Contra Costa Fire Rescue on Helmet Cam
On October 13, 2011 Contra Costa Firefighters rescued two women from a burning building. The raw footage was captured by the firefighters helmet cam.
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Much of the nation awoke on Friday morning to reports of the shootings in Aurora; the first reports were often as chaotic as the events in the theater. According to local officials, at least 12 people were dead and dozens were injured in the shooting by the gunman, who wore body armor and a gas…
On Sunday, February 07, 2016 at approximately 2:00 p.m., members of the Special Enforcement Bureau – Tactical Dive Team with the assistance of the Los Angeles Port Police, the Long Beach Police Department and L.A. County Lifeguards, recovered wreckage of one plane and remains of two victims. The recovery was made approximately two miles outside…
[Updated 2018 November 13 @ 1024 UTC] Amateur Radio volunteers have been active or are standing by on several fronts as wildfires continue to rage in large sections of California. Camp Fire In Butte County, in Northern California, the Camp Fire, the state’s deadliest wildfire, triggered a call up of ARES members for communication support….
San Bernardino County’s emergency dispatch center has been noted as one of the best emergency call centers worldwide. On Tuesday, the dispatch center was honored as an Accredited Center of Excellence by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch, county fire authorities said. A ceremony was held at Fire Station 71 in Fontana to celebrate the…
San Bernardino County firefighters on Thursday used snowcat vehicles to reach the scene of a burning home in Lake Arrowhead after multiple reports of a “large explosion,” officials said. The blaze was reported before 9 a.m. in the 28400 block of Larchmont Lane, where several trees caught fire near the house. There was no immediate…
Bell Gardens has joined a growing list of municipalities opting to not buy into a new countywide emergency radio network being built under a plan approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. “As more and more cities withdrew their support of the system, the projected operating cost, which will be shared by the…