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Preparing for what they hope will never happen. First responders participated in a full-scale training exercise at Redding Regional Airport on Wednesday, March 29. The Federal Aviation Administration requires it every three years. The call came in a little after 10 a.m.: a 76-passenger plane crashed at Redding Regional Airport.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2023 2:20:00 AM - SOURCE: KRCR-TV ABC 7 Redding

First responders transported eight patients to Marian Medical, including two firefighters, following a major injury crash on Highway 101 according to Santa Barbara County Fire. County fire spokesperson Scott Safechuck said the two firefighters are awake and talking at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital as of 8:18 a.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 3:58:28 PM - SOURCE: KEYT-TV ABC 3 Santa Barbara

There is growing pushback against a lawsuit that could change how the Forest Service fights fires from the air. A nonprofit environmental group is trying to stop the Forest Service from dropping retardant into water. They argue that under the Clean Water Act, it is illegal to drop pollutants into water without a permit.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

Only 12% of National Forest firefighters are women. However, thanks to one national program, the Yurok Fire Department is hoping to change that. Through the national park service’s "Women in Fire" program and the Redwood National Park, the Yurok Fire Department was provided $100,000 to train four Yurok women to become firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2023 2:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRCR-TV ABC 7 Redding

A fire at an encampment between the Northbound 101 Freeway and the Cabrillo exit caused the temporary closure of the exit in Santa Barbara on Tuesday night. A plume of thick black smoke could be seen near the freeway around 6 p.m. Santa Barbara Police detained a man as firefighters put the fire out.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 7:36:43 AM - SOURCE: KEYT-TV ABC 3 Santa Barbara

It has officially been one year since Kristin Crowley was sworn in as the 19th fire chief in Los Angeles Fire Department history, becoming the first female to hold the position. Since then — and busier than ever before — she looks back on her time on the job thus far fondly. "It's been such an amazing journey," she said during a one-on-one interview with KCAL News's Joy Benedict.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles

"NFPA’s process is the gold standard for standards development and involves a proven, consensus-based approach," said Vice President Lorraine Carli

The two told Santa Fe County sheriff's deputies they heard gunshots, saw a man chasing them as they fled and saw what looked like a bullet hit the ground nearby

Demoted Assistant Chief Joe Jardin was going to be the hearing officer

One patient had to be extricated from beneath a vehicle; both were transported to a medical center

A Santa Barbara County captain is in serious but stable condition in an ICU; an engineer has been released from the hospital

Under the measure, public safety leaders could classify first responder suicides as LODDs, and victims' families would be eligible for a $100,000 benefit