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The Orange County Fire Authority has reversed its decision to encrypt its radio and dispatch communications that was initiated Monday. The encryption was part of the county’s upgrade of its 800 MHz Countywide-Coordinated Communications System, managed by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Officials said the move was meant to improve public safety agencies’ ability to…
From a lafd.org article: PLAYA VISTA – The Los Angeles Fire Department battled a Greater Alarm Structure Fire in a large Playa Vista office building in the morning of September 19th, 2015. LAFD arrived on scene to find a three-story building at 11869 Teale Street with fire showing on the third floor of an occupied…
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,…
Lights, sirens and discussions of a terrorist attack Monday in Downey are merely a training exercise by federal agents, law enforcement agencies and medical personnel to prepare for the worst. Students from local high schools will serve as volunteers for the event and play the roles of victims during the staged scenario envisioning a terrorist attack…
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…
What’s in a name? Maybe not so much. In the hundred-year history of emergency management and response in California, the state government organization that coordinates and supports those activities has been known by many titles: The State Council of Defense, The State Emergency Council, The California Disaster Council and Office of Civil Defense, and even…
