 | Los Angeles County FD Acquires Fire Boats from United States Coast Guard
8/8/2011 10:58:51 AM Last month, our Department was the lucky recipient of two surplus United States Coast Guard 41' Utility Boats (USCG 41' UTB) through the Federal Excess Property Program (FEPP). |
 | EMS Station 27 Opened in the Bronx, New York
8/8/2011 10:51:07 AM A new building in the Bronx has an automatic fire door, a vascular security system and a three-vehicle apparatus floor. |
| Reno Fire Department to Conduct Hydrant Testing
8/5/2011 9:16:37 AM Throughout the next several months within the City of Reno and unincorporated areas of the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, the Reno Fire Department will be testing fire hydrants that are located south of the Truckee River. |
| Fire Protection Research Foundation Receives Grant for Fire Service Research
8/3/2011 12:46:59 PM The Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF), an affiliate of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), was awarded $835,000 in a Fire Prevention and Safety Grant from the Emergency Preparedness Directorate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a new research project in support of the fire service. |
| Fire Sprinkler Extinguishes Fairfax County Apartment Blaze
8/3/2011 11:06:41 AM Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to an apartment fire, Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at approximately 1:30 a.m. in the Centreville area of Fairfax County, Virginia. |
 | Marion County Fire District Board of Director's Approves Purchase of Life-Saving Equipment
8/1/2011 10:55:17 AM In January 2010, Marion County Fire District No. 1 was awarded federal grant money from the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS/FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter's Grant Program. |
| A Piece of World Trade Center Comes to El Paso, Texas
7/29/2011 10:53:16 AM A piece of steel from the World Trade Center destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks will be the center of a memorial service in El Paso on August 1, 2011. |
| World Trade Center Steel Escort Makes a Stop in New Orleans
7/29/2011 10:45:08 AM The Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund is currently traveling across the country in the southern states to donate a piece of World Trade Center Steel to the San Diego Firehouse Museum in remembrance of the 10th year of 9/11/2001. |
 | Smoke Alarm Alerts Beaverton Residents to Fire Allowing them to Safely Escape
7/29/2011 10:24:16 AM Around 2:30a.m. on July 28, 2011, a resident of a home in the 13000 block of SW 2nd Street in Beaverton called 9-1-1 reporting a fire in his attic. |
 | Weather Forecaster Assists Firefighters in Battling Wildfires
7/25/2011 9:45:56 PM One of the unsung heroes in the battle against wildfires is the National Weather Service's Incident Meterologist, who works closely with the fire department's Fire Behavior Analyst to give Incident Command Officers weather predictions that will help them form their plan of attack. |
