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CERT Members From Across LA County Compete for Top Honors at 4th Annual #CERT Invitational


Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Members From Across
Los Angeles County Compete for Top Honors at 4th Annual CERT Invitational

 The 4th Annual CERT Invitational brings together CERT teams of 6 to 10 local resident members each to test their skills in an atmosphere beyond that of a traditional refresher course. Experienced CERT instructors and local fire service first responders will serve as evaluators at each of six individual skill stations during the competition. The CERT program is modeled under the framework of neighbors helping neighbors in the time of crisis. 

WHO: CERT program teams of 6 to 10 members each.

WHAT: The CERT members will compete in six separate first response categories to test their skill levels. CERT members are local residents who have taken courses to become certified first responder assistants during major disasters and emergency situations.

WHEN: Saturday, September 28, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Los Angeles County Fire Department
Del Valle Training Center
28101 Chiquito Canyon Road
Castaic, CA 91384
TB Map Page 4459-C7

VISUALS: C.E.R.T. teams engaging in search and rescue, medical triage, cribbing, medical treatment, fire suppression, and command and control iterations at six skill stations.
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NO #LACSD Press Release Issued As 2 off-duty drunken LA County Cops Draw Guns On Each Other At Campground. #CaLaw

Rival campers who opened fire on each other at campground turns out that the rival gun-toting campers were both Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies

An apparent booze-fueled dispute over loud music between two groups at a Chino campground over the weekend escalated to the point where men from both sides drew guns and opened fire.


No one was hurt, but the two alleged gunmen have plenty to explain.
 Feuding L.A. County deputies, both off duty camping at Prado Regional Park, apparently didn't know they were colleagues.

Authorities suspect the off-duty cops learned they were colleagues only after their campground showdown.
Chino police officers were called to Prado Regional Park early Sunday morning. They arrested the deputies — Dejay Barber, 44, and Matthew Rincon, 24 — on suspicion of negligent discharge of a firearm.
Chino police Lt. Wes Simmons, when asked if he'd ever come across a similar scene, couldn't stifle a chuckle: "That's not fair for you to ask me that," he said, before acknowledging that he hadn't.
Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said both deputies have been relieved of duty with pay. He said the men brandished their guns in a "threatening manner."
They did not fire at each other, he said, but into the air.
"Alcohol is suspected," Whitmore said. "This is gross negligence."
It's unclear if there were other campers nearby when the off-duty deputies began shooting. Multiple rounds were fired.
"I don't know how many, but more than one," Whitmore said.
Whitmore said the department is taking the latest incident seriously.
One of the deputies works in the county courts, Whitmore said, and the other in the department's transit services division. The criminal investigation will be handled by the Chino police.

Both were arrested and transported to the Chino Police Department and released to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department.
No press release was issued about the campground gunfire. The Times learned of the incident through a source.

If you have any information about this incident, you're urged to contact the Chino Police Department at (909) 628-1234.
Prado Regional Park is a recreational park facility located in the Chino Valley basin where San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles Counties connect.  The name Prado is derived from California’s early Spanish days when the countryside was known as a “prado” or meadow.   

Dejay Barber, 44, and Matthew Rincon, 24 did not realize the other was an officer until after the argument.

A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said "alcohol is suspected" to have been a factor when two off-duty deputies allegedly fired their guns during a dispute over loud music at a campground this past weekend.
The deputies — Dejay Barber, 44, and Matthew Rincon, 24 — were arrested on suspicion of negligent discharge of a firearm after Chino police officers were called to Prado Regional Park early Sunday morning.
Authorities suspect that the off-duty deputies learned they were colleagues only after their campground showdown.
Both deputies have been relieved of duty with pay.
Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said Monday that the men allegedly brandished their guns in a "threatening manner." They did not fire at each other, he said, but into the air.
"Alcohol is suspected," Whitmore said. "This is gross negligence."
It's unclear if there were other campers nearby when the off-duty deputies began shooting, officials said, but multiple rounds were fired.
"I don't know how many, but more than one," Whitmore said.
One of the deputies works in the county courts, Whitmore said, and the other is in the department's transit services division. The criminal investigation will be handled by Chino police, he said.
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Los Angeles County Firefighters Fundraiser for 13 year old Bernadette Ayala to purchase adaptive tricycle #CaFireNews

 County of Los Angeles

Fire Department


MEDIA ADVISORY
FIRE CAPTAIN TOM RICHARDS

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER (323) 881-2411

Date:  August 9, 2013
FIRE CHIEF DARYL L. OSBY
1320 N. Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, CA   90063

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                   
                                                                                                  
Fundraiser for Bernadette Ayala

On October 9, 1999, Los Angeles County Firefighters responded to a call in the City of Pomona and found a young woman only 20 weeks pregnant who was preparing to give birth.  Firefighters quickly intervened with the delivery and began CPR on the delivered baby. They continued CPR while transporting the baby, Bernadette, to a hospital.

Bernadette is now 13 years old and is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and a fundraiser is scheduled in the City of Pomona to help raise funds to buy her an adaptive tricycle. The fundraiser serves as a reunion and thank you to the three Los Angeles County firefighters who delivered Bernadette and helped to save her life. 

WHO:             The Ayala Family; The 1999 Responding Fire Captain Shawn Youngman, Fire Captain Jim Golondzinier, and Fire Fighter Specialist David McKibbin.

WHAT:           Fundraising reunion event.
                                   
WHEN:          Saturday, August 10, 2013, beginning at 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
                        (Presentation to firefighters is at 4:00 p.m.)

WHERE:       American Legion Post #30
239 East Holt Avenue
Pomona, CA 91766
o                                                                   (909) 620-0943
                       
CONTACT:   Gloria Noriega (909) 969-1112 or Leticia Pacillas (213) 247-4793

VISUALS:     A token of appreciation will be presented to the three firefighters.

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Bee Fire CA-ANF-003796 Santa Clarita Los Angeles County 100 acres 25% containment RROS #CaFire

Bee Fire CA-ANF-003796 Santa Clarita Los Angeles County

Evacuations: Firefighters are establishing trigger points in the event evacuations are needed as a precaution.
Road Closures: CHP has placed a hard closure in place for San Francisquito Canyon between Santa Clarita Valley Rd. and Antelope Valley.

Approximate Location

34.567 latitude, -118.473 longitude 
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Terrain


Update 8-10 0900: 100 acres, 25% contained. Total Personnel 150
Update 2000: 80 acres, Firefighters are aggressively working to hold fire at the roadway and prevent from reaching into the Green Valley area. 
Update 1830:  AA ordered 3 more AT's

Location: San Francisquito Canyon Rd / Stator Ln
ICP: LA County Fire Camp #14 35100 San Francisquito Canyon Rd. Saugus, CA 91350 Incident is in unified command Angeles National Forest and Los Angeles County Fire.
Reported Date/time: 8-9 17:20
IA: 4 acres wildfire near San Francisquito Canyon, rapid rate of spread with heavy smoke showing. Running uphill in medium fuel. Light wind N / NE. Second alarm with structures threatened. B6 requesting 2nd alarm. Unified command w/ANF at LAC camp 14.
ROS: Rapid rate of spread
ROC:60 acres, 0% containment,  Fire is burning in grass and brush.
Fuels: Medium brush
Structure Threats: Structures threatened with structure protection in place. 
Concerns: Electrical transmission lines in the vicinity of the fire. 
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Radio Frequencies: C-B12, A-Forest Net T14, PTAC- NIFC T1, STAC V-11D, A/G- FS RGN 5, Victor Freq 135.975
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