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How Many Fire Buffs Can You Fit on a Fire Scene?

Name: W6TRW Swap Meet
Start: 2025-10-25T07:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-25T08:00:00-07:00
Location: Northrop Grumman Space Park

ByAdmin October 24, 2011

How many fire buffs are too many? It looks like the Detroit Police Department thought a few too many were buffing this fire.

From David Psenechnuk at DMP Productions/FireBuffVideo.com

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Palms Shootings – SCMA Member Captures the Action
ByAdmin April 19, 2015April 19, 2015

From an KABC online article: PALMS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Los Angeles police were investigating three separate crime scenes Thursday after multiple shootings in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles. The shootings began at about 3 p.m. at a park at Woodbine Street and Mentone Avenue. Two people were shot, including one who died. The…

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L.A. Fire Department Dramatically Overhauls Response to Shootings
ByAdmin December 24, 2013

Los Angeles fire officials are dramatically changing how rescuers respond to mass shootings after a gunman with a high-powered rifle mortally wounded a federal security officer in a shooting rampage last month at LAX. The new goal is to have Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics and firefighters, protected by armed law enforcement teams, rapidly enter…

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Hundreds of Goats Aid in Fre Prevention in Palos Verdes Estates
ByAdmin March 18, 2025March 18, 2025

By Michael Hixon | mhixon@scng.com | The Beach Reporter Hundreds of goats have gone to work in Palos Verdes Estates to clear brush — reducing the hazard in a high-risk fire area. More than $67,000 of funding came from the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, allowing the city to contract with Fire Grazers Inc., a company familiar…

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Bankruptcy Judge: San Bernardino May Outsource Fire Department
ByAdmin July 21, 2015

Nothing in the city charter prevents San Bernardino from outsourcing its Fire Department, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Wednesday in a blow to the fire union that its attorneys immediately said they would appeal. The ruling clears the way for the city’s plans to replace city firefighters — plans that have been underway for months…

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LAFD Battalion 4 Visits the SCMA Meeting
ByAdmin July 11, 2013July 11, 2013

LA Fire Department Battalion 4 visited the SCMA Meeting on July 10, 2013 and showed us his vehicle and demonstrated how the LAFD would respond to a major fire. Thanks to Battalion Chief Ed Bushman and EIT Firefighter Andy Vidovich for spending the time with us and answering numerous questions. EIT’s (Emergency Incident Technicians) are…

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Forest Service Suspends Controlled Burns Over Coronavirus
ByAdmin April 18, 2020

The U.S. Forest Service has suspended controlled burns on public lands in wildfire-prone California because of the coronavirus pandemic, upsetting officials who see the program as key to preventing seasonal infernos like those that devastated parts of the state in 2018. The decision comes as forecasters predict yet another above-average year for wildfires in parts…

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