Fire/Police Department News
Citizen Superheroes Now Equipped with Android Devices: Lifesaving app now available in the Android Market
The PulsePoint Foundation is proud to announce the release of the Android version of its life‐saving mobile app that crowd‐sources Good Samaritans to events where the potential need for bystander C...
Jan 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Family Saved by Smoke Alarms in Residential Structure Fire 900 block of Walnut St., Martinez
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded to a fire in a two story single family dwelling at 3:55am this morning in the 900 block of Walnut Street in Martinez. The first fire engi...
Jan 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fire Chief Richard Price Joins the Hospital Governing Board at San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon Regional Medical Center announced recently that San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District Chief Richard Price has been appointed as a member of its Hospital Governing Board. Kulveen Sach...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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High Rise Training Evolutions Doctors Medical Center – San Pablo
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District will be conducting a series of high rise fire training evolutions at the Doctors Medical Center on Vale Road in San Pablo next week. The training e...
Jan 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Teens Arrested in Christmas Eve Robbery
Danville Police arrested a pair of teenagers in connection with the Christmas Eve robbery of a Danville youth. Police Chief Steve Simpkins said the incident occurred at 10:15 p.m. on December 24, 2...
Jan 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Serial Arsonist Arrest Pittsburg, Antioch, and Bay Point areas
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Fire Investigators, assisted by the Pittsburg Police Department, arrested arson suspect, Thomas Hartman, 53 years old, from Pittsburg late Thursday afte...
Dec 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fire Sprinklers Control Fire in Commercial Building 1200 block of Montego Way, Walnut Creek
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded to a fire in a two story commercial office building in the 1200 block of Montego Way in Walnut Creek at approximately 1:00am on December 1...
Dec 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Increase in Chimney Fires Cause for Concern
San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District would like to remind residents that many of our favorite cold weather traditions can put our homes and families at risk for fire. Over the past three year...
Dec 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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RETIRED FIRE CHIEF FIRED UP ABOUT BOARD PRESIDENCY
Retired Oakland Fire Department Battalion Fire Chief John McPartland is the new BART Board President, an opportunity he says he’s fired up about as he aims to tackle challenges ranging from earthqu...
Dec 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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San Ramon Valley Fire Code Official, Roy Wendel Appointed to the International Fire Code Development Committee
Roy Wendel, one of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District’s Code Compliance Officers, was recently appointed to the International Fire Code Development Committee. Wendel will represent the ...
Dec 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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