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  3. Posted

    Cable customers are going to see this more and more. Fox vs Time-Warner Cable Systems is the first salvo. Cable systems are attempting to keep their costs down for their subscribers, while networks are trying to get "fair market value" for their shows. However, with ad revenues down across the nation for both TV and radio, it's hard to justify paying those fees.

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    Date: 01-04-10

    Time: 8 AM PST

    Location: Federal Courthouse Las Vegas Nevada

    Departments: LVMPD, LVFD, FBI other Local Law Enforcement Agencies

    Description: Unknown shooter fired on the Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas this morning wounding a Deputy US Marshal and a Court Security Officer. The alleged shooter has been shot and killed approximately 1 block from the courthouse. Alleged shooter's vehicle parked outside courthouse, law enforcement is checking the vehicle. Las Vegas Metro PD and FBI now doing a floor to floor clearing of the courthouse.

    Links: KTNY Las Vegas 13 Story

    Writer: RescueKujo

  7. Posted

    Date: 12-29-09

    Time: 10 AM PST

    Location: Barona Casino

    Departments: San Diego County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol, Barona Tribal Police, Barona Indian Reservation FD, Lakeside FD

    Description: A recently fired Barona Gaming Commission staffer who opened fire Tuesday at the East County offices of the agency died at the scene, along with another man, in what authorities described as an apparent murder-suicide.

    The assailant, identified as 38-year-old Donnell Roberts of El Cajon, entered a personnel trailer at the Lakeside-area office complex with a shotgun shortly before 10 a.m., told several receptionists to leave, walked into an adjacent manager's office and began shooting, Sheriff Bill Gore said.

    Links: KGTV10 Story KUSI 51 News Story

    Writer: RescueKujo

  8. Posted

    I posted a LODD for FDNY FF Jim Ryan the other day, and in the article I linked it was stated his death was related to his actions on 9/11. Now I'm reading that he has been denied a Department Funeral and his death is not 9/11 related?

    NEW YORK - A wake is being held for a New York City firefighter who worked at Ground Zero for six months after 9/11 and was later diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

    Firefighter James Ryan, of Kings Park, N.Y., died on Christmas. He was 48 and leaves a wife and three children.

    Uniformed Firefighters Association president Steven Cassidy is upset Ryan will not receive a line of duty funeral because the city does not consider his death job related.

    Ryan's brother, Mike, believes his brother's cancer resulted from exposure to toxins at Ground Zero.

    Firefighters who had worked with Ryan in Queens say they have organized an honor guard and bagpipes for Tuesday's funeral.

    Firefighter Nation Link

  9. Posted

    Date: 12-27-2009

    Time: 3 AM PST

    Location: 3600 Beyer Blvd

    Departments: San Diego Fire and Rescue Department, Chula Vista Fire Department

    Description: One person was hurt and four families displaced when their homes caught fire Sunday in San Ysidro, a dispatcher with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said. The blaze was reported just after 3 a.m. in the Villa Nueva apartments in the 3600 block of Beyer Boulevard, the dispatcher said.

    Several units were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, she said. The dispatcher said one person was hospitalized and 15 people lived in the damaged units.

    The cause was being investigated, but damage was set at $400,000 for the structure and $100,000 for contents, she said.

    Links: http://www.10news.com/news/22067131/detail.html

    Writer: RescueKujo

  10. Posted

    Date: 12-27-09

    Time: 2 AM EST

    Location: Northampton, MA

    Departments: Multiple Local Fire Departments

    Description:NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - Authorities say nine fires that left two people dead in a western Massachusetts town are "suspicious" and they're treating them as potential crimes.

    Federal, state and local fire and police investigators are trying to determine what caused the fires, which local District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel says are suspicious.

    Scheibel says the fires broke out in the downtown area of Northampton, Mass., between 2 a.m. and 3:15 a.m. Sunday. She says five fires were in buildings and the rest in cars.

    Links: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34604382/ns/us_news/ http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO132520/

    Writer: RescueKujo

  11. Posted

    A Sept. 11 hero died of cancer on Christmas Day. Jim Ryan was on the front lines during 9/11, a firefighter who spent many weeks rummaging through the destruction that encompassed Ground Zero, only to succumb to pancreatic cancer, according to a report.

    The fire department confirms that his sickness was 9/11-related. And now his family – his three children, wife and all the people who loved him – mourn the death of a hero.

    "He was just really really great," his grieving wife, Magda, told the Daily News.

    Ryan, 48, was first diagnosed with cancer three years ago. He relapsed last year, reports the News.

    A brave fighter until the end, Ryan desperately wanted to travel with his colleagues to Washington in November to campaign for the passage of legislation that would give $11 billion for those who contracted diseases on Sept. 11. That bill hasn't yet passed.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34596127

  12. Posted

    Date: 12-26-2009

    Time: 0115 PST

    Location: 1000 Block North Highland Ave Hollywood

    Departments: LAFD, LAPD, Los Angeles Department of Animal Services

    Description: On Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 1:08 AM, 8 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 4 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 Arson Unit, 1 Urban Search and Rescue Unit, 1 Hazardous Materials Team, 2 EMS Battalion Captains, 4 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams and 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, under the direction of Battalion Chief Ralph Ramirez, responded to a Structure Fire at 1014 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood.

    Firefighters arrived in less than four minutes to find heavy smoke billowing from a 2,500 square-foot, one-story commercial building doing business as LA Dogworks, a self-described "retreat for dogs".

    Firefighters rapidly deployed handlines through the dark, smoke filled building, navigating their way to a rear mezzanine where the bulk of flames were located.

