Police and Fire Memorabilia Show January 19th
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Uniden Announces New SDS-200 Scanner
Introducing the SDS200, Uniden’s latest and most advanced base/mobile digital trunking scanner. The SDS200 incorporates the latest True I/Q receiver technology, which provides the best digital decode performance in the industry, even in challenging receive environments. The SDS200’s other major features includes: 3.5″ Customizable Color Display 1.5X Din-E (300 mm x 75 mm) chassis Ext.
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El Segundo will receive a new fire engine and emergency equipment worth $1.15 million from Chevron Corporation
By David Rosenfeld | drosenfeld@scng.com | The Daily BreezePUBLISHED: January 7, 2019 at 5:23 pm | UPDATED: January 7, 2019 at 5:35 pm The El Segundo Fire Department will get a lot of new equipment later this year, thanks to Chevron — and the federal government. A new fire engine, a utility truck, radios and
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Scanner sharks: Special breed of hobbyists keep their ears tuned to emergency dispatches
By Rachel Rice St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 29, 2018 When dispatchers radioed St. Charles emergency services to tell them that a man was stranded in the catwalks beneath the Blanchette Bridge that carries Interstate 70 over the Missouri River, scanner hobbyist Shawn Willis heard the radio transmission the moment it crackled across the airwaves. Never
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LA City Fire Adding Fifth AW139
The Los Angeles Fire Department is set to introduce a fifth Leonardo AW139 intermediate, twin-engine helicopter into its fleet. The aircraft is expected to be delivered from Leonardo’s Philadelphia facility in Spring 2019 and will be used to perform a range of missions like fire suppression, emergency medical service (EMS) and search and rescue (SAR).
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Last of the scanners: Are police security measures and new technologies killing an American obsession?
In a white house on a quiet, leafy street in Takoma Park, Md., lives a man who listens to nothing but mayhem. He is remarkable not because of his appearance — tall, thin, black hair — but for what he has around him at all times: scanners. On this day, the scanners of Alan Henney — whose
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More than 100 Firefighters Battle Sylmar Strip Mall Blaze
Firefighters Monday extinguished a greater-alarm blaze that damaged part of an L-shaped strip mall in Sylmar, and no one was hurt. The fire was reported December 10th at 3:47 a.m. at 12777 San Fernando Road and extinguished in about two hours and 50 minutes, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Firefighters were forced out
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Coachella Valley police radio system will cut access to local media
The governmental body behind the police radio system covering five law enforcement agencies in the Coachella Valley says it has decided to limit the radio system to law enforcement personnel, a move that would cut off access to local journalists. The Eastern Riverside County Interoperable Communications Authority, or ERICA, which operates the encrypted radio channels
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Plane Slides Off the Runway At Hollywood Burbank Airport
BURBANK, CA — A passenger plane conducted an emergency landing and slid off the rain-soaked runway at Hollywood Burbank Airport Thursday morning, according to reports. The Southwest Airlines Flight 278 came to rest just off the runway, CBSLA reported Thursday morning. It rolled off the end of Runway 8 while landing at Hollywood Burbank Airport,
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Video: Responders rescue man clinging to tree in rain-swollen river
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
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