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Alameda County — Pressure on Falck Northern California, the provider of emergency ambulance service for much of Alameda County, appears to be building in the wake of increasing emergency medical
City of Elmhurst Fire Department issued the following announcement on May 5. City of Elmhurst Fire Chief Tom Freeman has announced his retirement from the City of Elmhurst, effective April 30, 2021. Chief Freeman assumed his role as the City of Elmhurst Fire Chief on October 10, 2016. He brought over 44 years of experience and expertise in firefighting, coming to Elmhurst after serving as the fire chief for the Lisle-Woodridge Fire District for 22 years. He also served as a firefighter for the Village of Evergreen Park where he was promoted to several positions, eventually becoming Assistant ...
Satterell Singh in the Community Garden in Oakland’s Fairfax neighborhood. Photo by Wanda Ravernell. Satterell Singh is looking forward to the day the water system he is creating at the Community Garden at Ygnacio and Congress in East Oakland is ready. Toting 5-gallon bottles from the back of his station wagon into the small lot across from Horace Mann Elementary School in the Fairfax neighborhood is wearing Singh out. “I’m invested in getting rid of this method,” quipped the son of an African American woman and a Punjabi immigrant who met in colle...
When Reginald Freeman came to Hartford in February of 2016 to become the the 37th chief of the Hartford Fire Department, he had no shortage of internal and external blazes to deal with. A little over two years before his hiring, firefighter Kevin Bell was killed in a house fire on Blue Hills Avenue. It was the department’s first line-of-duty death in 40 years. Outside investigations found that ...
“It has been an enormous privilege serving the residents and firefighters of Hartford over the last five years, and I will miss both very much,” said Freeman. “The men and women of the Hartford Fire Department do outstanding service for our community each and every day, and it has been a true honor to work alongside them." Assistant Chief Rodney Barco will serve as interim chief, the mayor's office announced. Barco has been a firefighter with the department for 25 years. "Hartford has been fortunate to have one of the best fire chiefs in the nation for the last five years, and it is bi...