January 2009

There’s a nationwide crisis in emergency medical response…

January 23, 2009

The dispatcher had said, “21-year-old male, trouble breathing.” But when paramedics Russ Bryant and Mike Haley arrive on the scene in North Philadelphia a few minutes later, the man is breathing just fine. “What’s going on?” Bryant asks him gently. “I tried to eat a whole stick of butter,” he says. “On a bet. For [...]

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Watch-out while napping on the fire line…

January 23, 2009

In a previously posted story we read that “Friends don’t let other friends burn” – the boys from Las Vegas Fire Rescue responded to that one…. Here in LA….the opposite occurred: Los Angeles – Police said a 30-year-old man has been arrested for investigation of murdering a homeless man who was doused with a flammable [...]

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LAFD Building Collapse Response

January 21, 2009

On Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 8:56 PM, 9 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 7 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 Heavy Rescue, 1 Arson Unit, 2 Urban Search and Rescue Units, 1 Hazardous Materials Team, 3 EMS Battalion Captains, 3 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, Emergency Lighting 3, a Building [...]

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Marysville Firefighters snuff House Fire

January 21, 2009

Marysville, CA – Fire drove a District 10 couple and two young children from their house, which was heavily damaged, a Marysville Fire Department official said Tuesday. Watch Video The fire at 7242 Doc Adams Road was reported at 7:38 p.m. Monday. It apparently started when a gas water heater in an attached garage ignited [...]

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Fresno County Fire Protection District ponders billing

January 21, 2009

The Fresno County Fire Protection District board will consider billing the insurance companies of people who live outside its district and get into vehicle crashes requiring its services. Since residents of the district turned down a benefit assessment last year to fund fire station staffing, the district has been seeking new ways to raise revenue. [...]

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Sacramento Firefighters – 2 Alarm Structure Fire – video

January 20, 2009

Helmet camera footage and still pictures of a single alarm 2 story residential structure fire on Sacramento Fire Station 10′s 1st due on January 17, 2009.

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2 Firefighters Fall Through Roof in Los Feliz

January 17, 2009

Two Los Angeles Firefighters fell through the roof of a burning two-story home in Los Feliz Saturday, but only suffered minor injuries, officials said. The firefighters were above the second floor of a very-large house when one of them was chopping a hole in the burning structure. He fell in the hole, and a second [...]

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Friends don’t let other Friends Burn….

January 17, 2009

Las Vegas – Two homeless people were sleeping in a remote area along side Interstate 15, south of Bonanza Road near H Street. They had a warming fire, which was not confined. While sleeping, the fire extended to the man, in his late 20s and caught his clothing on fire. A female companion woke after [...]

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Two Dead, One Critically Burned in Crenshaw Blaze

January 16, 2009

On Friday, January 16, 2009 at 1:03 AM, 9 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 4 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 5 Arson Units, 2 EMS Battalion Captains, 1 Battalion Chief Officer Command Team and 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, a total of 64 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel under the direction of Battalion Chief Ralph Ramirez, [...]

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Four alarm fire in York PA displaces 20

January 16, 2009

Emergency crews are responding to a four-alarm fire in Red Lion this morning at a row of four homes in the 300 block of North First Street.The two-story units with a common roof have sustained heavy damage. Crews continue to douse flames. The roof has collapsed between two of the units.

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