IBM report suggests fewer San Jose cops and firefighters
While San Jose residents and leaders alike are fretting over recent police and fire staffing cuts to fill budget holes, a new IBM analysis requested by Mayor Chuck Reed suggests the city’s public safety departments are overstaffed and inefficient. Reed has scheduled a discussion of the report Wednesday at the City Council agenda-setting committee he
Oakland firefighter returns to Bay Area as new Division Chief of Menlo Park Fire Protection District
The Menlo Park Fire Protection District has named Manny Navarro as its new Division Chief in charge of Operations. Navarro comes to the Fire District with over 40 years of extensive public safety experience. He started his career in 1972 as an Oakland firefighter and left the Department in 1994 as the Assistant Fire Chief
Duplex fire displaces two families in west Modesto
A fire in west Modesto on Tuesday morning destroyed a duplex and displaced eight people, including six children.
What You Need to Know About Apparatus Refurbishing, Engine Regeneration
I spoke with a number of chiefs and officers from fire departments across the U.S.
Major Emergency Structure Fire Injures Firefighter
SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES – Over 100 Los Angeles Firefighters battled a Major Emergency Structure Fire in a furniture warehouse, doing business as C&L Furniture. One firefighter sustained minor burns from the intense heat. On January 30th, 2012, just after 8 AM, firefighters arrived in less than three minutes to 6245 South Manhattan Place.
Riverside: Firefighters save woman from burning home
A near-disastrous fire at the Riverside home of a senior citizen illustrates the importance of having working smoke alarms in residences, a fire department spokesman said today.
Littleton Fire Department practices ice rescue
The Littleton Fire Department conducted an ice water rescue drill on Mill Pond Jan. 14
Marin firefighter crawls into drainage pipe, rescues dog
A dog stuck in a 36-inch diameter drainage pipe under a Mill Valley fire road was rescued by a firefighter who crawled in and pulled the animal out. The incident unfolded about 1 p.m. Wednesday when Mill Valley firefighters were called by a dog walker who reported an elderly collie under her care was stuck
Symposium Warns of Roadside Hazards
My favorite no-frills, apparatus-education conference each year is the Fire Department Safety Officers Association’s Apparatus Symposium in Orlando. This year, if the list of legal liabilities offered at the beginning of the conference didn’t get my attention, the death threats at the end certainly did.
Three firefighters hurt battling Indio garage fire
Three firefighters were hurt Tuesday morning as a roof collapsed while they battled a garage fire at an Indio home, a division chief said. Five people were also displaced by the 7:18 a.m. fire in the 81-700 block of Paseo Real, Division Chief Mike Marlow said