September 2008

Anhydrous ammonia leak temporarily closes Illinois 121

September 26, 2008

Illinois 121 near the Kenney Blacktop between Warrensburg and Latham was closed in both directions for several hours Thursday as emergency personnel worked to clean up after an anhydrous ammonia leak at a local fertilizer plant. Macon County Emergency Management Agency Director Phil Anello said the road was closed from about 8:50 to 11:45 a.m. [...]

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Fresno County Fire District Parcel Fee Has Failed

September 26, 2008

TRANQUILLITY — A Fresno County Fire Protection District plan to add three fire stations and firefighters by charging property owners a parcel fee has failed, district officials confirmed Wednesday night. Of those who returned their mail-in ballots, 73% were against the plan. About 30% of roughly 50,000 parcel owners in the district voted. A landowner [...]

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Fresno City Fire Agrees to Work with Clovis Fire Dept.

September 25, 2008

The Fresno City Council agreed Tuesday to collaborate with Clovis on fire service to border areas. But Fresno’s talks with Fresno County Fire Protection District have stalled because the city says county volunteer firefighters do not meet city training standards to go on city calls. The council took no action on the issue involving the [...]

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Cafe Brasil in Santa Cruz Badly Damaged by Fire

September 25, 2008

SANTA CRUZ – A fire broke out in a popular Westside breakfast spot Tuesday night, but firefighters were able to save the restaurant.Fire crews were sent to Cafe Brasil around 8:15 p.m. for a report of smoke coming from a kitchen vent and hazy smoke inside the building, located at 1410 Mission St. Apparently, the [...]

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New York Firefighter Injured in Structure Fire

September 24, 2008

SCHENECTADY — A city firefighter was hospitalized with a severe leg fracture battling a suspicious fire at a home Tuesday morning where a man was shot dead earlier this month, authorities said. Lt. Michelle Wilson was expected to undergo surgery at Ellis Hospital where she was taken after being hurt in the 4 a.m. blaze [...]

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Colleagues praise Stockton Battalion Chief Kim Olson

September 24, 2008

STOCKTON – This is what Stockton Fire Department Battalion Chief Kim Olson does. On July 26, Daniel Packer, a 49-year-old firefighter from Washington state, was killed while surveying a lightning-sparked wildfire in the Klamath National Forest. Packer, the chief of East Pierce Fire and Rescue in Bonney Lake, Wash., was caught when the Panther Fire [...]

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Bonny Doon denied forming its own fire district

September 24, 2008

SANTA CRUZ – Bonny Doon will have to stick with County Fire and give up any hope of breaking away to establish its own fire district. Aspirations of many in the small Santa Cruz Mountains community were dashed Monday night when the Local Agency Formation Commission voted 4-3 to deny a proposal from some Bonny [...]

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Firefighters Make Quick knockdown in Wayne Township, NJ

September 24, 2008

Firefighters were faced with heavy fire on arrival at a house located in the Packanack Lake area of Wayne Township, shortly before midnight Sunday, September 21. Neighbors reported seeing flames and hearing what sounded like fireworks or an explosion at 51 Forest Terrace. The fire was so intense that it melted a plastic fence which [...]

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Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Responds to Overturned Fuel Tanker

September 23, 2008

Las Vegas Firefighters responded to a fuel tanker rollover.  Here are a couple of pics from the scene:

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Fresno City HazMat Team Gets New Equipment

September 23, 2008

FFD was the fifth team in the state to obtain a Type 1 rating for Haz Mat and now has 2 Type 1 teams. The Fresno City Fire Department has two new hazmat trucks, outfitted with the latest equipment and state of the art technology,that were funded through the Department of Homeland Security. Both the [...]

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