| San Diego Emergency Responders to Receive Tanker Truck Training
4/27/2010 2:52:38 PM The California Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response (TRANSCAER®)Team (CATC) today publicly announced plans to conduct free tanker truck training for local emergency responders in San Diego April 27th through 29th. |
 | Zoll Pocket CPR
4/27/2010 10:12:03 AM A small device called Pocket CPR could have a big impact on whether or not a civilian or a paramedic does CPR correctly, which can make a difference between life and death. |
| San Bernardino County Fire Department Promotes John Salvate to Division Chief
4/27/2010 10:03:30 AM The San Bernardino County Fire Department announces the promotion of John Salvate to Division Chief of the Valley Division. |
| Firefighters Descend On Yazoo City to Assist After Tornado
4/26/2010 5:42:33 PM A team of 23 firefighters from Greenwood, Leflore County, Vicksburg, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi went to Yazoo City, Mississippi Sunday to help local first responders following Saturday's tornado that tore through the city. |
| Phoenix Teens Test CERT Training in Mock Disaster
4/26/2010 5:30:07 PM Teens involved in the Phoenix Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will test what they learned in training. On Saturday May 1, at 9:00 a.m. at the El Pastor Elementary School students will use training in basic first aid, fire suppression, light search and rescue, and triage during a mock disaster drill. |
| Ear Candy and Phoenix Fire Continue Instrument Drive
4/26/2010 5:27:54 PM Ear Candy Charity and the Phoenix Firefighters are holding an Instrument Drive to benefit Phoenix Elementary School District from April 26 - May 21 at all 57 Phoenix fire stations. |
| Firefighter Loses Eye But Plans To Return To Work He Loves
4/26/2010 5:23:33 PM Responding to a house fire in Thousand Oaks, California late in the afternoon on April 5 changed the life of Paul Torres. Torres, 36, a firefighter with the Ventura County Fire Department lost his right eye after being hit with shrapnel from the burning home. |
| LA County Fire Department To Conduct Wildland Fire Training
4/26/2010 5:13:22 PM The Los Angeles County Fire Department will host a multi-agency wildland fire training exercise on April 28, at 9 a.m., at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, located at 4100 S. La Cienega Boulevard in Baldwin Hills. |
| New iPhone Swiftwater Rescue App
4/26/2010 5:06:18 PM The Texas Engineering Extension Service's (TEEX) Urban Search and Rescue Division has come up with a new iPhone application for first responders. The Swiftwater Rescue application can determine how fast water is flowing then based on those calculations gives an accurate estimate of how far downstream a person may have floated |
| NVFC and ICC Partner on Rural Area Fire Prevention Program
4/26/2010 10:56:42 AM The International Code Council (ICC) has received a $133,000 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant from the Department of Homeland Security to implement a collaborative program with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) designed to reduce rural community fire hazards and other potential dangers in residential homes. |