Kern County Firefighters

Chief Apologizes For Firefighter’s Accusations Against Mayor

October 14, 2008

Kern County Fire Chief Dennis Thompson apologized publicly to county supervisors and Bakersfield Mayor Harvey Hall Tuesday for comments made by a firefighter. On behalf of his department, Thompson apologized for accusations leveled at Hall by a probationary Kern County firefighter Monday night on a KGET Channel 17 news broadcast. “Portions of his comments were [...]

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Kern County Firefighters Battle 500 Acre Grass Fire

June 7, 2008

FORT TEJON, CA – At approximately 9:30am the Kern County Fire Department received reports of a grass fire on Interstate 5, about 2 miles north of the Fort Tejon area, also known as “The Grapevine”. Upon arrival, fire crews were faced with a 5 acre wind driven fire moving quickly up the hillside on the [...]

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Firefighters Pull Man From Burning House – Kern County

January 19, 2008

An elderly man was in critical condition at Kern Medical Center late Saturday afternoon due to smoke inhalation after firefighters rescued him from his burning Lamont house earlier in the day. Kern County firefighters received a call around 1:51 p.m. on a home in the 8100 block of Palm Avenue, said Kern County Fire Department [...]

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