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- Posted on July 3, 2008 @ 3:00am
L.A. Times - L. A. News
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 5:31am
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
Weary firefighters got no Independence Day reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that roared along California's central coast, chewing through opposite ends of an arid forest in the Los Padres National Forest.
FOXNews.com
- Posted on July 2, 2008 @ 1:00am
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that more than 1,200 national, regional, state and local businesses and organizations have pledged their support and joined the 2008 National Preparedness Month Coalition on July 2, 2008. Sponsored by the department?s Ready Campaign, National Preparedness Month helps to raise awareness and promote action by Americans, businesses, and communities on emergency preparedness.
Department of Homeland Security News
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 4:48pm
by FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press)
Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds...
FireFightingNews.com - US Fire & Rescue News
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 1:56am
Fireworks flew in full view of most of Los Angeles County, thanks to the dozens of professional fireworks shows held on Independence Day. Among the dozens of shows were extravaganzas at the Rose Bowl, Exposition Park, the Queen Mary, Marina Del Rey and Cabrillo Beach, to mark the 232nd anniversary of the nation declaring its independence from Britain.
CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weath...
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 8:41pm
A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed on a sidewalk in Maywood.
ABC7 Southern California Local News from Eyewitness News in Los Angeles
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 3:50am
by editor@dailybreeze.com (Kerry Cavanaugh, Staff Writer)
Lawsuits and lax enforcement have stymied the city's 2002 outdoor display law.
Local News
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 1:00am
by webmaster@pennwell.com (From the Wires - null)
Firefighter dies as flames creep closer to Big Sur, CA
Fire Engineering - From the Wires
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 2:02am
by editor@dailynews.com (Amanda Fehd, The Associated Press)
BIG SUR, Calif. - A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's Central Coast on Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening more than 4,500 homes hundreds of miles apart.
News
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 9:59pm
MALIBU - A mobile home sparked a brush fire this afternoon that has charred at least 20 acres, Los Angeles County fire officials said.
LA Daily News Most Viewed
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 10:11pm
 The National Park Service is considering reopening Lady Liberty's crown for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to documents a congressman released on July Fourth.
MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 3:47am
![]()  Boston GlobeTwin fires raging along California's central coastWashington Post - 2 hours agoBy AMANDA FEHD AP BIG SUR, Calif. -- A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of more than 4500 homes.Wind is the wild card in Goleta fire Los Angeles TimesHot weather returns, complicating firefighting efforts San Jose Mercury NewsSan Francisco Chronicle - Chicago Tribune - WLOS - Bloombergall 1,393 news articles
Google News
- Posted on June 9, 2008 @ 6:24pm
by rss@emsresponder.com
I can remember the first time I did CPR. It was over 30 years ago and I was nervous as heck. I remember an "old-timer" telling me to just settle down and relax. After all this time, I cannot remember what that patient looked like, but I do remember the sage advice from a more experienced voice.
EMSResponder.com: Fire Service EMS
- Posted on February 12, 2008 @ 7:41pm
by rss@emsresponder.com (U-Wire)
With new developments at Weill-Cornell, two potentially deadly viruses may no longer pose a danger to national security.
EMSResponder.com: Homeland Security
- Posted on July 3, 2008 @ 7:14pm
by rss@emsresponder.com (KIM ARCHER, World Staff Writer)
Oklahoma's largest EMS employer has launched a nearly million initiative to recruit, train and retain paramedics to avoid crippling labor shortages.
EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News
- Posted on June 14, 2007 @ 12:03am
by rss@firehouse.com (P.J. Huffstutter)
The scenario is grim: Someone has unleashed an unknown biological agent in several skyscrapers.
Firehouse.com: Terrorism & Front Lines
- Posted on July 3, 2008 @ 3:00am
L.A. Times - L. A. News
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 2:35am
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
Video taken during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free.
FOXNews.com
- Posted on June 27, 2008 @ 1:00am
Statement by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on the Confirmation of Harvey E. Johnson, Jr. as Deputy Administrator of FEMA on Friday, June 27, 2008.
Department of Homeland Security News
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 4:44pm
by FireFightingNews.com (St. Joseph News-Press)
Terry Pearl didn't let a devastating fire change his plans to publish a weekly newspaper Thursday. Mr. Pearl, publisher of the DeKalb County...
FireFightingNews.com - US Fire & Rescue News
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 1:31am
Sparks from a fireworks display has ignited a small grass fire in the San Gabriel Valley. Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Frank Garrido says the fire began shortly after 9 p.m. Friday and burned two acres in a rock quarry.
CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weath...
- Posted on July 3, 2008 @ 9:18pm
Firefighters say an early morning house fire in Malibu is suspicious.
ABC7 Southern California Local News from Eyewitness News in Los Angeles
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 3:28am
by editor@dailybreeze.com (Andrea Woodhouse, Staff Writer)
Plans are progressing to physically link the facilities with a gleaming bridge spanning El Segundo Boulevard, easing the journey of the hundreds of workers who shuffle daily between The Aerospace Corp. and Los Angeles Air Force Base.
Local News
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 1:00am
by webmaster@pennwell.com (From the Wires - null)
Suspicious fire destroys MO newspaper building
Fire Engineering - From the Wires
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 1:37am
by editor@dailynews.com (Staff and Wire Services)
MALIBU - Fire that destroyed a mobile home touched off a blaze that charred about 25 acres of brush Friday afternoon, county fire officials said.
News
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 2:22am
GOLETA, Calif. -- A fast-growing fire in the Los Padres National Forest burned one structure and forced authorities to order more evacuations as flames approached homes and knocked out electricity in Santa Barbara County.
