Sacramento CA | 20120410 California continues to meet or exceed key health objectives, including reducing the teen birth rate, decreasing infant mortality rate for all ethnic groups and lowering the death rate from all causes, including lung cancer, announced Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and state public...
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Los Angeles | Woman killed, man seriously injured when fire sweeps through garage converted into livingspace
12946 Sunburst Street, Pacoima | 20120404 A woman died and a man sustained injury, when a fast-moving fire swept through a Pacoima garage that had been converted to living quarters. Reported at 8:56 AM on Wednesday April 4, 2012 to the rear of 12946 Sunburst Street in Pacoima, the fire brought 34 members of...
California | Woman meets LAFD 911 dispatcher who helped save husband’s life
Eagle Rock CA | 20120402 On February 27, 2012, Deanna Brigidi-Stewart dialed 9-1-1 in extreme distress, after her 35-year-old husband suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Los Angeles Fire Department Firefighter/Dispatcher Al Camacho immediately calmed Mrs. Brigidi-Stewart, guiding her to focus on the situation at hand – initiating teamwork that ultimately saved her husband’s life:...
California | TB case reported at Mt Carmel High School in San Diego County
San Diego County | 19 March 2012 An individual at Mt. Carmel High School was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) and may have exposed students and staff to the disease, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) reported today. HHSA is working in close collaboration with the Poway Unified School District...
California | Emergency planning for developmentally disabled people
San Diego County | 9 March 2012 By definition, disasters are chaotic and frightening. Now imagine what it would look like to someone with autism, Alzheimer’s disease, or someone who is developmentally disabled. The goal of emergency planners is to make the experience more reassuring and less confusing for everyone. County and city emergency...
California | LA Fire Chief addresses 9-1-1 response times
Los Angeles | 13 March 2012 On March 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Cummings addressed LAFD’s 9-1-1 response times. “As we transitioned to our current Deployment in early 2011, we were also transitioning to a different methodology for calculating performance data. At every point in the process, we have...
BC, CA, OR, WA | West Coast leaders announce joint response to Japanese tsunami debris
Vancouver BC | 13 March 2012 The Premier of British Columbia and the governors of Oregon, Washington and California have announced that they will collaborate to manage potential marine debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan that may wash up along the West Coast. The leaders and representatives met at the...
California | Two killed, three critically injured in shooting followed by major emergency fire in Hollywood
517 North Harvard Boulevard | 17 Feb 2012 Gun-shots fired in a relatively quiet neighborhood today, resulted in multiple victims, a Major Emergency Structure Fire and two deaths. No Fire or Police were injured. At 12:41 PM on Thursday, February 16, 2012, LAPD Officers accompanied by Los Angeles Firefighters responded to a reported shooting...
California | Arrest of man alleged to be responsible for death of LA firefighter
Los Angeles | 21 Feb 2012 One day shy of the one year anniversary of the line of duty death of Los Angeles Firefighter Glenn L. Allen, an arrest and filing of charges against a suspect was made. The fatal fire occurred in the late evening of Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 1546 North Viewsite Drive in...
California | Oxy abusers turning to heroin in San Diego County
San Diego County | 21 Feb 2012 On the streets, an OxyContin tablet can cost as much as $80. The steep price may be driving Oxy abusers to turn to a much cheaper alternative: heroin. In the last five years, the number of heroin addicts at County-funded treatment centers increased by 57 percent. Heroin...
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