctif.org/news/hurricane-season-2024-six-dead-and-several-missing-after-japan-floods-september-200000-were"/>
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   <image:caption>Illustration showing a Canadian firefighter. By Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF - Executed by Chat GPT.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/comprehensive-laboratory-study-toxicity-smoke-gases-during-vegetation-fires</loc>
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   <image:caption>Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons License  Smoke from wildfires in Quebec, Canada shrouds New York City on Wednesday, Jun 7, 2023.  (Marc A. Hermann / MTA)  Date: 7 June 2023, 13:44:24  Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/52959202838/  Author: Metropolitan Transportation Authority</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-tunnel-fires-working-group-has-defined-their-new-objectives-virtual-meeting-held-may</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/International_Fire_Academy_Lungern_U%CC%88bungstunnelanlage.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The scenario with two burning trucks in the training tunnel facility of the International Fire Academy in Lungern is based on the fire event in the Gotthard Road Tunnel from October 24, 2001. Wikipedia Commons License. Date: 21 October 2019  Author: Markus Vogt.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/fire-investigation-working-group-has-started-again-and-redefined-their-objectives</loc>
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   <image:caption>A generic illustration of a fire investator at work. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF, executed by Chat GPT.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/focus-solar-panels-batteries-and-hydrogen-fire-prevention-commission-starting-their-activities</loc>
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   <image:caption>A generic illustration of a firefighter in full gear teaching a family how to prevent fires. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson, executed by CHAT GPT. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/garbage-truck-powered-compressed-natural-gas-exploded-neighbourhood</loc>
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   <image:caption>A generic illustration of a CNG powered garbage truck exploding. From an idea by Born Ulfsson, execetued by Chat GPT. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Engineer Matt Gwin puts a piece of aerogel material inside a metal frame and ignites it. After a minute or two, the material is intact and only feels warm.  Photo by Aspen Aerogels</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/european-parliament-creates-civil-protection-intergroup-resilience-disaster-management-and</loc>
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   <image:caption>The European parliament building in Brussels. Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons License. Author: Steven Lek</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/la-wildfire-grew-area-greater-five-football-fields-minute-20000-evacuated</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/Wildfire_California_Santa_Clarita.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Wikipedia Commons License  Wildfire in Santa Clarita, California in October 2007.  Date: 21 October 2007, 07:15  Source: Fire At Night  Author: Jeff Turner</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-wishes-all-members-safe-merry-holiday-season-2024-25</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/CTIF%20voscilo%202025.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Holiday Greeting 2024-25</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/highlights-ctif-summer-and-fall-2024</loc>
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   <image:caption>Newsflash illustration for CTIF News 2024</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/us-authorities-warn-against-smoking-while-medical-oxygen-after-explosive-fire-destroyed-home</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/Smoking_in_Bed.PNG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Man smoking in bed while on medical oxygen. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF, executed by Chat GPT.  </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/nearly-two-lithium-battery-fires-week-airplanes-us-alone</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/Fire_Onboard_Aircraft_CBS.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Fire onboard aircraft. A firefighter video screenshot, shown in CBS news clip. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-forest-fire-commission-met-prague-i-december</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-01-03T20:26:38+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image9.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image0.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image1.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image2.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image3.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image4.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image5.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image6.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image7.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image8.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image9_0.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image10.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image11.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image12.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image13.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image14.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/image15.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Prague, December 2024. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
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   <image:caption>ISO 17840 compliant Rescue Sheet  for a bus</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>ISO 17840 compliant Rescue Sheet  for a bus</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>ISO 17840 compliant Rescue Sheet  for a bus</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>ISO 17840 compliant Rescue Sheet  for a bus</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>By CAL FIRE_Official - Palisades Fire, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=157766656</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-01/1620px-Palisades_Fire_%2854254705864%29.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>By CAL FIRE_Official - Palisades Fire, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=157676967</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>English: January 2025 Sunset fire from a rooftop in West Hollywood Date	January 8, 2025, 6:00 PM Source	Own work Author	YisroelB501</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>By China News Service, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=157605573</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/la-wildfires-puts-new-knife-edge-focus-californias-insurance-crisis</loc>
