Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 911 terrorist attack. At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six minutes later, the first contingent of New York City firefighters—two ladder and two engine companies—had arrived at the stricken building. They had just begun to climb a stairwell in an effort to reach people trapped on the upper floors, when another hijacked airliner, United Airlines Flight 175, at 9:03 a.m. struck the south tower. The 9/11 attacks not only became the single deadliest Read More
Fire
On The Job In Los Alamos: LAFD Cadets At Training Station
On the job in Los Alamos recently are members of the new academy of cadets in training at the Los Alamos Fire Department training station on DP Road. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
LAFD cadets in training are learning effective techniques to force open locked doors recently at the LAFD training station on DP Road. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Marisol Padilla At LAFD
On the job in Los Alamos recently is Los Alamos Fire Department Management Analyst Marisol Padilla in her office at the LAFD Administration Building at 999 Central Ave. Padilla has worked at LAFD since 2012. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Police/Fire Respond Quickly To Teens Behaving Dangerously
Los Alamos police, firefighters and paramedics respond quickly to reports of teens singeing each other’s hair with cigarette lighters while riding on an Atomic City Transit Bus late Tuesday afternoon along Central Avenue. Police told the Los Alamos Daily Post that none of the teens were seriously hurt. The teens had some explaining to do when meeting with their parents after this incident. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost
Scene of Los Alamos police, firefighters and paramedics responding to reports of teens singeing each other’s hair while riding on an Atomic City Transit Bus late Tuesday Read More
Two In Head-On Collision On Main Hill Transported To LAMC
The scene early this afternoon of police officers near the site of a head-on collision that occurred at about noon today on the Main Hill Road at East Gate. Police told the Los Alamos Daily Post that two people involved in the collision were transported to Los Alamos Medical Center with what appear to be non-life threatening injuries. The Mail Hill Road has re-opened to traffic. The cause of the collision is under investigation. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Wildfire Preparedness Is Year-Round: Give Firefighters A Break! Stop Fires Before They Start!
SFNF News:
SANTA FE — