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Training With Fire for Wildland Class – Command 2E

May 24, 2008

In a week long class conducted in San Bernardino, 20 west coast firefighters from all across southern California participated in training simulations for the CSFM Fire Command 2E. The Class was held at the headquarters for the San Bernardino unit of Cal Fire. Battalion Chief Dave Golder with The California Fire Department lead the instruction [...]

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Las Vegas Apartment Fire Displaces 9 People

May 22, 2008

On May 21, 2008 at 1543, Las Vegas firefighters responded to calls for a structure fire in the 500 block of Maryland Parkway. According to witnesses, the occupant of an upstairs apartment was working on wall electric outlet, he said it flashed and caught fire, the outlet electricity was on. Fire traveled up the wall [...]

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Kern County Firefighters Mitigate Major Vehicle Collision

May 22, 2008

BAKERSFIELD, CA – Tuesday, May 20th at approximately 3:56 P.M., a Battalion Chief traveling along Hwy 99 South came across a multi vehicle accident involving 6 cars, 1 passenger van and 1 big rig truck. Approximately 23 firefighters arrived on scene, 2 victims were pinned in. Upon arrival, fire crews were faced with several vehicles [...]

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Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC)

May 14, 2008

The tiny hole in the rolled groove in this picture is a sprinkler fitter’s nightmare: a small leak that potentially causes water damage to the building or contents where the sprinkler system is installed. This leak was caused by Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC), also known as bio-corrosion. It is the result of the metabolic action [...]

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Fire Burns About 30 Acres In Rescue

May 12, 2008

A wind-driven fire has burned 30 acres of brush near Feldspar Lane and Gold Hill Road, fire officials said. The fire was reported at around 5:40 p.m. and is currently 30 percent contained, officials said. The Columbia Air Attack Base said they sent a water helicopter to the scene. More WestCoast911: Our West Coast Firefighters [...]

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3-Alarm Fire Tears Through Pipe Company in Sacramento

May 12, 2008

A fire on Power Inn Road that was aided by Monday’s fast-moving winds destroyed a pipe-making facility that had been in Sacramento for 60 years, officials said. The three-alarm fire started at about 5:30 p.m. at Pacific Corrugated Pipe Co., located on 5999 Power Inn Road, according to authorities. A level two hazmat was issued [...]

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Riverside County Breaking Ground on New Fire Station

May 12, 2008

The City of Indio and Riverside County Fire Department welcome you to join civic and community leaders, including Mayor Lupe Ramos Watson, the entire Indio City Council and Riverside County Fire Chief John R. Hawkins to the ground breaking of the new Terra Lago Fire Station. The groundbreaking ceremony will be held Wednesday May 14, [...]

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San Bernardino City Takes Delivery of New Paramedic Squad Vehicle

May 7, 2008

The San Bernardino City Fire Department recently placed their newest vehicle in service to help protect and serve the citizens of it’s community. The new Ford quad cab vehicle, will be staffed with 2 Firefighter Paramedics and run as the first unit out for medical-aids. Medic Squad 226 is housed at fire station number 6 [...]

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Broke Homeowners Linked to Arsons

April 22, 2008

By Marilyn Lewis – Arson is nothing new in Detroit. It’s a time-honored weapon of the angry, vengeful, distressed and dispossessed in a city that gets hurt harder and sooner than others, making it a perfect place to spot early evidence of stress from the real-estate meltdown. In California, a state hit particularly hard by [...]

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Week of Fires in the Inland Empire / SoCal

April 19, 2008

Heat waves tend to bring on a multitude of medical aids and TC’s, and this week, it seemed to have also brought a working fire to a multitude of fire departments in Southern California. Long Beach, LA County Fire, Riverside County FD, Rialto, and San Bernardino City are some of the organizations with west coast [...]

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