September 2009

LAFD Firefighters continue to campaign against service cuts

September 10, 2009

The Los Angeles firefighters’ union renewed its campaign Thursday against the rotating brownouts at city fire stations, delivering hundreds of postcards demanding the restoration of full service. “This is not the time to be cutting fire service,” said Pat McOsker, head of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, during a rally at City Hall. [...]

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Public invited to memorial for 2 LA Co. firefighters Dodger Stadium Saturday, Sept. 12, starting 10 a.m.

September 8, 2009

County fire officials have set a public memorial service for two firefighters killed in the line of duty Sunday night, Aug. 30, battling the Station Fire in the Mount Gleason area of the San Gabriel Mountains. Los Angeles County Fire Department Firefighter Specialist Arnaldo “Arnie” Quinones and Capt. Tedmund “Ted” Hall will be honored in [...]

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Fire burns through Montclair house

September 8, 2009

A fire gutted the inside of an elderly woman’s house Tuesday, but no one was injured.The owner of the house in the 5600 block of Benito Street in Montclair, an 81-year-old woman, had put a load of towels in her dryer earlier in the day and noticed that the machine started smoking, said Montclair Fire [...]

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Crews still working to free LAFD Engine from sinkhole in Valley Village

September 8, 2009

The Los Angeles Fire Department and the L.A. Department of Water and Power are still working this morning to free a firetruck from a muddy sinkhole in Valley Village. The work will take all morning because the 22-ton engine truck needs to be lifted up and pulled out of the sinkhole in a single maneuver, [...]

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San Francisco Firefighters unable to send resources to Southern CA. wildfires

September 6, 2009

For the first time in memory, San Francisco had to say “no” last week when the state put out a call for help to fight that huge fire north of Los Angeles.The reason: The city is so short on backup fire engines that it couldn’t risk sending any out of town. “Historically, whenever we call, [...]

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Two Injured In Five-Alarm Martinez Apartment Fire

September 6, 2009

MARTINEZ — Two people were injured and an apartment building evacuated early Sunday as firefighters battle a five-alarm blaze in Martinez, according to officials.The fire, which has not been contained, was reported at 12:44 a.m. at the Regency Plaza Apartments at 600 J St., according to a Contra Costa fire dispatcher.The Regency Plaza is a [...]

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Massive California Wildfire More Than Half Contained

September 6, 2009

LOS ANGELES — With the massive wildfire burning north of Los Angeles more than half contained, hand crews were working Sunday to keep the fire’s eastern flank from crossing a rural mountain highway, a U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman said. The fire, which started Aug. 26, has killed two firefighters, blackened nearly 246 square miles of [...]

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A political lesson from the fire lines

September 6, 2009

Fire exploded last week across Southern California, from the apple orchards of Oak Glen to the enclaves of Tujunga. As fire does, it ravaged acreage — more than 154,000 acres in Los Angeles County alone by early Saturday — and lives. Two firefighters died. Others were injured. Dozens of residents found their homes turned to [...]

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Firefighters dealing with harrowing conditions at Station Fire

September 3, 2009

At the command post, a mobile medical unit is set up to treat everything from bee stings to heart attacks. But poison oak is the most common ailment they treat. “People come in with blisters, from when the poison oak burns, all the oils from the poison oak also get released in the air,” said [...]

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Long Beach Firefighters rescue 3 from fire

September 3, 2009

Three men were rescued by firefighters from a burning downtown hotel Thursday morning, officials said. The men were suffering from smoke inhalation. One was taken to a local hospital, while the other two refused transport to a hospital, said Long Beach Fire Department Capt. Jackawa Jackson. The fire took place at the Green Leaf Hotel, [...]

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