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One Foot In The black
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Did you ever wonder what goes on at the fire department’s emergency call center when you dial 911? The County of Los Angeles (which includes the City of Los Angeles), is one of the largest in the nation, covering almost 4,100 square miles and has a population of almost 10 million. The Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County Fire Departments are responsible for responding to all 911 non-law enforcement emergency calls coming in from this area.
- Added on: Jul 6th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: kurtkamm
- Listed in: Fiction Adventure
- Tags: california fires wildland firefighting kurt kamm so. ca. fires novels of so. ca. firefighter foundation
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FIREFIGHTER’S WORDS -216- TRANSFORMATION
Joining the volunteer fire service made me who I am today. No longer afraid of the unknown, I know I am mentally and physically prepared for whatever tests or hardships come my way. One particularly gruesome rescue involved a street sweeper and a t...
FIREFIGHTER’S WORDS -215- CHRISTMAS EVE RESCUE
My most memorable experience was the look on the faces of two people after we cut them out of a car on Christmas eve 2008. They were sitting in their battered and crushed car shivering and crying and saying that they weren’t going to make it, and s...
LA COUNTY FIRE YEILDS HUMAN SKULLS IN THE FOREST
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CATASTROPHIC FIRES IN AUSTRALIA
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WHAT IS PETN?
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