How Many Fire Buffs Can You Fit on a Fire Scene?
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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Obama Back in Town
Local officials are warning motorists to prepare for big delays when President Barack Obama arrives in Los Angeles Monday during afternoon rush hour. President Obama is back in town Monday for the second time in a month, attending two fundraisers tonight and heading to the Valley to appear on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”…
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LASD Norwalk Station Halloween Haunted Jail October 22
Norwalk Sheriff’s Station is pleased to announce the return of the “Haunted Jail” and Open House on Saturday, October 22nd from 11am till 4pm. Due to an overwhelming demand, we are going to empty our station jail of all inmates and fill it with ghouls, ghosts, monsters and the living dead. We have had great…
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CHP Mobile Command Center Communicates Every Which Way But Smoke Signal
There’s a lot that can go wrong on California’s 15,181 miles of highway. When major catastrophes strike and an immediate, large-scale, coordinated response from multiple agencies is needed, the California Highway Patrol calls on its fleet of Incident Command Vehicles—the mobile hive-minds of public safety.
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Two Communications Towers to Go Up in Whittier, Puente Hills for Emergency Response System
Los Angeles County officials are looking to ensure that its 34,000 first responders are linked to one another and can communicate instantaneously in the event of a large-scale crisis or other catastrophic emergency – an issue that became nearly impossible to tackle during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The county is in the process of…
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LAPD Uses Bait Cars to Target San Fernando Valley Thieves
His friend was urging him to get into the car, but Victor A. Vasquez had a bad feeling about it. Just minutes before, Vasquez’s buddy had seen a man in dark sunglasses and baggy clothes park the Toyota Camry along the curb on Saticoy Street, then use a towel to wipe his fingerprints from the…
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LAPD’s Foothill Station Celebrates 50 Years of Service
Things were a lot different when LAPD opened its Foothill Division headquarters in Pacoima in 1961. The northeast San Fernando Valley was in the midst of a transformation from citrus and olive groves to a bedroom community. The new neighborhoods were home to 217,000 people, about 40 percent of them belonging to the generation known…
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Fallen Firefighter Ceremony this Saturday in Hollywood
The men and women of the Los Angeles Fire Department cordially invite you to join Fire Chief Brian L. Cummings, civic and community leaders as well as members, friends and family of the LAFD, as our community gathers to respect those who made the ultimate sacrifice. 2011 Los Angeles Firefighters Memorial Ceremony Saturday, October 8, 2011…
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Norco Votes to Dissolve Fire Department
The Norco City Council voted 3-1 Wednesday to approve a $2.9million annual contract with Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department for fire and medical emergency services, a move that begins the process to dissolve the Norco Fire Department. Councilman Harvey Sullivan cast the dissenting vote and Councilwoman Kathy Azevedo was absent.