Posts Tagged: California
Must see video: Flaming runaway van rolls past firefighters onto freeway in San Jose, CA.
Van engulfed in flames travels backwards down freeway ramp towards firefighters, fire engine and traffic.
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Helmet-cam: House fire in Oakley, California.
East Contra Costa Fire Protection District handles attic fire.
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UPDATE: Early radio traffic & more video from Watsonville, CA Stag Hotel fire.
Fire on Monday had multiple people trapped and left 17 injured.
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UPDATED – Must see pre-arrival video: 17 people hurt at Watsonville, CA’s Stag Hotel fire. Police on first hose line. Civilians, cops, firefighters make rescues.
Victims with serious burns, fractures and smoke inhalation. The video is quite dramatic.
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San Bernardino helmet-cams: The people & the stories behind the videos.
Interviews with San Bernardino firefighters who are carrying helmet-cams.
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Must see video: Close-up view of Coachella, California LPG explosion at McDonalds drive-thru.
No one was injured by the explosion.
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Rescue captured on helmet-cam. Linda, California woman pulled from burning home.
Firefighters frequently responded to woman's house.
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Must see video: Two Orange County, CA firefighters standing over manhole when it explodes. Injured captain tells his story.
Series of blasts caught on police dash-cam.
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Raw video & fireground audio: Part 2 of commercial building fire in Fashion District of Los Angeles.
One firefighter injured.
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Raw video & fireground audio: Commercial structure fire in the Los Angeles Fashion District.
One firefighter received a cut to the arm.
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Helmet-cam: Roof ops at San Bernardino, CA house fire.
San Bernardino's T-221 in operation.
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Raw video: Redondo Beach, California apartment fire.
Fire on N. Prospect Avenue on Saturday.
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Pre-arrival video: Explosions & fire at Santa Monica apartment with residents escaping via windows & fire escapes.
Significant life hazard at seniors apartment building.
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Preempting the preempters: California town cracks down on citizens with signal changing devices.
Green traffic signal thieves are getting caught in the act.
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Green line firefighting in the desert. Tenant drops hose & runs when Twentynine Palms, CA firefighters arrive.
Sheriff's deputies arrest tenant.
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Helmet-cam: San Bernardino firefighters find victim in house fire.
Video shows firefighter finding victim, removing him and attempting to revive the man.
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Pre-arrival video: Contra Costa, California garage fire with explosions & green line.
A few blasts from inside the garage as firefighters pull up.
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LAFD chief halts public information flow about incidents, citing HIPAA. Mayor overrules chief, for now.
Press office this week stopped releasing locations of incidents handled by LAFD.
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Early video: Loading dock fire in Los Angeles.
Apparent water issue.
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San Diego FD captain & two firefighters charged with robbery & assault. Police say they found stolen property on firefighters after fight.
Firefighters are out of jail but have not been placed on leave.
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A view from the command post: Video of house fire in Tracy, California.
House fire on Sunday evening.
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Firefighters say rules wouldn’t allow them to go beyond ankle deep to reach drowning man in lake three feet deep. Inquest in UK brings out similarities to Alameda, CA case.
Cop and paramedic also ordered not to go in.
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UPDATE: Complete LODD report from San Francisco Fire Department now available,
Report now available for downloading.
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San Francisco Fire Department releases report into deaths of Lt. Vincent Perez and FF/PM Anthony Valerio. Flashover caused when glass in sliding door shattered.
Chief says the key factor in the deaths was the window breaking which firefighters had not control over.
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An elected fire chief? For a city career department? That’s what San Bernardino firefighters are proposing to the citizens.
Union believes the way to get City Hall politics out of the fire department is to have the citizens vote for the fire chief much the same way they would for a sheriff.
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