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   <image:caption>California Wildfire Insurance crisis. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson, Executed by Chat GPT. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>In 2024, the Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association initiated a sustainable development of fire service training and further education at the federal level with the establishment of the Austrian Fire and Disaster Management Academy, abbreviated as ÖFKAD. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>In 2024, the Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association initiated a sustainable development of fire service training and further education at the federal level with the establishment of the Austrian Fire and Disaster Management Academy, abbreviated as ÖFKAD. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Moss Landing. Wikipedia Commons License. Moss Landing power plant Date	Taken on 16 August 2019, 13:22:21 Source	Own work Author	Thomson200</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The Magdalena Valley fire ignited in late January and had charred more than 15,000 hectares (58 square miles) of Lanín National Park as of February 10. The forested park, located in Argentina, shares a border with Villarrica National Park in Chile. Both parks share the two snowcapped dormant volcanoes pictured here: Lanín and Quetrupillán.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Wikipedia Commons License The Rathaus (Town Hall) is a building in Vienna which serves as the seat both of the mayor and city council of the city of Vienna.  Date of photo:  June 2015  Author: Mattias Hill</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot of the cover of the Final Report</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Remains of the night club. Public Domain photo by By Toshe Ognjanov - https://mk.voanews.com/a/padnati-delovi-od-pokrivot-peplosana-vnatreshnost-mala-vrata-na-mestoto-na-pozharot-vo-kochani/8011935.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=162205746</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Wikipedia Commons License.  Tornado  149 languages Add topic  1 ⁄ 28    More details F5 tornado (upgraded from initial estimate of F4) viewed from the southeast as it approached Elie, Manitoba on Friday, June 22nd, 2007. Justin Hobson (Justin1569 at English Wikipedia)</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Euro NCAP Safety Rating Protocols</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Screen shot from the IFSJ article on the 2022 Fire Statistcs Report by CTIF</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Photo from the exhibition</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>&quot;Varaždin - the top of the firefighting world&quot;: A 20 years retrospective exhibit about the CTIF Competitions held in Croatia 2005</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>&quot;Varaždin - the top of the firefighting world&quot;: A 20 years retrospective exhibit about the CTIF Competitions held in Croatia 2005</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-03/IMG_4973.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>&quot;Varaždin - the top of the firefighting world&quot;: A 20 years retrospective exhibit about the CTIF Competitions held in Croatia 2005</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-03/IMG_4975.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>&quot;Varaždin - the top of the firefighting world&quot;: A 20 years retrospective exhibit about the CTIF Competitions held in Croatia 2005</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-03/IMG_4979.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>&quot;Varaždin - the top of the firefighting world&quot;: A 20 years retrospective exhibit about the CTIF Competitions held in Croatia 2005</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>&quot;Varaždin - the top of the firefighting world&quot;: A 20 years retrospective exhibit about the CTIF Competitions held in Croatia 2005</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>&quot;Varaždin - the top of the firefighting world&quot;: A 20 years retrospective exhibit about the CTIF Competitions held in Croatia 2005</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>&quot;Varaždin - the top of the firefighting world&quot;: A 20 years retrospective exhibit about the CTIF Competitions held in Croatia 2005</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>&quot;Varaždin - the top of the firefighting world&quot;: A 20 years retrospective exhibit about the CTIF Competitions held in Croatia 2005</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>&quot;Varaždin - the top of the firefighting world&quot;: A 20 years retrospective exhibit about the CTIF Competitions held in Croatia 2005</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Wikipedia Commons License. Forest fire in Uiseong, north Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. By Unknown author - https://m.news.nate.com/view/20250326n19715, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=162828956</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>By National Aeronautics and Space Administration - https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154083/outbreak-of-fire-across-south-korea, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=162822828</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>By 경상남도, KOGL Type 1, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=162619353</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Electricity sub-station at Hayes on North Hyde Gardens before the fire. The transformer shown on the right was destroyed by the fire.By David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13490946</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Electricity sub-station at Hayes on North Hyde Gardens before the fire. The transformer shown on the right was destroyed by the fire.By David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13490946</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Electricity sub-station at Hayes on North Hyde Gardens before the fire. The transformer shown on the right was destroyed by the fire.By David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13490946</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Palisades Fire from Playa vista. By FireEditorHomiee - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=157827489</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Indian Navy officials loading INS Satpura and INS Savitri with 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid under Operation Brahma, heading for the Port of Yangon. By Government of India - https://x.com/DrSJaishankar/status/1905922454863716544/photo/3, GODL-India, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=162955676</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ammonia-explored-carbon-free-automotive-fuel-challenges-remain</loc>
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   <image:caption>Liquid ammonia. Wikipedias Commons License. Photo by Nadina Wiórkiewicz pl.wiki: Nadine90 commons: Nadine90</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/report-ctif-forest-fire-commission-spring-meeting-2025-and-aerial-firefighting-europe</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/Forest%20Fire%20Commission%20High%20Rez%20March%202025%20Cropped.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Forest Fire Commission for Spring 2025 in France, 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/ec8d1275-aff2-44c3-ba3e-c7cec668098d.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Zisoula Ntasiou, vice president of CTIF and the secretary of the CTIF Forest Fire Commission, was an invited speaker at the Aerial Firefighting Europe Conference from 25-27 of March 2025, in Bordeaux France.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/bccb16c0-617b-4fe4-b967-3b8202d87d72.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Aerial Firefighting Europe Conference from 25-27 of March 2025, in Bordeaux France.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/ec8d1275-aff2-44c3-ba3e-c7cec668098d_0.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Aerial Firefighting Europe Conference from 25-27 of March 2025, in Bordeaux France.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/IMG_7548.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Forest Fires Commission meeting and Aerial Firefighting Europe Conference from 25-27 of March 2025, in Bordeaux France.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/IMG_6493.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Executive Committee photographer at Delegates Assembly in Oslo on June 19, 2024. Photo by Terri Casella. </image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/da-week-2025-sofia-kickstarted-ctif-executive-committee-physical-meeting</loc>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF Executive Committee photographed in Sofia, Bulgaria June 10, 2025. </image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-fire-investigation-working-group-held-virtual-meeting-may</loc>
