| Toy N Joy Makers Need Your Help this Holiday Season
11/23/2011 11:16:35 AM Since 1914, Toy N Joy Makers has been providing toys for Portland children in need. It probably comes as no surprise that the need for donations - both toys and dollars - is urgent again this year. |
 | Portland Fire & Rescue Provides Assistance to Sister City of Guadalajara at the Pan American Games
11/23/2011 11:14:27 AM Eight firefighters from Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) and the surrounding communities spent two weeks in Mexico assisting the Guadalajara Fire Department in October 2011. Guadalajara had been selected to host the Pan American Games from October 15th through the 30th, 2011. |
 | Portland Investigators Deem Commercial Fire Suspicious
11/23/2011 11:10:41 AM At 3:19 pm on November 21, 2011, Portland firefighters responded to a commercial fire at 14439 SE Stark Street. |
| Shreveport Police & Fire Collaborate to Nab Arson Suspect
11/23/2011 11:05:53 AM At 1:30 a.m. on November 21, 2011, Shreveport Police along with Shreveport Fire investigators arrested Bryan Cavey, a 25 year old white male of the 9300 block of Riva Ridge, for simple arson. |
| Out of Season Wildfire Triggers Safety Concerns in Nevada
11/23/2011 11:04:14 AM An out-of-season wildfire coupled with high winds that passed through an area southwest of Reno, Nev. in late November, 2011 has made the reality of living in a high-risk wildfire area all the more real for Nevadans. |
| Ventura Firefighters & Ambulance Personnel Respond to Dowtown Vehicle Blaze
11/23/2011 11:01:45 AM Ventura, California firefighters, police and ambulance personnel were dispatched and responded to a single-vehicle accident downtown on November 22, 2011. |
| Turkey Fryer Safety Stressed by American Medical Response
11/23/2011 10:59:18 AM Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday most people associate with burn injuries, apart from minor burns suffered while wrestling a just-out-of-the-oven turkey onto a carving platter. |
| Locution Systems Awarded Commission To Provide Automated Dispatching Alerting System to Durham
11/22/2011 6:24:43 PM Locution Systems, Inc., a provider of advanced, automated 911 dispatching, zoned dispatching, and fire station alerting, and fire station control technology, today announced that it has been commissioned to provide its CADVoice® automated dispatching and fire station alerting system to the City of Durham, North Carolina. |
| Safe Holiday Cooking Tips from San Francisco Fire Department
11/22/2011 6:20:58 PM Cooking fires continue to be the most common type of fires experienced by U.S. households. This is even more apparent during the holidays. |
| Woman Trapped on Zipline Rescued by Wrightwood Firefighters
11/22/2011 6:12:29 PM Firefighters from the Wrightwood Station responded to a report of a female adult, approximately 35 yoa, trapped on a zipline operated by Navitat Canopy Zipline Tours and was currently halfway through the course behind Bufford Canyon. |