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| Depth | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Region | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
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| Parameters | Nph=059, Dmin=12 km, Rmss=0.22 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=C |
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The special effects crew is putting out clouds of smoke over the park
The movie is expected to continue "for some time, but we don't know how long," according to the Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman.
The corporate owner of downtown's The Standard hotel has been charged with a felony alleging workers illegally disposed of pool chemicals that sickened subway riders and sparked fears of a terrorist attack.
According to the federal complaint unveiled Friday, workers poured acid and chlorine down a roof drain beside the hotel pool on Jan. 19. The chemicals, pumped from two 50-gallon tanks that were three-quarters full, snaked down to a street-level storm drain and the fumes caused people to start vomiting at a subway station two blocks away.
"They thought initially it was a terrorist incident," said Joseph Johns, who heads the environmental crimes section at the U.S. attorneys office. "You get a report of chlorine gas in the subway and everyone starts thinking nerve gas a la Tokyo."
About 100 first responders showed up at the scene including police, fire and FBI hazardous materials personnel, as well as a weapons of mass destruction coordinator for the FBI. The nearest intersection was shut down for hours.
The complaint names Hotelsab LLC, doing business as Andre Balazs Properties, as the defendant. The company also owns Chateau Marmont and the Mercer along with other luxury hotels in Florida and New York.
"We are sorry for this employee mistake involving diluted swimming pool chemicals," said a statement issued by Nadine Johnson, a spokeswoman for The Standard. "We will continue to assist the government."
The Standard is a popular night spot where the city's young and hip crowd can lounge by the rooftop pool sipping drinks against the backdrop of the skyline.
The maximum fine for the disposing of hazardous waste without a permit is $500,000, Johns said.
On Nov. 18 Los Angeles County Fire Department hazardous materials investigator Jim McCarron gave the hotel a maintenance request telling officials that they urgently needed to do something about the chemicals on the roof.
Late that night a hotel supervisor tasked Jared Murphy, a hotel employee who works the graveyard shift, to take care of the problem. In the complaint, Murphy said his supervisor instructed him to put on gloves and run water down the drain while he pumped the concentrated chemicals out of the tanks.
Murphy said he was told the water would "not make it so hazardous."
Johns said more charges could be filed if it's determined that company officials or employees knew that disposing of hazardous chemicals without a permit was illegal.
"Dilution is not the solution to pollution," John said.
Source: SF Gate - Link
Update: 13:50 - Fire knocked down, Fire officials said one person was rushed to a hospital in full cardiac arrest. Four structures damaged or destroyed in Chatsworth mobile home park.RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A judge says jurors in the trial of a California man accused of setting a deadly wildfire will get to see photos of a flame tattoo on his arm.
Raymond Lee Oyler's attorney said he was concerned jurors might see the tattoo photos and conclude his client is an arsonist. But a judge ruled Thursday that the jury could see four photos of Oyler's left arm.
The 38-year-old Oyler is accused of setting the October 2006 fire that killed five U.S. Forest Service firefighters in the San Jacinto Mountains, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Prosecutors contend Oyler was a serial arsonist who set some two dozen blazes. He has pleaded not guilty to 45 counts, including murder and arson, and faces the death penalty if convicted.
Unsworth died Wednesday afternoon. The cause of death was not immediately available, but was understood to be natural.
Since 2002, Unsworth has worked for Aero Union, a company based at the Chico Municipal Airport that converts military aircraft into aerial firefighting tankers that drop retardant or water onto wildland fires.
In 2005, Unsworth became the president and chief executive officer upon the retirement of Victor Alvistur.
"He was a tremendous people person," Avistur said Thursday from his Chico home. "He could relate to employees, shareholders and customer groups. He was very good in communications.
"Anyone who knows Aero Union, knows this, Terry was a tremendously dedicated worker. He worked hard and long on Aero Union's success."
Unsworth gained wide recognition in 2004 when the U.S. Forest Service canceled Aero Union and other tanker companies' contracts over concerns regarding the viability of the military aircraft. Under Unsworth's leadership and a company team effort, Aero Union was the first company to regain Forest Service approval.
