October 2008

Visalia Firefighters Respond to Explosion at Milk Factory

October 28, 2008

Fire investigators are trying to determine how powdered milk exploded at a processing plant, sparking a two-alarm fire. Seven fire engines responded to California Dairies Inc., where an explosion Monday blew a hole in the side of a powdered milk processing building and forced the evacuation of 200 employees. One employee suffered heat exhaustion while [...]

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San Bernardino County Firefighters Perform Trench Rescue

October 28, 2008

HESPERIA – Rescue workers managed to free a man from a collapsed trench after he was buried up to his waist for about one hour, officials said. “We didn’t want to go in there and start digging the victim out and cause another incident,” said Division Chief Tim Wessel of the San Bernardino County Fire [...]

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Toxic debris removed from super lab site in Madera County

October 28, 2008

Hazardous materials crews continue to remove toxic debris from the remains of a methamphetmine super lab that exploded Friday in rural Madera County. Crews filled at least 33 55-gallon drums and waste from the explosion, but Madera County sheriff’s spokeswoman Erica Stuart said workers have “barely scratched the surface” of all that needs to be [...]

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Cal Fire/Merced County Fire Department Fight Livinston House Fire

October 28, 2008

Firefighters say a family of four narrowly escaped with their lives Saturday, after discovering a fierce blaze inside their home. Capt. Richard Bohn of the Cal Fire/Merced County Fire Department said 12 firefighters responded to the scene at the 1400 block of Eighth Street in Livingston around 4:15 a.m. Fortunately, no one was injured, Bohn [...]

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Three people,two dogs escape from Barstow House Fire

October 28, 2008

Three people and two dogs escaped from a burning house Saturday, but the home was a total loss. The occupants of a house on the 800 block on Arville Avenue were alerted to the fire by smoke alarms at about 4 a.m. and got out of the house uninjured, according to a Barstow Fire Protection [...]

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Amy Grant Surprises Bakersfield Firefighters with Private Show

October 27, 2008

Pop and Christian recording artist Amy Grant surprised downtown firefighters Saturday night with an impromptu acoustic set after her concert at the Fox Theater. The singer visited Bakersfield Fire Department Station No. 1 on H Street near the Fox. The firefighters gave her a ride down 21st Street in the ladder truck and a member [...]

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Remembering U.S. Forest Service Engine Crew 57 Fatalities

October 26, 2008

Today is the second anniversary of the day five area firefighters died in the fierce Esperanza Fire in the San Jacinto Mountains. For the mothers, fathers, fire captains and others recognizing the day, it is in some ways a more difficult time than the first. “The first year was so busy with all the functions [...]

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Remembering SoCal Five Years After The Firestorms

October 26, 2008

It is the five year anniversary of the Grand Prix Fire, Cedar Fire and the Old Fire. Those that assisted in these major wildland and urban conflagration fires will remember them as defining moments in their career. The long hours of firefighting and utter devastation is burned deeply into all of our minds. It was [...]

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Stockton Fire Department Shuts Down a Truck Company

October 26, 2008

STOCKTON – The Fire Department’s Truck Co. 4 was gut-punched Wednesday morning. A casualty of the city’s yawning budget deficit, the company now faces likely closure and the reassignment of its firefighters throughout the city. Fire Chief Ron Hittle visited the station around 10 a.m. to deliver the news personally. It was the first time [...]

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Apartment complex fire displaces three families, injures firefighter in San Bernardino

October 26, 2008

SAN BERNARDINO — Three families were displaced, one firefighter was injured and a house pet was killed during an apartment fire Saturday afternoon. San Bernardino firefighters responded at 12:25 p.m. to an apartment complex at 1277 E. Lynwood Drive, according to fire dispatch. “There was heavy smoke and flame coming from an upstairs apartment,” said [...]

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