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14th Annual Craig Alder Charity Golf Tournament

August 3, 2010

Dear Friends, It is that time of year again and the families of the Craig Alder Family are once again hoping that you will join us for a wonderful and much needed cause that will take us into our 14th year. The Craig Alder Charity Golf Tournament will take place this year on Monday, September [...]

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ANNOUNCING THE 13TH ANUAL CRAIG ALDER CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT

August 6, 2009

Announcing the 13th Annual Craig Alder Charity Golf Tournament! Craig Alder, the son of retired LAFD (Los Angeles City) Fire Captain Rich Alder and brother of SBFD (San Bernardino City) Battalion Chief Mike Alder, was an SBFD firefighter whose career was cut short when he suffered serious brain injuries after being struck by a car [...]

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Inside the Command Post – Episode #18 – SBFD

August 1, 2009

http://westcoast911.com A look Inside the Command Post. SBFD Company and Chief Officers arriving on scene and their Size-Up process. This video clip shows the “Dynamic Risk Assessment” (DRA) process that should be applied to all fires. The need to follow a systematic process to determine the mode and continually evaluate the fire conditions is absolutely [...]

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SAN BERNARDINO CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT MOURNS THE LOSS OF FIRE CAPTAIN

March 3, 2009

It is with great sadness that the San Bernardino Fire Department announces the passing of Fire Captain Creighton (Creig) Nece. Creig was a 19 year veteran of the fire department and died during the morning hours on 3/2/09 while in the hospital recovering from back injuries sustained in an off-road vehicle accident last week. Creig [...]

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Retired Redlands Fire Captain and Wife Killed in Traffic Accident

October 11, 2008

Redlands Fire Capt. Darrell Feuerhahn and his wife Debbie were killed Friday night in a traffic accident on Highway 62. Below is a statement released this morning by Redlands Fire Chief Jeff Frazier: It is with great sadness that I must regretfully inform you of the untimely passing of Retired Redlands Fire Captain Darrell Feuerhahn [...]

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Remembering 9-11-01

September 16, 2008

So… what did you do last Thursday? Display your flag (hopefully the stars and stripes) at your home? Watch endless hours of documentary features of the tragic events of that day? Observe a moment or two of silence during the day in respect of those lost? Attend a memorial service? Talk about the events to [...]

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Update – 25 dead in Los Angeles train wreck

September 12, 2008

A commuter train believed to have been carrying up to 222 people during the afternoon rush collided with a freight train Friday, killing eighteen people, injuring 135 and trapping an unknown number of others in a mangled passenger car imploded by its own engine. Firefighters extinguished a blaze under part of the wreckage and were [...]

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5 suspicious blazes quelled in Hollywood Hills over weekend

August 20, 2008

On Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 2:08 PM, 39 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 3 Helicopters,a Dozer Company, Water Tender 88, 5 Brush Patrols, L.A. Co. Fire Camp Crews w/ Helicopter and Battalion Chief, Fire Departments from Glendale, Burbank, Santa Monica, Culver City and Beverly Hills, responded to a Major Emergency Brush Fire at 184 [...]

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Travis Air Force Base “dodged a bullet”

August 18, 2008

Fire officials at Travis Air Force Base are trying to determine what ignited a nearby grass fire that spread to the military installation, burning 230 unoccupied housing units Saturday. Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in the 3 p.m., eight-alarm blaze that was controlled early Sunday and prompted a base commander to call it “the biggest [...]

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Riverfront eight alarm fire in Philly

August 14, 2008

Developer J. Brian O’Neill dreamed of bringing people back to the banks of the Schuylkill in Conshohocken. And yesterday, they came by the thousands – to watch in horror as his vision went up in flames. This morning, fire trucks were still on the scene as embers from the buildings smoldered. Firefighters napped on the [...]

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