Last year, Unsworth also spearheaded a cooperative program to provide local high school students training at his company that was to lead to paid apprenticeships.
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A Sacramento Superior Court Judge today ordered state Controller John Chiang to implement a Schwarzenegger administration plan to furlough state workers two days a month, resulting in a 10 percent pay cut.
Judge Patrick Marlette issued the ruling this morning, rejecting arguments by several state workers' unions that the governor's plan to save $1.3 billion with unpaid time off was illegal and unconstitutional.
Marlette issued a tentative ruling early Thursday and made it final after hearing additional oral arguments from lawyers for state workers in the case this morning.
Marlette's ruling said the state's current budget crisis and lack of funds represented an emergency and the governor's order was "reasonable and necessary under the circumstances."
Chiang said in a statement that he would move immediately to implement Marlette's order with state workers' paychecks next month.
"However painful, this pay cut for state employees alone will not solve the state's budget deficit, nor will it allow me to avoid delaying more than $3 billion in tax refunds, college assistance and payments to programs that protect our most vulnerable and needy citizens," Chiang said. "I urge the governor and Legislature to work quickly to solve the State's $42 billion budget deficit and provide sufficient cash to get the state through the next few months."
The ruling is a major setback for state worker unions, which went to court in December and January in a bid to stop the furloughs from being implemented.
Barring any last minute appeal, the furloughs could begin Feb. 6 and will take place every first and third Friday of each month.
Jim Zamora, a spokesmen for the Service Employees International Union, Local 1000, said this morning that his members were disappointed.
"We've been bargaining continuously with the state for the past week and we hope that we can mitigate this at the bargaining table," Zamora said. "We think we can help the governor achieve his cost savings goals but also cause minimum disruption to the lives of 95,000 state workers that we represent and continue to provide quality public services."
Chris Voight, a staff director for the California Association of Professional Scientists, said his member organization would almost certainly appeal.
"Judges make mistakes," Voight said. "This one just did."
Voight said any appeal would also seek compensation for any wages lost by his 3,200 scientists members.
Matt David, Schwarzenegger's communications director, said state employees must share the burden of fixing the state's budget problems.
"State employees throughout California are hardworking public servants who play a vital role in providing government services to Californians, but as businesses and families across the state are cutting back to make ends meet - so must government," David said in a statement.
Source: Sacbee.com - Link
Renegotiation of Public Employee Pension Contracts. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
Summary Date: 01/21/09 Circulation Deadline: 06/22/09
Signatures Required: 694,354
(Full Text)Proponent: Paul McCauley
Eliminates certain state constitutional restrictions on renegotiating public employee pension contracts. Allows vested pension benefits to be reduced for existing and prospective public-sector retirees. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Possible reduction in pension costs for state and local governments, depending on future actions by state and local governments and courts. Any such reduction likely would be largely or entirely offset by negotiated increases in other costs, such as employee salaries and wages. (08-0018, Amdt. #1S.
Past Updates:
| Magnitude | 4.2 - local magnitude (ML) |
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| Time | Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 12:41:59 AM (PST) Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 8:41:59 (UTC) |
| Distance from | San Clemente Is., CA (NW tip) - 49 km (31 miles) SE (133 degrees) Avalon, CA - 69 km (43 miles) S (172 degrees) La Jolla, CA - 91 km (57 miles) W (262 degrees) Oceanside, CA - 99 km (62 miles) WSW (238 degrees) San Diego, CA - 101 km (63 miles) W (267 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 32 deg. 43.7 min. N (32.728N), 118 deg. 13.4 min. W (118.223W) |
| Depth | 0.4 km (0.2 miles) |
| Location Quality | Fair |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst=020, Nph=020, Dmin=32 km, Rmss=0.22 sec, Erho=1.2 km, Erzz=3 km, Gp=226.8 degrees |
| Event ID# | ci10374021 |
Cleansing of the wild land debris. Excessive dead and down branches, brush and small trees are burned converting fuels that are hazards in the summer into rich soil nutrients for larger species of vegetation.
Providing habitat. Removal of decadent fuel encourages the growth of seasonal grasses and leafier plants which affords highly nutritional food and habitat to a wider range of animals.
