LAFD could have had at least 10 engines patrolling Palisades hills, former chiefs say
The toll might not have been as bad if extra engines had been pre-positioned much closer to the most fire-prone areas, former ...
By the numbers: Cape Coral Fire Department's busy January included giant alligator rescue
One month down for the Cape Coral Fire Department, 11 to go. If January is any indication, 2025 is going to be a busy year for the men and women of the CCFD. The first month of the new year saw Cape ...
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What caused $1.3M Three Girls fishing vessel fire?
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on an August 11, 2024, engine room fire aboard the ...
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"Everyone feels a bit safer': Residents reflect on the first month of Engine 31 responding to calls again
A fire station back-in-action on Milwaukee’s south side. After being shut down for years, Engine 31 was just re-opened last month.
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I-Team: How Palm Springs faces delays in acquiring new fire engines while keeping its aging fleet ready to respond
The Los Angeles wildfires destroyed more than 12,000 homes, businesses, schools, and other structures. They posed fresh reminders of how important it is to maintain our public safety services, ...
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I-Team: Keeping its aging fleet ready to respond as Palm Springs faces delays in acquiring new fire engines
The Los Angeles wildfires destroyed more than 12,000 homes, businesses, schools, and other structures. They posed fresh reminders of how important it is to maintain our public safety services, ...
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Supervisors approve purchase of twin-engine firefighting helicopter
The County of San Diego will be acquiring a twin-engine firefighting helicopter. On Jan. 28, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0, with one vacant seat, to authorize the director of the ...
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Fire engine fleet deal struck with Iraq
A $31 million UK Government loan will help Iraq purchase 62 British-made fire engines in a bluelight fleet deal announced today (Friday, January 31). Two British businesses, Ayrshire-headquartered ...
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How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to talk about the handover of power. But what is normally a routine ...
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Two men sought in theft of fire engine equipment Southern California amid wildfires
The thieves targeted a fire engine with the U.S. Forest Service around 3 a.m. Friday in Rancho Cucamonga, a San Bernardino County city about 40 miles east of Los Angeles. The Forest Service said ...
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Hughes Fire: Residents Begin To Return Home As Firefighters Gain Upper Hand On Blaze North Of L.A. – Updated
While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...
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31,000 People Ordered To Evacuate After New Fire Erupts Near Los Angeles
Robert Jensen, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, urged everyone in the impacted area of the new blaze -- dubbed the Hughes Fire -- to leave immediately. "We've seen the devastation ...