CALFIRE - RRU - Pacific Fire - 11-14-10

RUBIDOUX (KTLA) -- Firefighters in Riverside County contained a potentially dangerous brush fire Sunday in high winds, heat and low humidity. The fire started just before 1:00 p.m area of Pacific Avenue and Canal Street, not far from a small tract of homes and outbuildings.

145 firefighters from 17 engine companies responded to the fire. 25 mile an hour winds made for difficult fire fighting conditions. Still, crews were able to contain the fire at 45 acres in less than two hours.

Investigators say the fire was started by someone using a power saw.

CALFIRE officials say that person will be sent a bill to cover the firefighting cost.

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San Bernardino City Fire Department - Structure - 11-13-10

San Bernardino (Press Enterprise) A fire that began in a room containing a washer and dryer caused an estimated $100,000 damage to a home in the 400 block of West 24th Street in San Bernardino on Saturday, an official said. The city Fire Department received a report of a structure fire at 3:52 p.m. and arrived to see smoke and flames coming out a rear window, said Mike Arvizo, a Fire Department public information officer. The two-alarm fire drew about 20 firefighters to the scene, Arvizo said. The fire, which was out in about 10 minutes, is being investigated and might have started in the dryer. The woman who lives there and her dog were not home at the time of the fire. There were no injuries.

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San Bernardino County Sheriff Helitac Training - 11-11-10

The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Aviation Division offered the Fire Department some basic Helitac training. This will aid in rapidly removing victims that need to be hoisted to a Rescue Helicopter. On Thursday Novemebr 11th, the San Bernardino County Fire Department's ME305, ME91, BC117 and Training Captain Jim Pearson attended the training. We were given instruction on how to do a proper hover-step and also how to prepare all the rigging to hoist a patient in a litter basket. The class was very informative and has prepared us to better serve our customers.More photos can be seen here in the gallery section of FireWXphoto.com.

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San Bernardino City & USFS Wildland Fire - 11-6-10

Firefighters responded to a reported wildland fire in the City of San Bernardino at the north end of Sepulveda street shortly after five p.m. on November 6, 2010. Fire grew to 40 acres in grass and chaparral burning uphill towards state highway 18 in the San Bernardino National Forest. Firefighters made excellent progress stopping the spread of the fire from crossing the highway. State Highway 18 was closed to all traffic between lower and upper Waterman Canyon and reopened at approx. 10:20pm. Old Waterman Canyon Road served as the alternate route during the closure, motorists experienced a slight delay. There were no immediate threats to the local community and no residents were evacuated. The fire was under unified command with the City of San Bernardino and the US Forest Service.

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San Bernardino County Fire - Rollover - 10-31-10 - Landers

About 4:30pm we had a walk in report of a traffic collision on Hwy 247 south of the station. We advised Comm Center and responded BE19 toward the incident. As we got close to the intersection of Hwy 247 and Reche Rd. we found a single vehicle that had gone of the road and rolled over. The vehicle had two occupants, one adult and one child. The child had very minor injuries and the adult had injuries that required transport to a local hospital. The cause of the accident was unknown however CHP was investigating. More photos can be seen here in the gallery section of FireWXPhoto.com.

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LAFD - Traffic - 10-29-10

Just after 2am on October 29th, LAFD Company 57 responded to traffic collision on Western Ave. at 81st. Street. A driver struck two parked cars and ended up on the sidewalk. The crew from E57 and RA57 made quick work getting the patient assessed and loaded into the ambulance and transported to a local hospital. More photos can be seen here in the gallery section of FireWXPhoto.com.

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