Killing disease. Low intensity fire helps eliminate and control diseased plants and trees.
New growth. Controlled burning encourages the healthy growth of new plants, especially those fire dependent for renewal or seed dispersion.
Reduces opportunity for destructive fires. Prescribed controlled burns decrease the size and frequency of large uncontrolled destructive wildfires. Prescribed burns are safer for firefighters and area residents.
Scanning monitor radios, often referred to as "Police Scanners" or "Scanner Radios" were popular gifts this holiday season.Received with warmth and a sense of awe on Christmas morning, many have sat quietly since, awaiting the often intimidating process of being programmed.
While manufacturers try to simplify instruction manuals, the greatest challenge seems to be obtaining radio frequency information for local agencies or events of interest.
As you might imagine, Neighborhood Firefighters have been approached often this past month by enthusiasts eager to hear their Fire Department in action.
The good news is that local residents need not traipse to a Neighborhood Fire Station. The Los Angeles Fire Department is pleased to provide comprehensive voice radio frequency information on-line at: www.lafd.org/freq.htm
Though our friend Gene Hughes retired from publishing the popular Southern California Police Call radio frequency guide before his untimely passing, there remain several on-line resources to explore scanner radio use in our region:
| News story: One Killed in Northridge House Fire | |
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| Last Edited: Tuesday, 27 Jan 2009, 10:20 PM PST | |
| Created: Tuesday, 27 Jan 2009, 10:17 PM PST | |
 A person died in a house fire Tuesday night in Northridge, apparently set by a suicidal man, authorities said. The fire was reported at about 9:20 p.m. at 18907 W. Knapp St., near Wilbur Avenue, in Northridge, said d'Lisa Davies of the Los Angeles Fire Department. "Police were on the scene when firefighters arrived and initially would not let them inside the home, Davies said." 911 calls to the Los Angeles Police Department indicated that a unarmed suicidal man had set the fire, according to Officer Karen Smith, who cautioned that any information at this point could not be confirmed. The fire spread from one room to the attic of the home, but even given the delay, 33 firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze in 34 minutes, said Davies. |
Police responded to a call of a family dispute about 9 p.m. Tuesday at 18907 W. Knapp St., where a woman told police that her husband was threatening to harm her, Capt. Steven Ruiz of the Los Angeles Police Department told a Newsreel camera crew.
After police arrived at the scene, the woman exited the home safely while her husband remained inside, police said.
Moments later flames broke out inside the residence, prompting officers to enter the home, here they discovered a fire inside one of the bedrooms, Ruiz said.
Arriving fire crews fought the fire defensively -- from the exterior -- because the blaze quickly spread to the home's attic, creating dangerous firefighting conditions inside, Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Greg Reynar told Newsreel.
The fire was knocked down by 33 firefighters in roughly 35 minutes, said LAFD spokeswoman d'Lisa Davies.
Firefighters discovered the deceased man in the bedroom, Ruiz said. His name was not immediately released.
911 calls to the LAPD indicated that the fire had been set by a suicidal man, LAPD Officer Karen Smith said late Tuesday, adding that this information was not immediately confirmed.
The fire caused significant damage to the home, and some damage to a home next door,
| Earthquake 3.4 - local magnitude (ML) | |
| Time | Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 5:48:00 PM (PST) Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 1:48:00 (UTC) |
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| Distance from | Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico - 66 km (41 miles) WSW (245 degrees) Lázaro Cárdenas, Baja California, Mexico - 70 km (44 miles) N (359 degrees) Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - 73 km (45 miles) SSW (201 degrees) Calexico, CA - 75 km (46 miles) SSW (198 degrees) Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico - 131 km (82 miles) ESE (114 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 32 deg. 2.4 min. N (32.040N), 115 deg. 44.9 min. W (115.749W) |
| Depth | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Location Quality | Poor |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst=015, Nph=015, Dmin=68 km, Rmss=0.24 sec, Erho=7.4 km, Erzz=22.3 km, Gp=284.4 degrees |
| Event ID# | ci10373985 |
| Additional Information | 2-degree map Google Earth KML (Requires Google Earth.) Waveforms |
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned Wednesday that if public employee unions don't accept twice-monthly furloughs, he will lay off state workers to reduce salary costs by more than a billion dollars.