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   <image:caption>May 30, 2025 virtual meeting in the Fire Investigation Group</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-fire-prevention-commission-held-virtual-meeting-may</loc>
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   <image:caption>From the Fire Prevention Commission Virtual Meeting in May, 2025</image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot from the Call for Cooperation</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/f8972d57-8234-4fe1-bff4-4a9b49b65247.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/f81a1d91-38b9-4687-b040-8e92a0d5abe6.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/ec97e5cf-29fb-4a6c-815d-325a911d402b.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/cde87412-96d8-4c2b-8884-26da6e6a8758.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/c6687a07-94ea-452c-a9e7-142ff540a5b3.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/c9efc41f-7106-483b-b27e-8e2152c92c92.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/c7f006cf-cbcd-4b16-b843-df2356bd39e3.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/7110441f-bb93-4350-897d-bf8090385593.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/24520516-9ecc-468a-a937-8e141993d20e_0.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/29132492-b8ba-4afa-b0b4-704a83670bfa.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/29616992-c490-48cc-aadd-0c4ebb7dc7d4.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/87558843-26c8-409f-933e-edb4c9ec5a02.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/af6304d4-ae0d-4e54-8a26-6deb96c26cc9.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/bc3e96b3-e987-4476-90c6-d96fb4da01ea.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/6814628a-5da8-4f73-9dbe-a9fa251280a0.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/258510d6-ef69-4c3d-92f3-9684f2f1b56a.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/9353b781-bda0-4dda-b05c-294b163874f4.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/34069bbe-74c3-4979-b8ef-c3be1b21e1cc.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/7525f5df-ca23-43fc-aaf3-3b3342d19c7b.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/923babd2-d4f2-464e-8369-80040ed280d4.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Seminar in Sofia, June 11, 2025</image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-da-2025-gala-dinner-sofia</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/71e560b2-223d-4405-9721-f37fa12d9cfc.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 2025 CTIF Gala dinner in Sofia. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/23e466a0-3967-4cc1-8f05-3ad2b97e2752.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 2025 CTIF Gala dinner in Sofia. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/069ba739-f4d3-4a18-a2b2-2661579d5130.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 2025 CTIF Gala dinner in Sofia. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/71e560b2-223d-4405-9721-f37fa12d9cfc_0.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 2025 CTIF Gala dinner in Sofia. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/80c95a33-29bf-49a3-aed7-b6b442904e60.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 2025 CTIF Gala dinner in Sofia. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/434b19f3-53bb-4569-8e2b-e75821cfaff9.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 2025 CTIF Gala dinner in Sofia. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/a6dc5c8b-554f-4443-a136-d6331e340e9f.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 2025 CTIF Gala dinner in Sofia. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/cc38e86a-8909-4839-80fa-c773ac638aa9.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 2025 CTIF Gala dinner in Sofia. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/db03da30-ff97-4ed3-b8d7-e1f592478676.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 2025 CTIF Gala dinner in Sofia. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/e503f086-3838-411f-ad5f-d6e4e70219a7.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 2025 CTIF Gala dinner in Sofia. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/delegates-assembly-sofia-2025</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-06-12T15:26:56+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/19fa957f-2d50-48bc-8a28-5bbe985f6432.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. Nigel Bluimire (UK), chair of the HazMat Commission speaking. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/1a70cd9e-316a-42c1-b287-49d6ad8fee93.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/2c5631ff-9bad-4d1d-9cbf-39a527385108.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. The CTIF Executive Committee.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/2e26bf0b-4ffe-4d6e-b9b3-1e3ca3e96d80.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/3bca796d-22c6-47fb-9702-c3eb1c629d05.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. Yvonne Näsman (Sweden) is speaking. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/3cd5bad0-a1fa-44b0-b565-d952c9b7b1bf.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/4ba57a63-ba37-4157-9626-254bd19d5d88.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/5b532365-0d0c-4b58-86dc-245c06e58c00.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/6b4b2d9a-70ae-480d-a7ce-1dc543c49810.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/6b8aee6e-d72c-4561-933d-f9a20155ea6a.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Delegates Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot from the 2025 CTIF explainer video.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF Commission for Women in Fire &amp; Rescue photographed at their physical meeting in Finland in March 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Cover photo: In the picture from left to right: Jan Karel (Archive and Library Pribyslav), Iveta Krpalkova (Head of the Archive), Harald Herweg (CTIF Centre for Fire Brigade Statistics), Jana Fialova (Director of the Fire Brigade Museum and Library), and Peter Wagner (CTIF Centre for Fire Brigade Statistics)</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Photo Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons License  Fire burning down the side of a hill in Greece  Date: 18 July 2007  Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/66012345@N00/964251167/</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>: Fire as it appears from behind a burning mountain at Chios on the second day of the disastrous event happening on the island. After burning thousands of miles, the fire still seems unstoppable even on the 3rd day of national mobilization as they try to control it. The improbability and the power of the wind blowing is making the whole operation extremely difficult to handle. Date	Taken on 19 August 2012, 21:12:00 Source	https://www.flickr.com/photos/vasfak/7821651512/ Author	Instill Moments Camera locatio</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Flickr Creative Commons License:  Nick Kenrick .