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Fire crews continue to battle a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest along the East Fork of the San Gabriel River north of Azusa. The blaze was 5 percent contained as of Monday morning. 400 firefighters from multiple agencies along with water dropping helicopters and air tankers dropping fire retardant (including the DC-10) are fighting…
Please Join the Beverly Hills Police Officers Association’s Police Service Day & Pancake Breakfast. We will be serving hot pancakes, coffee, juice from 8:00 AM – Noon. Event Highlights: -Police Department Station Tours (Jail, police cars, dispatch center, range) -SWAT vehicles / equipment -Interactive displays -Face painting The event will be held at the Civic…
The time it takes 911 operators to dispatch L.A. city firefighters to emergencies has been getting substantially slower and has fallen below the national standard, it was reported today. A Los Angeles Times analysis of more than 1 million dispatches from the department’s database found that the Fire Department falls far short of the standard…
A dramatic video shows a crew rescuing a man who was clinging to a tree in a rain-swollen river. KTLA reported that Los Angeles Fire Department responders arrived within minutes of the call about a man who was spotted hanging onto a tree in the river. “When firefighters got on scene they did in fact have…
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…
Ford Motor Co. has unveiled the world’s first “pursuit-rated” hybrid police car and the Los Angeles Police Department may be among the first agencies to have one. Chief Charlie Beck and LAPD officers were expected to help introduce the vehicle at a Monday morning ceremony in Los Angeles. The Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan…