The Republican governor signed an executive order last month requiring 238,000 state workers to take two unpaid days off each month starting in February. His order also mandated that the state send warning letters to state workers with the least seniority notifying them that their jobs were threatened.
Labor unions are fighting the governor's furlough order in Sacramento Superior Court, where a judge is expected to rule this week whether Schwarzenegger's plan is constitutional. The governor said that if he loses the case, he will pursue layoffs instead.
"To me, labor has the choice, and I made this very clear: They can help us make the decision in how we can save the ($1.3 billion)," Schwarzenegger said at the Sacramento Press Club. "So our recommendation was furloughs, where everyone takes a haircut rather than laying people off. That's the last thing I want to do, is lay people off. So it's their decision."
"The fact of the matter is in the end I have the authority, if they don't go along with the furlough, to lay people off so we have a savings of ($1.3 billion)," he added.
Source: Sacbee - Link
Loadmaster Bill Whitlatch operates a MAFFS 2 unit aboard a C-130J aircraft Tuesday with the Channel Islands Air National Guard.
The Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System holds up to 3,000 gallons of retardant.
Photo Credit: Stephen Osman
The next time a wildfire breaks out in Southern California, local firefighters will have some new tools at their disposal.
The U.S. Forest Service last week picked up two new Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, known as MAFFS 2s, which will be used by the local Air National Guard.
After a four-day training session this week in Port Hueneme, Air National Guard pilots will be able to drop vastly increased amounts of fire retardant more quickly and accurately from their cargo planes when firefighters call for assistance, officials said.
In development since 2000, a prototype model of the new system was used in firefighting missions around California this summer. Forest Service officials picked up two of the final models Friday and used them during this week’s training session with the Channel Islands Air National Guard, said Lynn Ballard, a spokesman for the Forest Service.
Six more units are expected to be ready for the agencies’ annual firefighting training in May.
The MAFFS 2 units are essentially removable fire-retardant cartridges for the Air National Guard’s newest C-130 cargo planes. Designed to roll into and out of the planes, the units include tanks that can hold up to 3,000 gallons of retardant and air compressors to spray it out of large nozzles on the planes’ sides known as “pimples,” Ballard said.
Air National Guard crews are spending much of this week training with the new units so they are available as soon as possible, said Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Willson.
“The state needs organic firefighting assets immediately. We couldn’t really responsibly wait,” Willson said. “We’ll be ready on Friday.”
The training exercises, expected to run through Thursday, include about 120 people from agencies including the National Guard, Forest Service, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Los Angeles and Kern County fire departments and Aero Union Corp., manufacturer of the firefighting units.
Air National Guard pilots have extensive firefighting experience, Willson said. Since 1974, National Guard and Air Force Reserve pilots have flown 6,500 firefighting missions, dropping 167 million pounds of fire retardant around the western United States, officials said.
The Channel Islands Air National Guard Station lost its old MAFFS in September 2006, when it switched to a new model of C-130 incompatible with the old system, Ballard said.
The Air National Guard faced criticism in 2007 after its C-130s were among firefighting aircraft that remained grounded during the early hours of a disastrous series of wildfires in California.
The new firefighting units have a number of advantages over their predecessors, officials said. For example, the built-in air compressors make the MAFFS 2 much more versatile, officials said. They allow the plane to refill at airports that don’t have special compressors on the ground. The compressors can take up to 35 minutes to recharge, but that beats hours of commuting to and from a military base, Ballard said.
The pimple feature allows a plane to spray a dense stream of retardant onto fires, which works better in heavy timber, Ballard said.
The new system also allows pilots to control the amount of retardant they spray, instead of dropping it all at once, Willson said.
“With the new airplane and the new system integrated into it, it makes flying the airplane safer, more efficient and quicker to combat forest fires,” he said.
Source: Ventura countystar.com - Link
Benjamin Martin, 30, was charged with murder, torture and two arson-related charges. He could be sentenced to death if the court finds true special circumstance allegations of murder by torture and lying in wait.
Deputy District Attorney Renee Rose said prosecutors will not decide whether to seek the death penalty until the case moves closer to trial.
