Natural Disaster
Evacuation
LAFD firefighters used pumps to remove water from a swimming pool to remove additional weight and stress from the hillside
Earthquake
Firefighters describe their actions 30 years ago during the earthquake that claimed 72 lives
Flooding
Floodwaters surrounded a burning home in Lincoln Park as firefighters tried extinguish the blaze
SAR crews from North Carolina, Michigan and Connecticut were among those helping to get to towns that have been unreachable
Miami-Dade County’s new Emergency Operations Center will have a 12-story fortified bunker for offices and emergency vehicles
Evacuation
Video from the L.A. County Fire Department shows walls and roofs beginning to separate and ground shifts
Tornado
A supercell struck Matador killing at least 4 people and causing widespread destruction
Tornado
“We have seen somewhere between 50 and 100 patients,” Ochiltree General Hospital CEO Kelly Judice said
The simulations at the site in Lincoln tested the team’s abilities in concrete breaching, breaking, shoring, lifting and rigging
“The FEMA people said they’d never been treated so well or eaten food as good as they had here,” Wren Firefighter Cheryl Mays said
Over 50 gathered to discuss disaster response and recovery options
Tornado
Extensive damage to the station is forcing Whiteland crews to share a station in New Whiteland, which is a tight fit for the number of members
The storm devastated the town of Rolling Fork, including the local hospital, which was forced to transfer patients to other medical centers
Monterey County Undersheriff Keith Boyd said 20-40 people remained trapped near the Salinas River as roads were impassible
USA-01 and USA-2 members were thanked by the U.S. secretary of state and welcomed home by loved ones
USA-01 filled a plane with its crewmembers, equipment and dogs
Hopes of finding more survivors in Syria, Turkey begin to fade
Los Angeles County is sending dozens of search-and-rescue crewmembers, along with six search dogs and three structural engineers
Nearly 100 Los Angeles County firefighters and structural engineers and a half-dozen specially trained dogs were sent to Turkey to help with rescue efforts
Crewmembers have endured nonstop days and received thanks while using “all of your skill set of everything that you’ve learned and prepared for”
Firefighters rescued L.A. motorists, and the weather service warned that areas scarred by wildfires are at risk of mudslides
The Ventura County Fire Department crewmembers used a helicopter and a ladder to help the residents of an encampment
Flooding
Firefighters have searched for a missing child and conducted rescues
In Sonoma County, Occidental Volunteer Fire Chief Ronald Lunardi said a child believed to be under 2 years old died Wednesday night after a tree fell on a home
Firefighters at Buffalo’s Engine 4 firehouse assembled a small Christmas tree with lights and put toys under it for a Fla. girl, 5
Earthquake
The Rio Dell Fire Department was delayed in responding to some 60 calls because its garage doors were off the hinges and had to be pried open
Hurricane Ian
Fort Myers Beach Fire Chief Ronald Martin details the department’s planning, rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of disaster
Hurricane Ian
More than 300 people from multiple states joined the Fort Myers Beach mission, where they found human remains more than a week after the storm’s landfall
Submerged vehicles can experience thermal runaway if water leaks into the battery box
Charity
“People lost everything. Houses are all mud now. They’ve got to start from zero,” said Firefighter William Pagan, who has relatives in the U.S. territory
In Fort Myers Beach, Task Force 2 members search for survivors street by street
Five Task Forces, including search dogs and their handlers, have been activated for Hurricane Ian and deployed in or around Florida
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