^.Blanksy  Follow Heatwave it was 38 every day  4,836 views  16 faves  4 comments Uploaded on April 10, 2016 Taken on September 14, 2014</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Photo Credit: Geograph Creative Common License  Sunset view over to London in heat-wave from Raleigh Court, Norwood 1983  Careful examination may reveal on the horizon many of the prominent buildings of the City of London and eastwards to the Isle of Dogs, but it's a fine panorama nevertheless. Perhaps also, the hills north of London can be seen. Down below is the A2199 Dulwich Wood Park.https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4625870</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Virtual Reality for First Responder Training: Current Innovations and Future Trends</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/presentations-da-sofia-2025-pdfs</loc>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot of the Greek presentation. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>EPA BESS guidelines. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF, executed by MS Copilot. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>In June, an international cargo ship, the Morning Midas, caught fire and ultimately sunk off the coast of Alaska. The ship was carrying around 3000 vehicles, including around 70 electric vehicles and nearly 700 hybrids. Photo by US Coast Guard. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A panoramic view of Minato City, as captured from Shibuya Stream's 35th floor. Date	4 December 2023, 16:08:46 Source	Own work Author	David Kernan Camera location	35° 39′ 25.14″ N, 139° 42′ 13″ E  Heading=70° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Tokyo 2025</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Oil plant explosion in Lousiana, Saturday August 23. Photo courtecy of Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5540.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5541.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5542.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5543.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5545.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5546_0.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5547.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5548.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5549.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5550.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5552.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5553.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5554.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5555.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5556.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5557.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5558.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5559.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5560.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5561.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5584.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5583.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5582.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5581.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5580.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5579.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5578.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5577.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5576.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5575.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5574.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5573.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5572.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5571.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5570.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5569.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5568.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5567.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5566.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/IMG_5565.JPG</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From the first firefighting sports competition in Bulgaria, August 2025.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Airtanker 417 dropping 8 door string drop along the right flank of a fire. Photo: Government of the Northwest Territories.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Two firefighters arrested while fighting a wildfire.  From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson, executed by Microsoft CoPilot </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>English: This image illustrates the basic principle of a typical osmosis power plant Date	9 November 2017 Source	Own work Author	Wikilakz</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Photo Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons License   Date: 22 March 2014, 07:22  Source: Gloria Funicular  Author: Mark Fischer  Camera location: 38° 42′ 54.27″ N, 9° 08′ 36.51″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.  </image:caption>
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   <image:caption> The Chinese Camp, California Elementary School architecture echos the Gold Rush days when the area was populated primarily by immigrant miners from China. Date	22 June 2014 Source	 Travels through California Gold Rush country.  Previously published: none Author	Auragoneboy</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Wikipedia Creative Commons License  Russian crane vessel Stanislav Yudin rightening the capsized pusher-barge combination (integrated tug and barge) Finn-Baltic off Hanko on 27 January 1991.  Suomi: Venäläinen nosturialus Stanislav Yudin kääntämässä kaatunutta puskuproomuyhdistelmä Finn-Balticia Hangon edustalla 27. tammikuuta 1991.  Date: 27 January 1991  Source  https://www.flickr.com/photos/141806384@N07/36247473790  Author: Unknown; courtesy of Kymenlaakson museo, Merivartiomuseo.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption> Description	 English: WEMS ambulance with cot Other information 3/4 rear view of typical Manitoba ambulance w/ Stryker Power-PRO™ XT cot Date	9 October 2014 Source	Photoshoot Author	C.bazin</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Summary Description	 English: Taken from the same vantage point, collapse images of the two towers of the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 are compared. Date	11 September 2001 Source	 Own work; derivative work of the following:  by the US Government JohnsonKV DSC 0045.jpg by the US Government   by the US Government JohnsonKV DSC 0106.jpg by the US Government Author	Superior-wisconsin</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Biological brain vs AI and robotics. Simple illustration executed by MS CoPilot.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF, executed by MS Copilot.  </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The History Commission October 8th, 1025,  in Salzburg.