Prosecutors said Martin used a road flare Oct. 9 to set John McGraham, 55, on fire after pouring gasoline on him from a red plastic gasoline can that he left behind.
He was arrested last week. Police said eyewitnesses and DNA collected at the scene connect Martin to the crime.
McGraham had lived on the street in the same neighborhood for years. His family said he suffered from depression and refused to leave the streets.
Martin is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 9. He remains jailed without bail.
Source: OC register - Link
A state firefighter suffered an apparently minor electric shock today when a piece of equipment a "shore line" malfunctioned at a San Diego County firehouse.
What Happened: The crew member was disconecting the shore line connected to an apparatus when the accident at the Ramona-area Cal Fire station occurred shortly before noon, said Nick Schuler, a captain with the agency.
Injuries: Medics took the firefighter to Pomerado Hospital in Poway for an evaluation, according to Schuler; he was likely to be released later today.
Who: An engineer at Station 82 who is in his 30s - reportedly now has a Don King hairstyle
Cause: The cause of the accident was under investigation. but officially it was said "as the engineer was pulling the line, the cord disconnected and his hand came in contact with some wires from the extension cord, causing it to arc" said Cal Fire Capt. Nick Schuler.
There seems to be some confusion regarding the grammar in a sentence in today's Coffee Break Training:
A sentence within the body of the text states: "There is no question that the doors could be confused with the adjacent wall finishes," while the photo caption reads ""The pattern on these doors provides a clear contrast to the adjacent wall."
People are asking if that is a conflict, and suggesting the sentence should read"There is no question that the doors would NOT be confused with the adjacent wall finishes." That phrasing, though, is a double negative that is grammatically incorrect.
Rather than "There is no question that the doors could be confused with the adjacent wall finishes," perhaps it would be better understoon if if read "There is no question that the doors would be confused with the adjacent wall finishes."
Thaks for your attention to detail.
Rob
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RECOGNIZABLE DOORS
Take a quick look around the room where you are right now.
Means of Egress: Recognizable Doors
Interior designers, decorators, and owners often select colors, patterns, and styles to convey a specific message or theme about their business.Santa Cruz County taxpayers are helping foot the bill for fire and emergency medical services in neighboring Santa Clara County, where thousands get the service free.
A review of records in both counties shows state firefighters, while under contract to cover rural parts of Santa Cruz County, routinely respond to service calls in Santa Clara County, where no comparable coverage exists.
The cost to Santa Cruz County of fielding the Santa Clara County calls, which may number 200 a year, is difficult to pinpoint, and goes beyond finances to safety concerns. Those firefighters crossing the county line are not readily available for Santa Cruz County emergencies.
"There's a camaraderie among firefighters that you don't split hairs over costs, but I can understand the problem here," said Pat McCormick, who as head of Santa Cruz County's Local Agency Formation Commission regulates the boundaries of counties and tax districts. "Response in some areas appears to be totally funded (by other areas) and these areas are not providing mutual aid to anybody else."
A Santa Clara County LAFCO report indicates about 6,000 residents in Santa Clara County live outside a fire district, meaning they have no fire department, nor are they taxed for local fire service. Consequently, firefighters from other areas, including Santa Clara County, respond to the roughly 600 service calls these residents make annually, the report says.
The report dates to 2004, but Santa Clara County commission officials say the situation is no different today.
Ferreira's crews are already squeezed by last year's county budget cuts as well as by the failure of a local tax measure in 2007 that would have provided additional fire funding. In both cases, the result has been fewer firefighters on duty in Santa Cruz County.
Santa Cruz County, since the 1960s, has contracted with state firefighters to serve about 24,000 residents not served by a local fire department — mostly in Bonny Doon, Davenport, the Summit/Loma Prieta area, South Skyline and Corralitos. The arrangement runs November through May, since the state pays for coverage during the high fire season.
The service, which cost the county about $2 million last year, is funded through property taxes from area residents in addition to an annual fee of about $120 per household. The cost is expected to increase to $2.2 million this year because the county has requested more attention in Bonny Doon.
The state contract will be discussed by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors today.