    The intense fire burned through the roof, but firefighters were able performed strategic vertical ventilation on the arched truss roof to release heat and gasses. These actions, combined with the building's elaborate HVAC system, provided clean air for canines to breathe.

    Links: http://lafd.org/blog

    Writer: RescueKujo

  15. Posted

    Date:12-21-2009

    Time: 2100 PST

    Location: Eatonville, WA

    Departments: Pierce County Sheriff's Department

    Description: A Deputy and Sergeant were ambushed after being allowed into a house to investigate a domestic violence call. 2 brothers had called requesting assistance in removing an unwanted guest when 1 of the brothers opened fire from a 2nd floor landing. Both Deputies were flown to trauma centers. The gunman was shot dead when the Sergeant and Deputy returned fire.

    This is the same County where 4 officers of the Lakewood, Wa Police Force were gunned down just last month.

    Links: KOMO News Link

    Writer: RescueKujo

    Added 12/28/09-The Deputy has died from his injuries. Deputy Kent Mundell EOW 12/28/09.

  16. Posted

    Out here in the West the same thing is happening. People, and this includes elected officials, believe public safety employees are overpaid. The local fishwrap in San Diego, publishes the top 100 salaries for the City of San Diego every year. Firefighters hold at least 3 of the top 10 every year. But no one points out the OT and pay from strike teams to campaign fires or members being on State or Federal Incident management teams, and how that pay is paid back to the city by that respective agency.

    Unions need to do a better job of educating their officials on what their members get in their benefits and why. The life expectancy after retirement of both police officers and firefighters needs to be part of that education.

    Quote by Chris192

    Sorry, but I respectfully disagree. The police or fire academy is definitely not like going to college; it is more of a trade school. That's why most police departments now require at least some college before you can get in the door (I don't know what the fire academy requires so I can't comment). Personally I think requiring more education is a good thing, it brings in better qualified, more experienced candidates who will be able to adapt to the changing environment of law enforcement more easily. At least that's one theory.

    I know its apples and oranges, but out here there are paramedic programs, fire academies and police academies run by the community colleges. And a lot of colleges are now giving credits for work related courses, so my opinion is any extended course is like going to college, especially as tough as the grading can be...

  17. Posted

    A state trooper was fatally struck by a fellow officer Thursday night as he was laying down a spike strip to stop a suspect's vehicle.

    The chase hit a stretch of the Loop 101 in the area of Cave Creek Road and Seventh Avenue when the suspect, Georgia Lynn Baker, 43, veered onto the right shoulder and the police cruiser in pursuit struck Officer Chris Marano, said Department of Public Safety Lt. Steve Harrison.

    Authorities eventually arrested Baker, who they say was on methamphetamine at the time of the incident.

    Officers on the scene, including a close friend of Marano's, tended to the 3½-year DPS veteran, and one of his close friends gave Marano CPR before he was transported to John C. Lincoln Hospital-North Mountain, where he died at 10:09 p.m. He was 28.

    Marano was married and the father of four: a 7-year-old, two 5-year-olds and a 4-month-old.

    AZCentral Story

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  21. Posted · Edited by RescueKujo
    Additional Info Added

    Date: 12/09/09

    Time: 0045 PST

    Location: 5000 W Jefferson BL FS 94's District

    Departments: LAFD

    Description: On Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 0:47 AM, 15 Companies of Los

    Angeles Firefighters, 6 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 2 Urban Search and

    Rescue Units, 2 Hazardous Materials Teams, 2 EMS Battalion Captains, 5

    Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, 2 Division Chief Officer Command

    Teams, under the direction of Assistant Chief Robert Franco responded to

    a Greater Alarm Structure Fire at 5029 W Jefferson Bl in Baldwin

    Hills/Crenshaw area.

    Shortly after midnight Los Angeles Firefighters quickly arrived to find

    a one-story L-shaped commercial Auto Body Shop building well involved

    with fire. Fire Entry Teams had to make forcible entry on two sides of

    the before attempting to locate the origin of the flames. Firefighters

    laddered the roof of a 75’x200’ section of the building and

    commenced strategic vertical ventilation.

    Links: http://lafd.org/blog

    Writer: RescueKujo

  22. Posted

    Also, this is interesting. Remember how NIMS is supposed to be able to expand and be applied to ALL types of operations? Funny how the West Coast is so much better at this than we are over here.

    Alex,

    Remember where ICS got it's start...in our wildland fires in the 70's...we train and train on this and do use it for many things. ICS/NIMS are great tools and can be modified to use for almost any large scale event. I've seen it used for expos and open houses.

    Also, just as an aside, I have a friend in the Seattle area who said the temp this morning was 9 degrees.

    Duane

  23. Posted

    As the Grandson and Cousin of survivors, thank you for posting this. Like 9/11, we must never forget that our enemies are constantly plotting attacks against our great nation. Never forget those who lost their lives that day...

    BMC Frank C. Kuhlow, USS California BB-44

    SMN Raymond Kuhlow, USS California BB-44

  25. Posted

    Officials are now telling the media that the suspect is getting help from friends and/or family. According to the Pierce County PIO "Basically, there's no way that he could be doing this by himself; he was shot in the abdomen."

    Also, people who know Clemmons told officials that he told them to "watch the news" because he was going to "kill cops."

    Every one of them should be pinched for aiding/abetting and/or accessory to murder.

    What I heard the spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff's Office say was they were going to his friends/families homes and checking for him. If something was amiss or they had evidence they were "harboring a fugitive", they would be arrested and it would go on like this until Clemmons is on his own...

    I hope he has not been able to seek medical help for his wounds and he is dying or has died a horrible death from the wounds...