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Departments Remember 9/11

September 11, 2009

In L.A. County, remembering 9/11 victims September 11, 2009 | 7:55 am Memorials to honor the victims of 9/11 are scheduled today in Los Angeles County, although officials said some ceremonies have been postponed due to firefighters battling the Station fire. A small ceremony began at 7 a.m. at the Los Angeles Fire Department Fallen [...]

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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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Fallen LA County Firefighters Mourned

September 2, 2009

Funeral arrangements were pending today for two Los Angeles County firefighters — one left behind a pregnant wife — killed in a crash in the Angeles National Forest while battling the massive Station Fire. Capt. Tedmund “Ted” Hall, 47, of San Bernardino County, and firefighter Specialist Arnaldo “Arnie” Quinones, 34, of Palmdale, were killed about [...]

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Texas Fire Engine Overturns in Collision

August 5, 2009

Firefighters from the Spring Volunteer Fire Department were responding to a call when they collided with a van. Watch the Video:

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Oakland fire union agrees to contract in face of budget crisis

July 19, 2009

OAKLAND — The union representing Oakland firefighters voted 335-64 in favor of a new contract that will freeze wages and increase the hours firefighters work as the city faces an ongoing financial crisis, the union’s president said this week. The city relied heavily on concessions from city workers to try to balance its budget this [...]

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Grand jury report on Riverside County Fire Department: do not contract with the State

July 9, 2009

Riverside County should consider forming its own fire department in the future instead of contracting with the state, which plans to hike administrative fees this year, a new county grand jury report says. Fire officials should also do more to discipline career firefighters who create a hostile work environment for their volunteer colleagues and to [...]

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San Diego area Fire chiefs sign county contract, ’under duress’

July 5, 2009

In an about-face, the chiefs of all of the volunteer backcountry fire departments have signed a new contract with the San Diego County Fire Authority that will require all volunteer firemen to pass a physical exam to be able to continue to serve in the field. At a meeting June 16 in Ramona, the chiefs [...]

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Fire in Oxnard senior apartment complex forces 30 to leave

June 26, 2009

Thirty people were evacuated from a city-owned senior apartment complex in Oxnard early Friday morning following a fire in one of the units, authorities said. When they responded at 12:41 a.m. to a fire sprinkler alarm in the six-story complex at 401 South C St., Oxnard firefighters found a fourth-floor apartment filled with smoke, said [...]

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Fire Destroys Eastlake Mansion

June 7, 2009

CHULA VISTA – Fire investigators are looking into the cause of a two-alarm fire that destroyed a mansion under construction in Eastlake. The 6500-square-foot residence was fully involved when firefighters arrived around 10:30 Saturday night at 2890 Gate 15 of Woods Drive. Fire crews immediately called in help to protect surrounding structures because of the [...]

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Fire Guts Five Stockton Homes

April 17, 2009

Fire at a farm labor housing complex in east Stockton on Thursday ruined five homes and put 22 people out, but no one was injured, officials said. Firefighters for two hours trucked water from a well to the complex, on Kaiser Road near Collegeville. The Red Cross met residents of the burned homes in a [...]

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