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Newport's hot for (new) fire engines
It's out with the old and in with the new in 2011 for the Newport Beach Fire Department. The department recently put two new Pierce fire engines into frontline service, replacing two older models that had been at work for about 10 years. The new rigs...Tags: Fires, Vehicles, Newport Beach, Disasters and Accidents
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Fire department: Golfer sparks 12-acre blaze
Just how bad is the drought? Put it this way: Over the weekend a golfer accidentally chipped a rock, setting off a 12-acre blaze next to the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg McKeown said Monday. The good news...Tags: Fires, Golf, Disasters and Accidents, Sports, Water Restrictions
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Corona del Mar Today
Corona del Mar Car Show a 'huge success'
Amid dozens of rare and expensive automobiles on display lat weekend at the Coastline Car Classic at Big Corona State Beach, one vehicle had visitors contemplating selling their homes in order to afford the...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Vehicles, Disasters and Accidents, Health, Fires
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Fire marshal says goodbye
Newport Beach's fire marshal, Steve Bunting, is retiring after 31 years with the department.
Bunting's last day is today. He will be replaced by Battalion Chief Rob Gamble.
Bunting joined the department in May 1979 and previously worked as a...Tags: Newport Beach
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Homes fail safety standard
Looking out from his balcony, Ira Botnick pointed toward the green, trimmed slope below. "See?" the Hazel Drive resident said. "It's all cut back and it doesn't look bad, does it?" Botnick is one of hundreds of Corona del Mar residents whose homes...Tags: Standards, Science and Technology, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Smoke from U.P. wildfires smelled in northern lower Michigan
GAYLORD — Smelling smoke? It could be coming from the wildfires in the U.P., said Jeff Halblaub, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gaylord. The two fires — Duck Lake and Pine Creek — had reportedly spread to 21,100...
Tags: Weather, Memorial Day, Weather Reports
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U.S. attorney lobbies against limits on wildfire liability
PolitiCalBenjamin Wagner, the U.S. attorney in Sacramento, has launched an unusual and intense lobbying effort to stop Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to limit legal liability for wildfires.... -
Gov. Jerry Brown seeks to cap wildfire liabilities in California
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown wants to limit the amount of money government agencies can recoup for battling wildfires and restoring damaged public lands. The proposal would prevent agencies from seeking payouts several times larger than the...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Forests, Natural Resource Industry, Lawyers, Jim Nielsen
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Crews battling large wildfires in U.P.
NEWBERRY, Mich. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula burned early Friday, consuming at least 9,500 acres, or nearly 15 square miles, and prompting evacuations as dry conditions aided the blaze, officials said. The...
Tags: Fires, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Disasters and Accidents, Forestry and Timber
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DNR: Wildfire danger 'very high'
With wildfire danger expected to be "very high" across northern Michigan this Memorial Day weekend, the Department of Natural Resources asks all residents and travelers in the region to be especially mindful of the weather and their own actions. Bill O'...
Tags: Memorial Day
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U.S. attorney blasts wildfire proposal
PolitiCalGov. Jerry Brown’s new budget proposal includes a provision that would limit legal liability for causing wildfires, a clause that the U.S. attorney in Sacramento on Thursday blasted as a “fairly cynical attempt” to benefit the powerful... -
Cal Fire is Best at Aerial Attacks
FOX40 NewsA dry winter means California is probably going to see a lot of wildfires this season. “So far we’ve had twice as many fires this year as last year and that may be a sign of what is to come,” said Cal Fire spokesperson Daniel Berlant....Tags: Memorial Day
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