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF History Commission meeting in Salzburg October 8, 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF History Commission meeting in Salzburg October 8, 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF History Commission meeting in Salzburg October 8, 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF History Commission meeting in Salzburg October 8, 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>The CTIF History Commission meeting in Salzburg October 8, 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Sam Lee and Amanda Riggins Peden are known in Fountain Inn, South Carolina for their big Halloween decorations. This year, the couple's house appears to be engulfed in flames through an amazing illusion. Courtesy Sam Lee</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>View of the refinery explosion in Catano, Puerto Rico in 2009, just moments after the initial explosion. Photo was taken from across the bay in Old San Juan. Deutsch: Raffineriefeuer in Catano, Puerto Rico kurz nach der ersten Explosion. Fotografiert von Old San Juan aus. Date	23 October 2009 Source	Own work Author	Enriquillonyc</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot from the 2025 CTIF explainer video.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Cold Cut Systems' engineer Lena Ulwemann accepting the award in Athens, October 2025. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/29-year-old-man-suspected-intentionally-starting-palisades-fire</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-10-16T17:12:00+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-01/Palisades_Fire_%2854257375328%29.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>By CAL FIRE_Official - Palisades Fire, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=157766656</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/dog-started-house-fire-chewing-lithium-battery</loc>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/how-did-smouldering-root-fire-new-years-eve-turn-deadly-2025-la-fires</loc>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/21-nuns-narrowly-escape-destructive-monastery-fire-northern-italy</loc>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/10-firefighters-injured-after-accident-pool-cleaning-chemicals</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/Copilot_20251020_152822.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF, executed by MS CoPilot. </image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-position-statement-papers-transition-civil-defence-and-ec-proposal-form-new-international</loc>
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  <lastmod>2026-03-13T15:20:43+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/Copilot_20251021_115446.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF transitioning to civil defence. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF, executed by MS CoPilot. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ales-jug-elected-chair-ctif-fire-prevention-commission-during-meeting-slovenia-autumn-2025</loc>
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   <image:caption>The Fire Prevention Commission Meeting in Slovenia, 2026.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/Fire%20Prevention%20Commission%202025.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Fire Prevention Commission Meeting in Slovenia, 2026.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-22%20at%2014.01.27.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Fire Prevention Commission Meeting in Slovenia, 2026.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-22%20at%2014.02.41.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Fire Prevention Commission Meeting in Slovenia, 2026.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-22%20at%2014.02.42%20copy%202.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Fire Prevention Commission Meeting in Slovenia, 2026.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-22%20at%2014.02.42%20copy%203.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Fire Prevention Commission Meeting in Slovenia, 2026.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-22%20at%2014.02.42%20copy.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Fire Prevention Commission Meeting in Slovenia, 2026.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-22%20at%2014.02.42.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Fire Prevention Commission Meeting in Slovenia, 2026.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-22%20at%2014.02.43.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Fire Prevention Commission Meeting in Slovenia, 2026.</image:caption>
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 </url>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/national-ctif-competition-young-firefighters-major-qualifying-event-international-firefighting</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-10-22T21:06:39+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:caption> Pornic (France) October 21: the national CTIF youth team qualification event — a key step toward the International Firefighting Competitions to be held in the Czech Republic in 2026. Photos by Christophe Marshal,. CTIIF Vice President.</image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/high-level-tunnel-training-firefighters-road-tunnel-fire-suppression-under-real-conditions</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-10-23T17:04:46+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/TTZ_Lo%CC%88schtraining-3.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Tunnel Fire Training in Austria.  FEUERWEHR.AT | M. Seyfert  TTZ-Sprecher.jpg: LFV Stmk/Meier</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/TTZ_Gruppe.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption> FEUERWEHR.AT | M. Seyfert  TTZ-Sprecher.jpg: LFV Stmk/Meier</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/TTZ_Lo%CC%88schtraining-1_0.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>FEUERWEHR.AT | M. Seyfert  TTZ-Sprecher.jpg: LFV Stmk/Meier</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/TTZ_Lo%CC%88schtraining-2.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>M. Seyfert  TTZ-Sprecher.jpg: LFV Stmk/Meier</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/TTZ_Sprecher.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>FEUERWEHR.AT | M. Seyfert  TTZ-Sprecher.jpg: LFV Stmk/Meier</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/TTZ_Waggon.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>FEUERWEHR.AT | M. Seyfert  TTZ-Sprecher.jpg: LFV Stmk/Meier</image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/120-delegates-15-countries-met-austria-competitions-commission-meeting-and-judges-training</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-10-28T21:29:16+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/LINZ%202025%20-%201.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>120  delegates from 15 countries met in Linz, Austria for the Competitions Commission Meeting Fall 2025.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-24%20at%2004.41.06%20%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-24%20at%2004.41.06%20%282%29.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-24%20at%2004.41.06_0.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-24%20at%2004.41.07.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-25%20at%2000.41.32%20%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-25%20at%2000.41.32%20%282%29.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-25%20at%2000.41.32.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-25%20at%2000.41.33%20%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-25%20at%2000.41.33%20%282%29.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-25%20at%2000.41.33.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-10-25%20at%2000.41.34.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Competitions Commission Meeting October 23rd to 25 of October 2025. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/concept-cars-destroyed-fire-design-studio-lithium-batteries-suspected-be-cause</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/Pasadena-Advanced-Design-Studio-002-720x405.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The Pasadena Advanced GM Design Studio</image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/startup-company-unveils-smart-wildfire-sprinkler-system-detects-heat-and-protects-homes</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-28%20at%2014.47.53.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Defense Delivered sprinkler system for protection of residential buildings against wildfires.</image:caption>
