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Re: Sylmar Fire

Scanner Man — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:08:18 -0000

As editor of Cal Fire News Thanks for the link, My Cal Fire News Twitter feed is broken for now and I am too busy to fix it, any Twitter geeks want to help?
Bob
Editor Cal fire News

Re: Special treatment for Judge Motata

Scanner Man — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:01:46 -0000

Bobonit news exclusive:
Special treatment for former president of Peru in California.

The former president of Peru Alejandro Toledo was pulled over for drunken driving about 12:30A.M Wednesday morning in Menlo Park.
During traffic stop the officer immediately called in for code 1 cover and informed dispatch he was conducting a field sobriety test...He then told dispatch that his drunk
subject claimed to be the former President of Peru but had no
credentials to support this. After running the subject he found that
he also had no CDL and no mention of record as a former
diplomat...About ten minutes later he called in that he had taken the
subject in custody (10-15) for DUI....Just then the Watch Commander
got on the radio and asked for the officer to call him by cell
phone...A few minutes after this the officer called in to say that he
would be taking the prisoner to his residence to look for his
diplomatic credentials. About 20 minutes after this the officer called
dispatch and informed them that the subject had found his credentials
and was the former President of Peru. The Watch Commander then came on
and told the officer to just leave him at his residence and go back in
service...see rest of story at http://bobonit-news.blogspot.com/2007/03/former...

Re: Special treatment for Judge Motata

Scanner Man — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:01:46 -0000

Re: FF Justin Dunn dies in vehicle Accident

Scanner Man — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:14:04 -0000

LODD should be confirmed before going there...
2:15 AM in private vehicle...

Re: FF Justin Dunn dies in vehicle Accident

Scanner Man — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:41:04 -0000

I was not belittling the death, the headline and text has changed repeatably.
At first it was made to appear as a LODD which is much different.
It gets everybody across the country's attention, remember him as you may but a LODD deserves special recognition and you just can not make those up! They should be confirmed as such not made up!
I can find nothing anywhere to suggest this was a LODD, nor can I find the "Earlier reports" cited.

And No you should not call every FF death a LODD and change later....

My very sincere condolences to family, friends and coworkers...It is still a tragedy and the young man looks so much like my 20 year old FF/EMT son. It was a strike close to home for me...

Re: 2 More LODD’s today

Scanner Man — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:36:31 -0000

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Re: Malibu Neighborhood Fire Brigade Saves The Whole Block

Scanner Man — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:28:10 -0000

WOW take your meds! Arrested for what? Putting out fire on private property?
Actually I believe stay and defend is the trend of the future and is already being practiced in Australia, The embers and small spot fires is what causes most of the structure losses and if you can stay and put out the spots and misc burns you can save the house!
As proven lately firefighters can always use the help during a firestorm. If your able bodied, proper PPE, some tools and hose and common sense can save your house.
And God help anyone that tries to stop me from defending my property I have the right PPE and equipment and would be an asset not a hindrance...I would stay and defend if it can be defended(Clearance) Pre-wetting the house, boarding up windows and openings etc before taking refuge in the structure as the main fire burns by then emerging to tackle the numerous spots. The Dumb asses are people that expect others to protect them instead of protecting themselves.

Re: Don't Forget: Turn It Off

Scanner Man — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:20:20 -0000

Stations out in California have had the gas shutoff to the kitchen when the Bells ring for over thirty years and still do. And was it was integrated right into the CAD system in most LG stations as the modern systems came on board..reset(restore gas) button right in the kitchen

Re: "Friend" Beats Woman, Sets House On Fire, Dies

Scanner Man — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:27:40 -0000

I simply cannot understand why police are allowed to use military CS which always starts fires, seems it would be easy to make a gas dispenser that does not shoot flames out?
Poor lady loses a home too...

Re: Roof Safety Follow-Up

Scanner Man — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:49:45 -0000

He obviously misunderstood when the Chief said he wanted to see an "Aggressive attack on the fire"

the fact that the roof seems to be caving in with the fire below him probably might be a potential problem?...