March 2010

Bullhead City Fire Department Training

March 31, 2010

Fighting a fire in a high rise building is a science. It takes knowledge, training, and a complete understanding of the structure and the dangers it presents. This week the Bullhead City Fire Department is receiving training on fire fighting in a high rise building. Not because someone is planning to build a 25 floor [...]

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Woodland firefighters receive critical new rescue device

March 31, 2010

It was just months ago that Woodland firefighters responded to a serious vehicle accident and found themselves at a disadvantage. A victim was trapped, but firefighters were unable to reach the patient in the car using their standard extrication techniques. “Unfortunately, our equipment had suddenly become outdated and was unable to cut through the strengthened [...]

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Two-alarm fire damages hair, nail salon east of downtown

March 31, 2010

Firefighters quickly knocked down a two-alarm blaze that caused significant damage to a hair and nail salon near downtown San Jose on Tuesday night. At 9:36 p.m., dispatchers received calls that the salon, located at 432 E. Santa Clara St. near 10th Street, was on fire, according to fire Capt. Chuck Rangel. The first fire [...]

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Fire contained at Oakland dry cleaners in 4100 block of Telegraph

March 30, 2010

OAKLAND — Investigators are looking into what caused a fire tonight at a dry cleaners on Telegraph Avenue but don’t know yet if the blaze was arson, a fire official said. Oakland fire Battalion Chief Jenny Ray said 32 firefighters worked the blaze, which was fully contained in about 45 minutes. No injuries or deaths [...]

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Police, firefighters save Riverside 3-year-old from drowning

March 30, 2010

Quick action by Riverside police officers saved a young girl from drowning Tuesday. Officers were called at 5:55 p.m. to a report of an accidental drowning in the 5400 block of Conestoga Lane, the Police Department said in a news release. One of the arriving officers began CPR on a 3-year-old girl who had been [...]

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Fire in La Jolla building’s basement prompts evacuations

March 30, 2010

LA JOLLA — A stubborn fire in the basement of a three-story building Monday evening led to the evacuation of several people before it was extinguished, said the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The blaze was reported about 7 p.m. and the first firefighters reported that smoke had spread through out the building on Girard Avenue [...]

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Firefighters douse one-alarm Middlefield blaze

March 30, 2010

Mountain View firefighters quickly put out a one-alarm fire on the 900 block of W. Middlefield Road over the weekend that caused an estimated $50,000 in damage. The Fire Department received a 911 call at 4:39 p.m. on Sunday, March 28 which reported a fire in an apartment complex at 905 W. Middlefield. Firefighters arrived [...]

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Firefighters pull lazy S.F. Zoo tiger from moat

March 30, 2010

an Francisco firefighters got a call Monday to help rescue a cat — a really big cat. Battalion Chiefs James Blake and Lorrie Kalos and their crew arrived at the San Francisco Zoo at 8:30 a.m., after zoo officials decided their geriatric Siberian tiger Tony was spending too much time alone in his moat. A [...]

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Stockton MRI center burns, sustains $1.4 million in damage

March 29, 2010

A 2-alarm fire ripped through an MRI medical building Sunday morning in Stockton, causing an estimated $1.4 million in damages, according to fire officials. The fire broke out at the Stockton MRI Medical Center at 2320 North California Way around 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Stockton Fire Department spokesman Chief Mike Lilienthal said. Responding firefighters found heavy [...]

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Novato 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home

March 29, 2010

A three-alarm fire destroyed a home in Novato Saturday evening, a deputy fire chief said. The fire was reported at 6:09 p.m. at a home in the 500 block of Willow Court, Novato Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Eric Nickel said. Firefighters arrived minutes later and found the garage and part of the home in [...]

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