  </image:image>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/europe-simulated-catastrophic-solar-storm-2025-all-e-communication-and-navigation-would-be</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-11-12T21:08:33+00:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/Copilot_20251028_162712.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A satellite being destroyed by intense solar radiation during an imagined future extreme solar storm. Illustration generated by MS Copilot, from an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/monterey-county-moves-towards-bess-ban-after-massive-fire-moss-landing-january-2025</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/1280px-Moss_Landing_Power_Plant_p1270026.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moss_Landing_Power_Plant_p1270026.jpg</image:caption>
  </image:image>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ai-wildfire-modelling-transforming-how-fire-agencies-predict-plan-and-respond-wildfires</loc>
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   <image:caption>AI predicting wildfires. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF, executed by MS CoPilot.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/us-state-wisconsin-want-make-sprinklers-older-buildings-mandatory</loc>
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   <image:caption>Fire sprinkler legislation updates for older buildings. From an idea by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF, executed by MS CoPilot. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/german-police-has-arrested-two-press-photographers-accused-arson</loc>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/swedens-private-enterprises-are-integral-national-defence-leading-new-plan</loc>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/first-volume-book-100-cities-100-years-evaluation-urban-fire-risks-has-been-published</loc>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot from the book description</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/hope-rubble-man-pulled-alive-12-hours-after-rome-medieval-tower-collapse</loc>
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   <image:caption>The tower prior to its partial collapse. By Dmitry Tonkonog and Ksenia Fedosova - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23771172</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/drone-sightings-brussels-and-stockholm-airports-start-questions-about-airport-safety-across</loc>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/lack-coordination-led-evacuation-delays-and-chaos-during-palisades-fire-lapd-report-says</loc>
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   <image:caption>date_range Date  2016 create Source  pixabay.com link Link  https://pixabay.com/ SOURCE LINK, CLEARANCE &amp; RESEARCH copyright Copyright info  This image is from Pixabay and was published prior to July 2017 under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication license https://web.archive.org/web/20161229043156/https://pixabay.com/en/service/terms/ . In July 2017, Pixabay switched the old sitewide license for all uploads from Creative Commons CC0 to a custom license arrangement </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/severe-geomagnetic-storm-threatened-power-grids-and-communications-worldwide-nov-12-2025</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/Copilot_20251112_122604.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Illustration Credit: An imaginary image of Earth being severely affected by solar storms. Executed by MS CoPilot from a visual prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/lafd-under-scrutiny-after-firefighter-complaints-allegedly-ignored-deadly-palisades-fire</loc>
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   <image:caption>Illustration executed by MS CoPilot, from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF.  </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/fire-lounge-power-bank-exploded-passengers-pocket-melbourne-airport</loc>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/bronx-blast-cigarette-butt-suspected-have-sparked-explosion-injures-7-firefighters-during-gas</loc>
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   <image:caption>illustration showing the hidden danger of discarded cigarette butts near flammable vapors. It captures the moment of ignition in a gritty urban setting, with a fireball erupting from the ground as a cigarette lands near a gas leak—highlighting how a small act can trigger a devastating explosion. Executed by MS CoPilot</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/11-countries-participated-ctif-fire-investigation-working-group-meeting-prague-2025</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-11-13T16:58:13+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/IMG_5849.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The 10 nations present physically at the October 2025 meeting of the Fire Investigation Working Group in Prague. </image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/center-fire-statistics-calling-national-data-2024-all-are-invited-submit</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/Copilot_20251114_142001.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF CALL FOR NEW FIRE STATISTICS 2024</image:caption>
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 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/new-book-100-years-100-cities-presented-center-fire-statistics-meeting-rostock-nov-2025</loc>
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   <image:caption>Peter Wagner (left) and Harald Herweg (right), both CTIF Statistics Centre (European Wing, Germany).</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/iceland-defines-climate-change-security-threat-their-nation-atlantic-ocean-currents-show-signs</loc>
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  <lastmod>2025-11-19T21:23:49+00:00</lastmod>
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   <image:caption> Grundarfjörður Iceland - Town next to Kirkjufell Date	Taken on 30 September 2018 Source	Own work Author	Chr Grundo Camera location	64° 55′ 00.01″ N, 23° 15′ 31.28″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/34-delegates-18-nations-met-liverpool-ctif-youth-firefighter-commission-meeting</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/FB_IMG_1763218435247.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Group photo from the CTIF Youth Leaders Commission in Liverpool, in November 2025. </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-11-15%20at%2001.32.55.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Youth Firefighters Meeting in Liverpool, November 15, 2025.  </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-11-15%20at%2001.32.54.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Youth Firefighters Meeting in Liverpool, November 15, 2025.  </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-11-15%20at%2001.32.55%20%281%29.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Youth Firefighters Meeting in Liverpool, November 15, 2025.  </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-11-15%20at%2001.32.55%20%282%29.