Posts Tagged: Los Angeles County
Country Club Sues US Forest Service Over Station Fire
A Los Angeles County golf course has filed suit against the US Forest Service for damage that resulted from firefighting efforts at the Station Fire in August 2009. The La Cañada Flintridge Country Club filed the suit in US District Court on Monday seek…
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Christmas Dawn 1971
Mike's first Christmas on the job.
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Quick Takes: March 21, 2011.
Fire & EMS news for Monday.
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Raw video: U.S. search & rescue teams in action in Japan.
Plus CNN report from embedded crew.
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Japan update: Fairfax County battalion chief describes operations. Photos of VATF-1 in action. Local rescuers find 70-year-old woman trapped for four days.
Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department Battalion Chief Chris Schaff talks about VATF-1's intiial operations in Japan.
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Report from Japan: Virginia & California teams on the ground.
VATF-1 and CATF-1 going to work.
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Early video: Garage fire in Valinda, California.
Los Angeles County Fire Department and West Covina Fire Department on the scene.
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NEW INFO ADDED: Fairfax County team in Haiti helps in the rescue of a neighbor. Silver Spring, Maryland man tells his story of being trapped under the Hotel Montana.
An update on the work by some of the urban search and rescue teams in Haiti.
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Fairfax County & Los Angeles USAR teams to Haiti. Firefighters are gathering for earthquake response.
Two highly trained USAR teams, one on each coast, are gathering equipment and people for a trip to Haiti early Wednesday.
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Quick Takes
Wednesday's Quick Takes: New Haven ordered to promote ASAP; Going to the chapel on Ladder 2 creates a problem for the chief; It's official on NJ fire-EMS dispute; Los Angeles County's chief calls it quits; A lot of questions over chief's jump into the river after crash; Bourne's problems just continue.
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Quick Takes
Thursday's Quick Takes: Read report into Los Angeles Station fire that left two firefighters dead; Idea of switching from career to volunteer department is spreading; Street to be named after fallen Boston firefighter; Video from 3-alarm fires in Allentown and Lynn; Union opposes new chief; Video from meteor scare in Utah, Using firetruck to steal fuel while drunk; Baltimore may have to repay DHS grant money.
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DirectTV Jams it to Wildfire Victims
Following the fire, DirectTV started charging the fire victims for the cost of their satellite receivers that are technically property of the service provider.
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