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

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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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Firefighters Relocating to Vernon After Fire Damages Huntington Park Fire Station
ByAdmin May 6, 2024

Firefighters from a severely damaged fire station in Huntington Park are being relocated to a station in Vernon, County Supervisor Janice Hahn said Saturday. The fire broke out early Wednesday at LA County Fire Station 164 at 6301 Santa Fe Ave. No injuries were reported, and the flames were extinguished in about an hour and…

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Radio Networks Hold Up During Hurricane Irene
ByAdmin August 31, 2011September 30, 2011

Hurricane Irene made landfall over eastern North Carolina’s Outer Banks Aug. 27 and moved along southeastern Virginia. It made its second landfall in New Jersey and then made a third landfall as a tropical storm in New York. As of Tuesday afternoon, a total of 2.85 million people were without power, according to the Department…

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Here Come the Drones! LA City Council OK’s Fire Department’s Guidelines
ByAdmin November 7, 2017

Guidelines for a Los Angeles Fire Department drone program were approved by the City Council Tuesday over the objections of some civil rights organizations concerned that the devices could be used to infringe on individual liberties. The 11-0 vote formalizes rules for the fire department’s use of drones, or unmanned aerial systems. The City Council…

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L.A. County Considers Hiring Non-Sworn Force to Patrol Parks
ByAdmin October 13, 2020October 14, 2020

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to reconsider how to ensure safety in county parks following Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s announcement that he will close the department’s Parks Bureau, provoking the sheriff to accuse the board of “defunding” the LASD. However, according to county lawyers, Villanueva may have “defunded” his own department, because closing the…

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LAPD Radio System Fails for 12 Hours
ByAdmin April 5, 2012April 5, 2012

After Los Angeles Police Department radio communications went down for half the day on Tuesday, a city councilman on Wednesday demanded the firing of the official whose agency caused the problem. Councilman Mitch Englander said he will call for the dismissal of General Services Department general manager Tony Royster for the power outage Tuesday at…

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Rim Fire Communications and Camp Life
ByAdmin September 9, 2013October 16, 2013

Here’s a behind the scenes video of radio communications at the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park. The video was made by a person who is a radio communications technician and shows setting up portable repeaters and other communications gear and what life is like living in a “base camp” at a large fire like…

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