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Youth Firefighters Meeting in Liverpool, November 15, 2025.  </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/Screenshot_20251115_173545_Facebook.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Group photo from the CTIF Youth Leaders Commission in Liverpool, in November 2025. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Illustration Credit:  Executed by MS Co-Pilot from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF. (The image is for illustrational purposed and is not necessarily showing realistic fire development characteristics.)</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Wikipedia Creative Commons License. Nitrous oxide (N2O) whippits used for their euphoric and hallucinatory effect by Dutch youngsters near a secondary school in Utrecht-West, The Netherlands. Datum	3 mei 2017, 15:04:12 Bron	Eigen werk Auteur	Hansmuller</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Firefighters in front of a legislative building. Executed by MS Co-Pilot from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/spanish-version-added-ctif-operational-guide-2025-emergency-response-electric-vehicles</loc>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot of the upper part of the cover for the Spanish EV guide. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/summary-extraordinary-virtual-ctif-delegates-assembly-2025</loc>
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   <image:caption>Illustration executed by Chat GPT from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ctif-wishes-all-members-safe-and-happy-new-year-2026</loc>
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   <image:caption>The 2025-26 CTIF Holiday Card</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/italian-version-added-ctif-operational-guide-2025-emergency-response-electric-vehicles</loc>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot of the Italian version of CTIF EV guide</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Figures 3a and b: The tour of the unique Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service's Center for Safety and Training, with its training and continuing education facilities featuring two different helicopter simulators and various indoor environments, generated considerable interest. (Photos: Dr. Cimolino, CTIF) Dr. Ulrich Cimolino Chairman of the Working Group W at the German Mountain Rescue Association (DFV) Member of the CTIF's FFC</image:caption>
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   <image:caption> 2 Fig ures 1a and b: CTIF FFC at the Unterschleißheim Fire Department (near Munich). Markus Brandstätter, Chairman and Commander of the Unterschleißheim Fire Department, explains the department's tasks and vehicles to the CTIF FFC colleagues in fluent English. CTIF Vice President Christoph Marchal, standing next to him, expressed his sincere thanks for the explanations and support during the meeting. (Photos: CTIF; Dr. Cimolino)</image:caption>
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   <image:caption> 4 F igures 2a and b: During the fire on the Großer Montoni mountain in Prad (South Tyrol, Italy), the forest fire could only be stopped with the help of firefighters and the immediate deployment of several helicopters to transport personnel, equipment, and wat er, as well as the use of a retardant agent just a few trees away from the transmitter site. The transmitter site has no redundancies, and if the fire had occurred, radio communications for roads (including parts of the Brenner motorway!), railways, </image:caption>
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   <image:caption> 4 F igures 2a and b: During the fire on the Großer Montoni mountain in Prad (South Tyrol, Italy), the forest fire could only be stopped with the help of firefighters and the immediate deployment of several helicopters to transport personnel, equipment, and wat er, as well as the use of a retardant agent just a few trees away from the transmitter site. The transmitter site has no redundancies, and if the fire had occurred, radio communications for roads (including parts of the Brenner motorway!), railways, </image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-12/Screenshot%202025-12-29%20at%2011.26.50.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Figures 3a and b: The tour of the unique Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service's Center for Safety and Training, with its training and continuing education facilities featuring two different helicopter simulators and various indoor environments, generated considerable interest. (Photos: Dr. Cimolino, CTIF) Dr. Ulrich Cimolino Chairman of the Working Group W at the German Mountain Rescue Association (DFV) Member of the CTIF's FFC</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2025-12/Forest%20Fire%20Meeting%20December%209th.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The CTIF Forest Fire Meeting in Bavaria, November 9th, 2026</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A schematic view of a satellite capturing an ocean wave from space. The image is meant for illustration purposes and is not scientifically correct. Executed by MS CoPilot from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Generated by MS CoPilot from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson / CTIF. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/100-cities-100-years-evaluation-urban-fire-risks-milestone-fire-statistics-globally</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Screenshot%202026-01-05%20at%2009.17.07.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>The two books 100 Cities - 100 Years, volume 1 and 2, side by side.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/swiss-investigators-probe-safety-failures-after-2025-new-years-flashover-fire-killed-40-people</loc>
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   <image:caption>The building of the bar Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, photographed on 2 January 2026, the day after the fire. By Christian David - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=181118712</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/iceland-had-warmest-christmas-eve-2025-country-has-ever-recorded-almost-20-c-67-f</loc>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/wildfires-kill-19-people-chile-heatwave-fuels-rapid-spread</loc>
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   <image:caption> Pirque Santiago de Chile Date	21 January 2017, 02:33 Source	Incendio forestal en Pirque Santiago de Chile Author	Pablo Trincado from Santiago de Chile, Chile</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/firefighters-brain-cancer-silent-occupational-threat</loc>
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   <image:caption>Illustration executed by MS CoPilot, based on this Creative Commons image on Wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brain_Cancer_Regions.png</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/flooding-brings-deadly-chaos-attica-storms-overwhelm-greeces-capital-region</loc>
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   <image:caption>On 15 October, flash floods hit the north coast of Crete.[4] Extensive damage was reported in many seaside areas.[5] Settlements affected included Agia Pelagia, Lygaria, Chania and Lasithi.[6] By Ontheway Advice - Agia Pelagia, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58372044</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/karachi-mall-fire-becomes-one-pakistans-deadliest-confirmed-death-toll-climbs-67</loc>
