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Riverside City Firefighter is Laid to Rest

January 6, 2010

Eric Botkin died Dec. 27 at the age of 41 at his home in Temecula. He had worked for the Riverside Fire Department for more than 10 years before retiring on Oct. 30, 2008, said Division Chief John Martinez in a news release. Botkin was diagnosed in October 2007 with a glioblastoma multiforme, a form [...]

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San Jose’s Bravest Tackle Condo Blaze

November 15, 2009

On Friday, November 13, 2009 shortly after 11:00 pm, units of the San Jose Fire Department responded to reports of fire in a two-story, multi-unit residential occupancy at 5506 Makati Circle on the city’s south side. Upon their arrival, firefighters were confronted with heavy fire conditions on both floors of the structure. Captain Trent Engler [...]

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Bullhead City Firefighters Snuff-out Residential Structure Fire

October 29, 2008

On Monday, October 27, 2008, at 08:37, two engine companies and one ladder truck of the Bullhead City Fire Department, along with three rescue ambulances, the Training Division Chief and the EMS Division Chief responded to a reported residential structure fire. The fire was under the command of Battalion Chief Craig Stephenson. Before engines arrived [...]

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SBcoFD Firefighters Battle Warehouse Fire

October 29, 2008

VICTORVILLE – A two-alarm fire at a commercial warehouse at Southern California Logistics Airport sent one person to the hospital with second-degree burns to his arms and head, officials said. More than 30 firefighters and seven engines responded to the former World of Leisure pool table manufacturing plant in the 13500 block of Phantom Street [...]

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LAFD Opens New Woodland Hills Station

October 28, 2008

The men and women of the Los Angeles Fire Department warmly welcome you to join civic and community leaders, including Fire Chief Douglas Barry, at the public dedication and grand opening of the LAFD’s newest Neighborhood Fire Station. Saturday, November 1, 2008 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM New Fire Station 84 21050 Burbank Boulevard Woodland [...]

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Sherman Oaks House Fire Claims one Life

October 28, 2008

On Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 1:49 AM, 4 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 2 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 3 Arson Units, 1 EMS Battalion Captain, 1 Battalion Chief Officer Command Team, 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, the Crisis Response Team and the LAPD, under the direction of Battalion Chief Richard E. Markota, responded to [...]

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Despite major wildfire year, firefighting reforms go up in smoke

October 19, 2008

California’s brutal fire season isn’t over yet. But the most significant efforts this year to provide California with more fire engines and to reduce fire risk all have gone up in smoke, the victims of Sacramento politics. Just as oil spills often usher in tougher oil tanker rules, and plane crashes bring new aviation safety [...]

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LA City Firefighters Battle Stubborn Commercial Blaze

October 18, 2008

On Friday, October 17, 2008 at 4:48 AM, 14 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 3 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 Arson Unit, 1 Urban Search and Rescue Unit, 1 Hazardous Materials Team, 2 EMS Battalion Captains, 4 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, a total of 97 Los Angeles Fire Department [...]

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St. Louis Firetrucks Collide Rushing to Fire

October 11, 2008

Several times every day, St. Louis Fire Department dispatchers broadcast a radio reminder that, “All persons riding on Fire Department apparatus shall wear seat belts at all times.” The reason was made dramatically clear about noon Friday when two firetrucks converging on the scene of a house blaze collided at Martin Luther King Drive and [...]

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Caltech team mulls worst-case scenario after next big earthquake

October 11, 2008

CAJON PASS – A magnitude-7.8 quake rips out of the Coachella Valley, heads west along the San Andreas Fault, severs power lines, cuts a hole in the 15 Freeway and knocks out rail tracks – leaving Southern California isolated from the rest of the West Coast. That is the scenario that a group of Caltech [...]

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