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FireRescue1 Member News October 24, 2007 Volume 196 |
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The devastating wildfires in Southern California have caused at least $1 billion in damage in San Diego County alone, officials said Wednesday, while firefighters hoped easing wind would give them an advantage in stopping the flames. The fires, now in their fourth day, have destroyed 1,500 homes and caused at least a half-million people to flee. Crews were anticipating an injection of additional firefighters and equipment from other states, mostly throughout the West. Frustration over the firefighting effort began to emerge Tuesday when a fire official said not enough had been done to protect homes ... Full Story  Read Calif. Wildfires: How you can help
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 By David Jaslow,
Albert Einstein Medical Center The primary goal of emergency incident management is to mitigate the crisis situation as quickly and as safely as possible. One of the key objectives to meet that goal is efficient and effective resource management. Resources at an active fire-rescue incident can be divided into three groups — those which are consumable, those which are not, and those which may be consumed dependent on the situations ... Full Story Read Barriers to an Effective Rehab Sector - Part 1 Read Barriers to an Effective Rehab Sector - Part 2 |
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Calif. wildfire air support suffers blows [The Witch Fire] Trapped, a crew fighting Calif. blaze waits out flames [The Santiago Fire] Calif. fire command center like a war room [Incident Command — Riverside, Calif.] Calif. firefighters hold ground with limited resources [The Santiago Fire] Unusually strong Santa Anas fan Calif. flames [Throughout Southern California] |
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