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The threat from within: How the coronavirus spread through San Jose\'s fire department
'); document.write('The virus did not creep toward San Jose firefighters. It lurked among them. It was March 6, a week after the country’s first community-transmitted COVID-19 case at a Vacaville hospital. Exposure to the virus remained largely linked to overseas travel. California’s case count had just scraped triple-digits. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2020 9:44:20 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times'); document.write('
Marin firefighters face dual burden of virus, fire season
'); document.write('After an unusually dry winter, Marin County fire officials fear that wildfire season could be complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, which threatens to put a major strain on resources. The Marin County Fire Department is planning for the possibility that a large chunk of its staff could become infected with the virus, said Chief Jason Weber. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2020 3:48:47 PM - SOURCE: Marin Independent Journal'); document.write('
Los Angeles County Fire Department Using Video Calls to Connect In-Field Patients with Nurses
'); document.write('A Los Angeles County Fire Department program is seeking to ease strained ER resources by allowing its workers to connect mildly-ill people with nurses via teleconference, officials announced Friday. Under the new Telemedicine Program, firefighters or paramedics who are treating a person with symptoms like a fever or bad cough can video call a nurse or nurse practitioner for evaluation rather than sending the patient to the emergency room. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2020 3:13:46 PM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles'); document.write('
Fresno will now require police officers, firefighters to wear face masks
'); document.write('\"If we lose people 1, 2, 10, 20, 30, boy that can really harm our emergency responses,\" said Fresno Fire Chief Kerri Donis. The city of Fresno is actively working to prevent that from happening. To protect the firefighters and police officers from the spread of COVID-19 they will now be required to wear face masks while on the job. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2020 1:44:39 AM - SOURCE: KFSN-TV ABC 30 Frenso/Visalia'); document.write('
Chopper Rescues 4 From Flooding Creek In Santa Paula
'); document.write('Four people who became trapped on an island in Santa Paula Creek amid rising floodwaters caused by heavy rainfall were lifted to safety early Monday morning by a helicopter. Sometime before 6:30 a.m., Ventura County Fire Department crews responded to an island in Santa Paula Creek, near the confluence of the Santa Ana River. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2020 8:25:58 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV 9 Los Angeles'); document.write('
Man and Woman found dead after fire at West Covina home
'); document.write('An investigation is underway after a man and woman were found dead in a home that was engulfed in flames early Friday morning, authorities said. The fire was reported about 1:45 a.m. in the 700 Block of N Broadmoor Avenue, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department news release. The flames were extinguished and both people inside the home were pronounced dead at the scene. - PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 5:54:19 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV WB 5 Los Angeles'); document.write('
Los Angeles County Fire Chief discusses new protocols, equipment for first responders
'); document.write('The Los Angeles County Fire Department has enacted new procedures and given out new equipment to its personnel in order to keep them and the public safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a social media live stream video, Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Daryl Osby said Fire Department personnel had completed new COVID-19 response training, and learned the new criteria for assessing patients. - PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 6:46:10 PM - SOURCE: Santa Clarita Valley Signal'); document.write('
San Francisco Man Arrested In Series Of Arson Fires
'); document.write('Police and arson investigators in San Francisco have arrested a man believed to be responsible for a series of fires in the city following a months-long investigation. San Francisco police said the department’s Arson Task Force began the investigation in November into a series of fires in the Northern Police District, which stretches from the Hayes Valley to the Marina District. - PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 2:47:32 PM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco'); document.write('
San Bernardino County Fire moves coronavirus management team to airport
'); document.write('The San Bernardino County Fire Department has tapped into its relationship with San Bernardino International Airport to relocate its coronavirus pandemic incident command team to a larger facility there. The team was formed on March 6 to make sure that every firefighting agency in the county had enough firefighters should some take ill, to distribute personal protective equipment and other supplies to those agencies and to strengthen communication. - PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 3:49:24 PM - SOURCE: San Bernardino County Sun'); document.write('
Chico Fire Department prepared for the virus, now and long term
'); document.write('One Northern California Fire Department is preparing for impacts of the coronavirus not just now ---but also long term. Chico Chief Steve Standridge says his team is ready to handle the virus but he isn\'t relying on outside resources to help. Standridge says if there was ever a major outbreak in the city it would look a lot like a wildfire response. - PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 9:52:24 AM - SOURCE: KHSL-TV CBS/CW+ 12 Chico'); document.write('
Sacramento-area fire crews launch mobile health support to help screen for COVID-19
'); document.write('Sacramento-area fire crews and public health officials are launching a new initiative to provide mobile health support to the community. “We’re essentially bridging the gap between emergency services and the hospital,” Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Capt. Scott Perryman told FOX40. Think of it as an urgent care center on wheels. - PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 6:36:16 PM - SOURCE: KTXL-TV Fox 40 Sacramento'); document.write('
Officials say RV likely cause of San Jose fire that displaced 16
'); document.write('Sixteen people were forced out of their homes early Thursday morning, after a fire damaged several homes in a central San Jose neighborhood. The fire started around 11 p.m. Wednesday near 7th and Julian streets. When firefighters arrived, they found a wall of flames along a fence that sits between two residential properties. - PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 6:42:24 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV Fox 2 Oakland'); document.write('