LA Daily News Most Viewed
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 5:28am
A court ordered Canada's refugee board to take another look at a U.S. Army deserter's failed bid for asylum in a ruling that could affect many U.S. soldiers who have refused to fight in Iraq.
MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 3:00am
![]() Colombian rebels splinteringLos Angeles Times - 3 hours agoBOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- The sensational rescue of 15 hostages from the grip of Latin America's largest rebel group has highlighted the diminished state of an organization that just six years ago threatened to overrun the Colombian government.Video: Film emerges of mission to free Farc hostages - 04 July 08 AlJazeeraEnglishRescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages The Associated PressWashington Post - AFP - Times Online - Voice of Americaall 6,980 news articles
Google News
- Posted on June 9, 2008 @ 6:21pm
by rss@emsresponder.com
It is clear that the recently formed group Fire Service Based EMS Advocates (FSBEMSA) has ruffled the feathers of some EMS providers and leadership of some EMS national organizations who are not fire based.
EMSResponder.com: Fire Service EMS
- Posted on November 29, 2007 @ 12:26pm
by rss@emsresponder.com (AP Online)
Firefighters and EMTs in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns about privacy and public trust.
EMSResponder.com: Homeland Security
- Posted on July 3, 2008 @ 5:30pm
by rss@emsresponder.com
About 9,000 people were treated in U.S. emergency rooms for injuries involving fireworks in 2007. About one-third of those injured were younger than 15.
EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News
- Posted on June 14, 2007 @ 12:03am
by rss@firehouse.com (By JOHN PAIN)
A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot and killed by a federal air marshal.
Firehouse.com: Terrorism & Front Lines
- Posted on July 3, 2008 @ 3:00am
L.A. Times - L. A. News
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 7:10pm
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
The National Park Service is considering reopening the Statue of Liberty's crown for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to documents a congressman released on Independence Day.
FOXNews.com
- Posted on June 27, 2008 @ 1:00am
Statement by Secretary Michael Chertoff on Senate Confirmation of Elaine C. Duke as Under Secretary for Management for the Department of Homeland Security on Friday, June 27, 2008.
Department of Homeland Security News
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 7:52am
by FireFightingNews.com (Omaha World-Herald)
Six Omaha firefighters were engulfed in flames Friday morning as they searched for people inside a burning house at 3319 Corby St. Capt. Lonnie...
FireFightingNews.com - US Fire & Rescue News
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 12:59am
Winds are kicking up in Santa Barbara County this evening, fueling the fire that is burning dangerously close to hundreds of homes in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains. Winds pushed the Gap Fire to 6,661 acres and prompted authorities to designate it the top wildfire priority in the state.
CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weath...
- Posted on July 3, 2008 @ 6:42pm
A fire broke out at a refinery in the City of Industry.
ABC7 Southern California Local News from Eyewitness News in Los Angeles
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 1:00am
by webmaster@pennwell.com (From the Wires - null)
Layoffs will force GA department to return grant
Fire Engineering - From the Wires
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 1:35am
by kerry.cavanaugh@dailynews.com (Kerry Cavanaugh, Staff Writer)
Los Angeles is losing the war on billboards.
News
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 9:53pm
BIG SUR, Calif. - A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening more than 4,500 homes hundreds of miles apart.
LA Daily News Most Viewed
- Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 1:25am
 Colorado beat the Florida Marlins 18-17 after trailing by nine runs in the biggest comeback in Rockies history on Friday.
MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 10:44pm
![]()  Washington PostAntiwar Demonstrators Interrupt Annual Naturalization Ceremony at ...Washington Post - 7 hours agoBy Karin Brulliard CHARLOTTESVILLE, July 4 -- President Bush kicked off the Fourth of July at the hilltop estate of one of the nation's Founding Fathers, where he welcomed dozens of new American citizens from 30 countries.Video: Bush Invokes Jefferson on July 4 AssociatedPressFree speech alive, well as protesters interrupt Bush Houston ChronicleLos Angeles Times - Sarasota Herald-Tribune - CNN - FOXNewsall 847 news articles
Google News
- Posted on June 9, 2008 @ 6:19pm
by rss@emsresponder.com
Ted Williams was one of the great hitting baseball players to ever live — and may someday come back to life. At least that is what some are betting on.
EMSResponder.com: Fire Service EMS
- Posted on January 14, 2008 @ 10:59pm
by rss@emsresponder.com
Operating in overseas combat zones requires different strategies and skills in order to save lives.
EMSResponder.com: Homeland Security
- Posted on July 3, 2008 @ 5:40pm
by rss@emsresponder.com (Bob Blake)
Two days after tossing lit fireworks near a refueling ambulance, an Elida man said he was sorry.
EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News
- Posted on June 14, 2007 @ 12:03am
by rss@firehouse.com North County Times (Escondido, CA) (KRT)
Officials said the grants are closing the equipment and training gaps between the region's fire departments.
Firehouse.com: Terrorism & Front Lines
- Posted on July 3, 2008 @ 3:00am
L.A. Times - L. A. News
- Posted on July 4, 2008 @ 8:49pm
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
Americans celebrated the nation's 232nd birthday Friday with parades, backyard barbecues and planned fireworks displays. But all was not sunny as nasty weather threatened to dampen the East Coast and California wildfires spoiled plans.
FOXNews.com
- Posted on June 20, 2008 @ 1:00am
Major General Douglas O'Dell (USMC, ret.), President Bush?s federal coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, convened Louisiana state and local decision makers in New Orleans to drive completion of key public infrastructure projects including police, criminal justice and fire facilities the week of June 20, 2008.
Department of Homeland Security News
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