The San Bernardino Sun14d
How fire departments use pre-positioning to get a jump on wildfires
When weather experts predict dangerous wind storms, there’s funding available for fire departments to pre-deploy extra strike teams and equipment to quickly jump on the fires that may be sparked ...
ABC News21d
LA firestorm stresses importance of having personal disaster plan: Officials
Fire officials are urging residents to make a disaster action plan. As thousands of firefighters battled a series of raging wildfires across Los Angeles County, California officials warned the ...
CBS News22d
Former Monessen Fire Department president accused of stealing more than $30K
According to prosecutors, 49-year-old Stephen Gaydos III stole $31,000 from Monessen Fire Department Station #1. Monessen police said the investigation began in November after they were contacted ...
New York Post22d
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
The essential firefighting vehicles were still sitting in the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance lot in an industrial area Wednesday, waiting to be repaired.
The Straits Times22d
Weekly open house at fire stations suspended on Jan 18: SCDF
SINGAPORE – Weekly public visits to fire stations will be suspended on Jan 18, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said. In a Facebook post on Jan 16, SCDF said the temporary closures are ...
WDAF-TV22d
Metro fire departments undergo water, ice rescue training
Fire departments in at least two Kansas City metro cities, Independence, Missouri and Overland Park, Kansas, spent Wednesday training for emergency ice rescues. First responders are familiar with ...
Hindustan Times23d
Megyn Kelly ridicules three ‘obese’ female workers over LA Fire Department's response; Who is Kristine Larson?
Megyn Kelly blasted the three female workers of the Los Angeles Fire Department as the massive flames continue to ravage Southern California. Megyn Kelly blasted the three female workers of the ...
TribLIVE.com23d
North Huntingdon fire crews work to douse flames at Otis Drive fire
A number of North Huntingdon’s seven fire departments worked Wednesday night to douse the flames that ripped through a home along the township’s Otis Drive. Firefighters were dispatched to the ...
Fox News23d
Actor Denis Leary tells 'The View' LA fire department 'understaffed,' gets budget cut further every year
Actor Denis Leary told the co-hosts of "The View" on Wednesday that the Los Angeles Fire Department experiences budget cuts every year and said they've been understaffed for over a decade amid the ...
TheWrap23d
Denis Leary Says Fire Departments Always Get Budget Cuts First Because They Don’t Strike
According to the actor, fire departments are always the first targeted in budget cuts, because they will always go out and help people, no matter what. Leary explained this during his appearance o ...
CNN23d
‘Beyond the brink’: Data shows LA Fire Department among the most understaffed in America
the agency would need 62 new fire stations and hundreds more firefighters to meet the nationwide average for fire departments in densely populated cities. LA Mayor Karen Bass has faced criticism ...