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The Sacramento Regional Fire and EMS Communications Center, which dispatches crews from 10 fire departments across Sacramento County, received 1,465 emergency calls Thursday, a 45% increase from ...
PulsePoint is a 911-connected mobile app that allows users to view and receive live alerts of calls being responded to by fire departments and emergency medical services.The app aims to have bystanders trained in CPR help cardiac arrest victims before emergency crews arrive, which can increase their chance of survival.
Smoke from the fire was pronounced on the freeway’s southbound lanes as it crosses over the river. The freeway reopened to traffic, according to the CHP, around 5:15 p.m. The cause of the fire ...
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District is a member of California USAR Task Force 7 (CA TF-7), one of the eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state. [4] These USAR Task Forces, which were originally designed to respond to structural collapse caused by earthquakes, have evolved to be used at disasters and catastrophes, both ...
The Sacramento River watershed is home to about 2.8 million people; more than two-thirds live within the Sacramento metropolitan area. [15] Other important cities are Chico, Redding, Davis and Woodland. The Sacramento River watershed covers all or most of Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Plumas, Yuba, Sutter, Lake and Yolo Counties.
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The ruggedness of the area tends to ensure its isolation from human activity. In 2006 the United States Congress designated 27,245 acres (110 km 2) of the area as the federally protected Cache Creek Wilderness. Cache Creek Conservancy [22] has restored a 130-acre Cache Creek Nature Preserve area downstream in the watershed.
A fence smolders after a fast-moving grass fire burned Sunday, June 16, 2024, in an area of southeast Sacramento County. The Excelsior Fire burned more than 800 acres and destroyed at least two ...