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Paul Tonko: So we don't have a national guideline response to what to do in situations where you have smoke in the air when you…

On the recordNovember 19, 2019
So we don't have a national guideline response to what to do in situations where you have smoke in the air when you don't have imminent threat to life or property.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko discusses the lack of national guidelines for smoke-related emergencies.

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