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Sacramento Fire Totals 1 Home, Damages 2 Others

July 21, 2009

DEL PASO HEIGHTS, CA – One house is a loss and two others sustained damage in a two-alarm fire in Sacramento Tuesday afternoon. When Sacramento city firefighters arrived to the 3700 block of Haywood Street at 2 p.m., one house was in flames and they were spreading to the homes on either side, said Sacramento [...]

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Sacramento Firefighters Offer New Deal to City

June 30, 2009

SACRAMENTO, CA — The Sacramento Fire Department union says it is going back to city leaders with another proposal to ensure firehouses stay open and firefighters remain on the job. The proposal also happens to save the city $10 million, according to union spokesman Chris Harvey. Firefighters are offering a 5 percent pay cut for [...]

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Sacramento Firefighters’ Mayoral Pick Rejects Station Brownouts

September 15, 2008

Kevin Johnson landed one of the last major endorsements of the Sacramento mayoral race today.
The city firefighters’ union is backing Johnson in his run against Mayor Heather Fargo because Johnson is “going to reprioritize the city budget” to ease cuts on public safety, said union representative Chris Harvey.
Johnson said at a morning press conference that [...]

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Homeless Suspected in Parkway Fire for Sacramento Firefighters

September 7, 2008

As firefighters tried to tame a blaze Saturday along the lower stretch of the American River Parkway and as cars on Highway 160 slowed to watch a helicopter dart overhead to make a water drop, Ralph Plunkett stood in the shade of the overpass, his head bowed.
It was too soon to tell what caused the [...]

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300 Acre Grass Fire Blazes In Rural Fresno

May 21, 2008

High winds are hampering fire crews’ efforts to battle a 300-acre grass fire blazing in rural Fresno County that is drawing near to more than a dozen homes.
A spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said about 100 firefighters are dropping retardant, cutting lines and running bulldozers to contain the fire burning [...]

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Man Rescued After Construction Site Mishap

May 21, 2008

An injured worker was rescued by firefighters Tuesday after falling off a ladder deep inside a trench at a south Sacramento construction site.Rescuers were called at 8:36 a.m. to the Freeport Regional Water Project site along Freeport Boulevard just south of the Pocket area, Sacramento Fire Department Capt. Jim Doucette said.The man, who was not [...]

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Sacramento Firefighters Stress Safety, After a Weekend of Water Emergencies

May 20, 2008

Niko King stood at the edge of the Sacramento River late Sunday afternoon, his tired eyes trained on the scads of bodies lured to the cold water by the weekend’s sweltering heat.
“I see about 500 people in the water without life jackets,” said a weary King, a Sacramento Fire Department battalion chief who spent much [...]

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Sacramento Area Firefighters Kept Busy with Water Accidents

May 17, 2008

Earlier Saturday, rescuers were called to the American River near the Howe Avenue boat ramp. City fire officials said the 20-year-old victim — who wasn’t wearing a life jacket and couldn’t swim — lost his footing in the water at about 6:15 p.m.Bystanders found the 20-year-old victim underwater, Doucette said in a release. They got [...]

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City expected to increase Sacramento firefighter salaries

April 30, 2008

Despite facing major deficits and worker layoffs, the city of Sacramento is on the verge of approving nearly $15 million in additional pay for firefighters and paramedics over the next two years.

The proposed labor contracts – approved by the firefighters union last week – is expected to be approved without opposition at City Council this [...]

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Five-alarm Fire at South Sacramento Apartment Complex

March 19, 2008

Firefighters contained a five-alarm fire Wednesday morning at an apartment complex in south Sacramento County near Florin Road and Stockton Boulevard, and determined that nobody was inside.
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Capt. Jeff Lynch said the fire at 7283 Florin Mall Drive heavily damaged four units. A few other units had damage from smoke.
The initial call at [...]

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