Stress blows blood pressure off map in young B.C. firefighters

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KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) - Signs of stress cracked through the city Monday as doctors reported disturbingly high blood pressure among firefighters and hundreds who lost homes waited to talk to exhausted disaster relief workers. "It's a bit scary," said Kelowna fire chief Gerry Zimmerman of the readings on his men. Young firefighters coming off the line, many who have never seen flames like the ones threatening Kelowna, have blood pressure as high as 210 over 110, he said.

Source: The Canadian Press... (http://www.firehall.com/cgi-bin/refer?url=http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=c54b4cd4-506b-4d0a-a1f7-f6d628ae1120&s=87875529.5257182&linkid=149&parent=news)