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LACOFD Firehawk unit receives HAI’s Salute to Excellence Humanitarian Service Award
ByAdminHelicopter Association International (HAI) has announced that the Los Angeles County (California) Fire Department Air Operations (LACOFD) Sikorsky S-70 Firehawk helicopter teams are the 2020 recipients of the Salute to Excellence Humanitarian Service Award. The award honors the person or persons who best demonstrate the value of helicopters to the communities in which they operate…
LAPD Radio System Fails for 12 Hours
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CHP Guardian Units
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San Bernardino Moves to Outsource Fire Department
ByAdminThe outsourcing of a 137-year-old Fire Department and a proposed $143-per-year tax on parcel owners is part of the price for keeping this bankrupt city from “catastrophe,” the City Council decided on a 4-3 vote Monday. The move follows the advice of several sets of consultants — those responsible for a post-bankruptcy plan that included…


