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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The earthquake that struck Virginia on Tuesday, Aug. 23, and was felt from New York City to the Carolinas, was followed by cellular network congestion — thus spurring officials to call for a national broadband network dedicated to public safety. People seeking information flooded 911 call centers and cellular networks following the magnitude 5.8 earthquake…
When Los Angeles police officers moved in to disperse rowdy Super Bowl revelers in downtown L.A. on Sunday night, they did so using a controversial weapon: hard-foam projectile launchers. At least nine times over the course of several hours, officers fired the weapons as they chased unruly celebrators through the streets and broke up gatherings…
SCMA member David Leon (KF6MBC, LA-154) was able to capture the aftermath of a long lasting pursuit across 2 counties. David heard the conversation on our club repeater and decided to swing by the termination of the vehicle pursuit on his way home from work. The following article is from Jane Yamamoto and Willian Avila…
A late-December copper wire theft at a major City of Los Angeles communications site exposed a vulnerability in municipal infrastructure, temporarily knocking a citywide radio system offline and forcing officials to curtail parking and traffic enforcement operations for safety reasons. The incident occurred at a prominent radio communications tower located in Elysian Park, just north…
On Saturday, September 5th a brush fire broke out in Griffith Park. The 3-5 acre fire erupted at 2:30 pm according to Erik Scott, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. 100 firefighters assisted by water dropping helicopters had the blaze extinguished by 4 pm. No structures were threatened, and no injuries were reported. Club member…
United States Navy F/A-18’s will be flying into Long Beach Airport and will be conducting a fly-over for the Long Beach Grand Prix this weekend. This may be a good opportunity for Civilian and MilAir monitoring in the area. The tentative schedule that has been provided to the Long Beach Airport is: Thursday, April 18,…