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Study of Thermal Imaging Technology by USFA

October 10, 2008

Emmitsburg, MD. – The United States Fire Administration (USFA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have completed a report, Technical Note 1499, Performance Metrics for Fire Fighting Thermal Imaging Cameras – Small- and Full-Scale Experiments. This report provides information on the research conducted as part of a project partnership on Thermal Imaging [...]

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Camp Pendleton Wildfire burns at Marine ordnance disposal area

October 9, 2008

Camp Pendleton – A wildfire burned more than 1,000 acres Wednesday on a Marine Corps range used to train Marines in explosives disposal, forcing firefighters to work late into the night as flames spread on the massive base 40 miles north of San Diego. Marine officials said they did not know the cause of the [...]

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LAFD – Major Emergency Fire at Pacoima Middle School

October 6, 2008

On Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 4:20 PM, 17 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 5 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 Arson Unit, 2 Urban Search and Rescue Units, 1 Rehab Unit, 1 Hazardous Materials Team, 2 EMS Battalion Captains, 4 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, L.A. Unified School Police and [...]

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Nine Firefighters injured at the Chalk Fire

October 6, 2008

Nine firefighters sustained minor injuries in three unrelated vehicular accidents Friday and Saturday as personnel continued to battle the Chalk Fire in Los Padres National Forest, about 22 miles southwest of King City. The most serious injury was a possible broken nose. All of the injured were evaluated at a local hospital and released. The [...]

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Stockton Firefighters Tackle Fire in Old Victorian Style Home

October 1, 2008

It was a little after 3:30 p.m. Within an hour, 35 Stockton firefighters extinguished the single-alarm blaze, but the 100-year-old home at 1736 S. Stanislaus St. that Quinones, 72, had lived in for 25 years was a total loss. No one was injured, but a lot of memories were burned. A charred table was overturned [...]

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Hundreds Gather to Unveil the Ventura County Firefighter Memorial

September 28, 2008

A procession of bagpipers and drummers in traditional Highland dress marched across the lawn of the Ventura County Government Center to open the fourth annual fallen firefighters memorial ceremony Saturday morning. The ensemble, members of the Pipes and Drums of California Professional Firefighters, accompanied the presentation of colors at the event, which dedicated a monument [...]

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Victorville Firefighters Settle Lawsuit With City

September 27, 2008

The city has decided to settle a class action lawsuit filed by the former Victorville Professional Firefighters, according to attorneys for the union. “We were able to vindicate the rights of the firefighters,” said Sanjay Bansal, an attorney with Lackie, Dammeier & McGill. There were 47 Victorville firefighters as plaintiffs in the class action suit, [...]

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EMT Background Checks Now Required in California

September 27, 2008

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Thursday that requires California’s 70,000 emergency medical technicians to undergo mandatory criminal background checks. In 2007, he zapped a similar bill after expressing disapproval about last-minute changes that would have kept secret some details about rescuer misconduct. This time, Schwarzenegger signed an Assembly bill that will modernize a patchwork licensing [...]

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Novato Firefighters Knockdown Blaze at Local Bar

September 27, 2008

An electrical fire destroyed a downtown Novato bar early Thursday morning. Thick, dark smoke was pouring out of the front doors of DeSilva’s Bar and Grille at 1535 S. Novato Blvd. when firefighters arrived at 12:56 a.m. Thursday, according to Mark Heine, fire battalion chief. The two-alarm fire was contained at 1:21 a.m. An electrical [...]

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Colleagues praise Stockton Battalion Chief Kim Olson

September 24, 2008

STOCKTON – This is what Stockton Fire Department Battalion Chief Kim Olson does. On July 26, Daniel Packer, a 49-year-old firefighter from Washington state, was killed while surveying a lightning-sparked wildfire in the Klamath National Forest. Packer, the chief of East Pierce Fire and Rescue in Bonney Lake, Wash., was caught when the Panther Fire [...]

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