The new rules are in, and November 16th is the day that applications will open for the newly-expanded SAFER grants. The SAFER Grants can be used to rehire laid off fire fighters and birng back positions that have been left vacant due to the financial crisis.
Every year, California Professional Firefighters honors those who capture what it means to be a first responder. Send us your photos of heroism on the front lines and you could be one of our photo contest winners. Photos must be submitted by November 22, 2009.
If you're a firefighter, chances are you're exhausted at the end of the day. That's the conclusion of a new study conducted by the job-rating firm CareerCast.com. In it's annual Jobs Rated Report, the organization lists "firefighter" as the most demanding job in the US, ahead of surgeon, corporate executive and police officer.
In order to properly respond to terrorist attack, irefighters need to know what to expect. In pursuit of that realism, Roseville streets were transformed into the scene of a nightclub car-bomb attack, as video crews with FireStar Productions shot the scenario for a new Web-based version of CFFJAC's Terrorism Consequence Management.
More than 1,700 firefighters continue to make headway in the Sheep Fire, located in the San Gabriel Mountains. Calmer winds and colder temperatures helped aid firefighters Tuesday, as new record low temperatures were set in the region, specifically in Lake Arrowhead, Lancaster and LAX Airport. The fire is 75 percent contained and full containment is expected by Saturday.