Santa Clara County, meanwhile, does not contract with the state for offseason coverage because the vast majority of residents there live within the boundaries of a local fire department.
That leaves the 6,000 residents outside those boundaries relying on nearby agencies for service — what the LAFCO report calls a "subsidy," and a situation Santa Clara County officials say they've begun to look at.
Santa Clara County Supervisor Don Gage, without providing a time line, says he expects to find ways to address the gaps in fire coverage, noting his concerns about the safety of Santa Clara County residents who don't have a fire department assigned to them.
But Gage downplayed the additional burden that Santa Cruz County or other fire agencies were bearing by handling calls from these areas.
"There's going to be some unfairness there . . . (but) through mutual aid, it generally washes out," he said.
Gage pointed to Santa Clara County's assistance with the major wildfires that burned in Santa Cruz County last year.
The difference in going to Santa Cruz County, though, is that firefighters don't have to deal with areas where no agency is assigned responsibility and the questions of cost, liability and expectation that arise, LAFCO officials say.
Assigning coverage to these areas is not as easy as it may seem.
Most of the 6,000 residents outside fire districts are in remote areas, where the taxes they but Santa Clara County commission officials say the situation is no different today. John Ferreira, who oversees Santa Cruz County firefighters as the local California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection chief, estimates his teams field 100 to 200 calls in Santa Clara County each year, which he couldn't easily put a price tag on. A station on Highway 35 responds to areas above the community of Saratoga and a station in the Loma Prieta area heads east over the county line. "We're not going to stop responding, but is it right for Santa Cruz County resources, meaning money and people, to respond to parts of Santa Clara County where the people aren't paying?" Ferreira said. "And what about having an engine there when our responsibility is here?"
"The districts don't want to expand if they're not going to get the money to provide that service," she said.
But Santa Cruz County Supervisor Neal Coonerty says Santa Clara County has the responsibility of making sure those wildlands get covered.
"We're happy to respond (to Santa Clara County) because protecting lives is a priority, but it should be a level playing field," he said. "If they're not able to respond from some areas, it's a one-way street and that's not fair."
Source: mercurynews.com - Link
Defensible space note: It's important for property owners to take "defensible space" measures to protect their homes in the unfortunate event of a wildfire. There are many simple things you can do to protect your home:
For more information about fire safety, contact your local fire protection district
(click here) for a status report on TRPA's implementation of recommendations from the Bi-State Fire Commission delivered to the TRPA Governing Board September, 2008. |
Name: Kyle Perkins - Rank: Firefighter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 15
Date of Incident: 01/25/2009
Time of Incident: 1402hrs
Date of Death: 01/25/2009
Name: Cory Galloway - Rank: Firefighter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 1
Date of Incident: 01/25/2009
Time of Incident: 1402hrs
Date of Death: 01/25/2009
Fire Department: Kilgore Fire Department
Address: 909 N Kilgore St., Kilgore, TX 75662 (USNG: 15S UR 2419 8525)
Map of Fire Department location:
http://floridadisaster.org/
Fire Department Chief: Dennis Gage
Incident Description: While participating in a training exercise at the Kilgore College Fire Academy, Firefighters Perkins and Galloway were in the bucket of a 95’ E One rear mount platform truck when, for a cause still under investigation, they fell approximately 8 stories. Firefighters Perkins and Galloway succumbed to injuries they received from the accident.
Map of Incident Location: Stark Hall - 607 Elder (USNG: 15S UR 2365 8392)
Map view –
http://floridadisaster.org/
Funeral Arrangements: Pending
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Firefighters Perkins & Galloway Memorial Fund, Citizens National Bank, 301 E Main St., Kilgore, TX 75662 - Tele: 903-984-8671
Memorial Tribute: is being paid to Firefighters Kyle Perkins and Cory Galloway at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/
To date, 6 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009 as a result of incidents that occurred in 2009.
USFA does not have a Line-of-Duty-Death (LODD) criterion nor does it make LODD determinations. “Please note, running totals of firefighter fatalities used on these initial notices do not necessarily reflect the number of firefighter fatalities used in totals for the (provisional) monthly year-to-date USFA firefighter fatality reports, or year-end (provisional) reports posted online (http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/
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