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The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department ( SDFD) is the full-service fire department of San Diego, California. [ 2] It was established on August 5, 1889. The department responds to over 183,000 calls per year. [ 2] It covers 343 square miles of service area, including 17 miles of coastline.
The Cedar Fire was a massive, highly-destructive wildfire, which burned 273,246 acres (1,106 km 2) of land in San Diego County, California, during October and November 2003. [ 2][ 3] The fire's rapid growth was driven by the Santa Ana wind, causing the fire to spread at a rate of 3,600 acres (15 km 2) per hour. [ 2]
A FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force ( US&R Task Force) is a team of individuals specializing in urban search and rescue, disaster recovery, and emergency triage and medicine. The teams are deployed to emergency and disaster sites within six hours of notification. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) created the Task Force ...
A man who got trapped in a narrow hole after slipping and falling in the Sunset Cliffs area of San Diego County, California was freed Friday after a rescue mission that took over 15 hours.
PulsePoint is a 911-connected mobile app that allows users to view and receive alerts on calls being responded to by fire departments and emergency medical services. The app's main feature, and where its name comes from, is that it sends alerts to users at the same time that dispatchers are sending the call to emergency crews. [ 3]
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Oakland Fire Department. A 25-year old firefighter believed to have drowned at a San Diego-area beach Thursday has been identified as Caeden Laffan was a Sacramento native. Laffan, a 2017 graduate ...
Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 8. Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 8 or CA-TF8 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in San Diego, California. CA-TF8 is sponsored by the San Diego Fire Department. [1]