San Jose hires new fire chief from Arizona who has Bay Area tiesJohn WoolfolkLinda Goldston
LAND O' LAKES, Fla.-Pasco CountyFire Chief Anthony Perez has resigned, the agency confirmed Thursday evening. Perez was named fire chiefin July 2023. He began his career at Pasco County Fire Rescue, then moved toTampaFire Rescue before going back to the agency. The agency did not give a ...
"Typical summer conditions compiled with years of drought, tree kill through prolonged drought -- there's a lot of dead timber and vegetation in that area that just aggravates the situation," said Alameda County Fire battalion chief Kent Carlin. Alameda Country Fire sent 22 peo...
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Bay Village, Fairview Park, Rocky River and Westlake would like to use a $100,000 state grant to hire a former fire chief to oversee the formation of a regional fire district or fire authority, Westlake Mayor Dennis Clough said recently. ...
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The chief mentioned one firefighter was injured. "He's in the hospital now with a back injury," he added. SEE ALSO:12 San Francisco officers injured responding to fire, large crowd Confire, the large East Bay fire agency for Contra Costa County, shared numbers. Over the whole holiday per...
In another instance, a tree limbed pierced the ceiling of a home, but none of the incidents had reports of injuries. The fire chief says the drought is actually playing a role in the damage. "This is our first big storm…several years of drought and all these trees are dry, and now ...
"You know, when you have a red flag day, it's not always about the heat and the heat index," said Chief Damon Coving with the Oakland Fire Department. "It's about the wind, and what the wind can do to a small fire. Really drive it, have a wind-driven fire that can really tak...