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   <image:caption>Collapsed exterior of Gul Plaza after the fire which destroyed it. Date	22 January 2026 Source	Press Conference on Saniha Gul Plaza Karachi, Dr Ashraf Asif Jalali, 22 January 2026 Author	Dr Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali Camera location	24° 51′ 54.36″ N, 67° 01′ 26.76″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.	</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/indonesia-landslide-leaves-villages-buried-and-more-80-people-missing-west-java</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Flood_in_Southeast_Aceh_Regency%2C_Sumatra.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>By Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management - https://www.bnpb.go.id/berita/upaya-percepatan-penanganan-darurat-bnpb-berikan-pendampingan-banjir-di-aceh, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=179111951</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/new-lafd-chief-rejects-probe-edits-softened-palisades-fire-report</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Copilot_20260126_130248.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An imagined scene of people protesting the Palisades report. Executed by MS CoPilot from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/explosion-greek-cookie-factory-kills-five-and-injures-seven-explosion</loc>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/canadian-study-warns-fewer-forest-fires-are-now-causing-greater-destruction</loc>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/three-firefighters-injured-sudden-flashover</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Screenshot%202026-01-28%20at%2012.07.57.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Screenshot of the WPRI.com YouTube video below</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/firefighters-battle-emergency-level-bushfires-extreme-heatwave-grips-south-east-australia</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Sydney%20Bushfire.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Sydney Bushfire. Photo Credit (above) Photo: A bushfire at Llanilo, western Sydney, 2016. (Twitter: @FRNSW)</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/ev-safety-inc-expands-access-fireguard-barriers-and-training-ev-thermal-events-rise</loc>
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   <image:caption>Photo: https://evsafetyproducts.com/</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/support-ctiforg-journalism-gofundme</loc>
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   <image:caption>Photo by KIRTJ.se</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/100-cities-100-years-evaluation-urban-fire-risks-volumes-i-iii-now-available-online</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/Screenshot%202026-02-03%20at%2010.09.40.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>100 Cities -  100 Years volumes 1-3</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/25th-ctif-international-youth-fire-brigade-competition-sumperk-czechia</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/CTIF-7.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>CTIF Games in Villach</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/wildfires-patagonia-impossible-stop</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/Screenshot%202026-02-03%20at%2011.56.17.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Patagonia wildfires from space. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/worldview-image-archive/fires-patagonia-argentina</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/direktion-webinar-resilient-communications-responders-recording-available</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/Screenshot%202026-02-03%20at%2012.09.35.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Screenshot of the webinar</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/storm-leonardo-slams-southern-spain-forcing-mass-evacuations-and-transport-shutdowns</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/Screenshot%202026-02-04%20at%2011.11.48.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Storm Leonardo in Andalucia</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/wildfire-home-insurance-under-fire-southern-california</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/Copilot_20260205_095459.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Wildfire insurance crisis in southern California. Executed by MS CoPilot from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson.</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/un-warns-global-water-bankruptcy-demand-surges-and-supplies-collapse-affecting-fire</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/Copilot_20260205_101756.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Global water shortage. Illustration executed by MS CoPilot from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/hong-kong-firefighter-honoured-after-dying-line-duty-during-high-rise-blaze</loc>
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   <image:caption>Executed by Microsoft Co-Pilot from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Screen shot of the Turkish version of the EV fire handbook</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Screen shot of the Turkish version of the EV fire handbook</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Screen shot of the Turkish version of the EV fire handbook</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/center-fire-statistics-meeting-looking-back-year-2025</loc>
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   <image:caption>Global Fire Statistics. Illustration executed by MS CoPilot from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/eu-summit-urges-shift-integrated-wildfire-risk-management</loc>
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   <image:caption>Executed by Microsoft Co-Pilot from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/understanding-and-addressing-europes-disaster-resilience-challenges</loc>
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   <image:caption>Screen from the report</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/deadly-patagonia-wildfires-claim-over-20-lives-and-destroy-worlds-oldest-trees</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/Incendio_Patagonia_2026%20%281%29.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Fires in Argentine Patagonia in 2026 Date	11 January 2026 Source	YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmNJmjwnWSE&amp;feature=youtu.be – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today Author	tfnoticias</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Public Domain Photo. https://nara.getarchive.net/media/firemen-from-ft-campbell-fire-department-use-a-litter-b83550</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Screenshot of the cover of the Finnish version. </image:caption>
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  <loc>https://ctif.org/news/scientists-warn-europe-must-prepare-catastrophic-3degc-global-warming</loc>
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   <image:caption>Illustration executed by Chat GPT from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Free photo by Erik Mclean / Pexels.com. https://www.pexels.com/photo/travel-trailer-placed-near-river-in-winter-forest-in-daylight-6367172/</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://ctif.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/Thames_Highway_R.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Photo Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons License  The car carrier Thames Highway  entering the port of Bremerhaven in Germany by backing into the Northern sluice. Author: Charvosi</image:caption>
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