April 2010

Retirement complex fire in Downtown Fresno

April 21, 2010

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Food left on a stove is blamed for a fire at a retirement complex in downtown Fresno that’s left several people without homes. Firefighters were called to the silver crest apartments at about 7:45 Sunday night. Crews say the apartment’s sprinkler system put out the fire and there was minor fire [...]

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Teens injured in ‘bumper cars’ drag race

April 21, 2010

A 14-year-old driver and his teenage passenger were injured and two other teens were arrested early Monday after police say they were involved in a high speed drag race in stolen cars. An officer spotted two Hondas without their lights on heading west on East Plaza Boulevard near Interstate 805 about 1:45 a.m., said National [...]

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Calif. firefighters handle ‘acid bombs’

April 21, 2010

VALLEJO, Calif. — Jugs of corrosive acid that witnesses say were either deliberately spilled or “detonated” Sunday night drew the Solano County Hazardous Material Response Team to Vallejo’s Coughlan Street for an emergency cleanup. Witnesses to the incident, reported at about 7 p.m., saw several people pour two one-gallon jugs onto the street at the [...]

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SB City Firefighters Rescue Man Injured on Hillside

April 20, 2010

• 63 year old Lake Arrowhead Man Injured while attempting to recover his remote control plane which landed on the hillside. • The Victim called 911 from his cell phone after being stuck on the south side of Little Mountain some 700 – 800 feet above Blair Park with back spasms and unable to move. [...]

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Santa Clara’s Bravest Battle Three-Alarm Fire

April 20, 2010

On Sunday, April 18, 2010, at approximately 5:45 AM, units of the CIty of Santa Clara Fire Department responded to multiple reports of a fully engulfed single story residential structure at 1044 Homestead Road.

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Santa Clara: Early morning fire guts home, displacing SCU students

April 20, 2010

A two-alarm fire early Sunday morning has displaced some Santa Clara University students from a house on Homestead Road. No one was injured in the blaze, but the house in the 1000 block of Homestead near the intersection with Washington Street is not habitable, said Deputy Fire Chief Bill Kelly.

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L.A. Firefighters Ponder The Possibility Of An 8.0 Earthquake

April 20, 2010

?Can you imagine what a magnitude 8.0 earthquake would do to urban Los Angeles? It’s a scenario being seriously considered by the Los Angeles Fire Department Monday as it stages a “full-scale” exercise to train and prepare for just such a calamity. For three-and-a-half hours Fire Station 88 in Sherman Oaks will be the site [...]

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ThermoGel Demonstration

April 20, 2010

Bullhead City Fire Department Engineer Erick Hurt sits inside the engine as Justin Simpson with Therno-Gel demonstrates how the gel will absorb the heat. Hurt had his had up against the window as direct flame was applied. He stated afterwards that the window only got warm. Fire Dos from Dana Point, California was at the [...]

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Inside the Command Post – Episode #20 – SBFD

April 19, 2010

A look at the SBFD attacking a single family dwelling fire in a residential community with very limited access.

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4 Women Rescued from San Joaquin River

April 19, 2010

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Fresno County search and rescue crews rescued four women Saturday after their canoes capsized the water. It happened along the San Joaquin River in Northwest Fresno, near Palm and Nees. Four women on two canoes went down the river and these strong currents forced their canoes to capsize. They were safe [...]

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