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Raw Video: WFAA HD Chopper 8 captured these images of a fire truck as it become engulfed in flames during a chemical manufacturing plant fire at the 1600 block of West Highway 287 in Waxahachie, Monday.
Meet your local firefighters and learn how to keep your family safe from fire as Orange County Fire Authority hosts its 6th Annual Open House on Saturday, October 8th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its Regional Fire Operations & Training Center located at 1 Fire Authority Road at the intersection of Jamboree &…
A radio network linking Los Angeles County’s 34,000 first responders can move forward under a new state law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The bill, authored by Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, helps save more than $270 million in federal grants for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System, or LA-RICS. The funds were in…
Please join members of your Los Angeles Fire Department this Friday, September 30, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM for the 12th Annual Public Safety Appreciation Barbecue in Downtown Los Angeles. Hosted by the Downtown Los Angeles Center Business Improvement District on the upper level of 7+Fig (soon known as FigAt7th) at 735 South Figueroa Street, this public event honors the men and women of the…
A mini fire engine the city wants to house temporarily at San Rafael School until West Pasadena’s Fire Station 39 can be replaced was put through its paces near the Rose Bowl Wednesday. Fire and city officials have bristled at suggestions the mini-engine was a glorified pickup truck, and showed it has many of the…
Undercover LAPD officers and gang members fought a car-to-car gun battle in Boyle Heights on Tuesday, but no one was hurt, police said. Three of the four suspects involved in the shooting were in custody this morning, but the fourth was being sought, according to police. The gunfight occurred in the area of Cesar Chavez…
The Los Angeles Fire Department is investigating allegations that two fire stations allowed department fire trucks to be used in porn shoots. The story was first reported by NBC4 LA, which posted clips from the video, showing a scantily clad actress exposing herself to passersby on Venice Beach.
It’s nearly a daily occurrence. Small, 30-foot fishing boats try to make their way to shore along the California coast. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) agents typically find two things onboard – thousands of pounds of dope or more than a dozen illegal aliens. Supervisory Special Agent Jeremy Scott attributes…
Vertex Standard Company is now shipping the new VXD Series conventional digital land mobile radios (LMR), providing a new digital choice for users seeking to maximize their radio investment. “The new VXD Series enables analog radio users to gradually upgrade to digital as needed to make the most of their radio investments,” said Mike Gray,…
