San Bernardino County Fire - Structure Fire - 6-24-10

On Thursday evening, just after 5pm the San Bernardino County Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Seaforth St. in Hesperia. ME302 was the first to arrive and found a fully involved passenger van and a well involved attached garage. Quick action by the responding crews kept the fire to the garage area of the structure minimizing loss to the rest of the house. Units on scene were ME302, ME301, MT304, ME22, MA302, MA302A and BC142. More photos can be seen in the gallery section of FireWXPhoto.com.

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LAFD - Los Angeles Lakers Game 7 -6-17-10

LAFD and LAPD had a strong presence in the city surrounding the Staples Center after the game. I went to Figueroa and Olympic to photograph the crowd. There were some disturbances but fairly minor compared to years past. I guess that's because the Lakers won. Here are the official stats from the LAFD:

In the 3 hours following the game, 50 strategically deployed Los Angeles Firefighters responded to 37 incidents within a one-half mile tactical area surrounding Staples Center. This included 15 rubbish fires, 1 vegetation fire, three vehicle fires and 18 medical aid requests for persons ill or injured. A total of 8 persons were taken by LAFD Ambulance to area hospitals. The age, gender, condition and affiliation of patients, as well as the circumstances of their illness and/or injuries was not immediately available.

There are more photos in the Gallery section of my FireWXPhoto website.

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San Bernardino County Fire - Roll Over - Johnson Valley - 5-30-10

San Bernardino County Fire units responded to a roll over traffic collision on 5-30-10. The incident occurred on Hwy 247 near Pony Rd. Units on scene were BP19, BE19, UT43, Morongo Basin Ambulance. There was single occupant in the vehicle and the patient was transported to a local hospital.

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Mercy Air 2 Crash Site Visit

On the evening of December 6th, 2006, Mercy Air 2, returning from Loma Linda crashed in the Cajon Pass. Just before 6pm, San Bernardino County units were dispatched to a reported aircraft down in the Summit Terrace area east of I15. After we had been enroute for a few minutes, I recall Comm Center advise the responding BC that this was possibly Mercy Air. BDC E40 arrived first and found that it was Mercy. Lost on that day was Pilot Paul Le Tour, Flight Nurse Katrina Kish and Flight Medic Jerald Miller. I had not been back to the actual site since the night of the incident. I visited the site last week and shot a few photos.

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Amgen Tour of California - 5-21-10

The largest cycling event in America, the 2010 Amgen Tour of California is a Tour de France-style cycling road race, presented by AEG, that challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along a demanding course from May 16-23. Stage 6 of the race started in Palmdale and ends in Big Bear. The course went along Hwy 138 and of course San Bernardino County Fire was there to keep an eye on things. BE48 was staged at Summit Valley Rd at Hwy 138. The racers started coming through 1:15 pm and by 1:45 they had all passed.

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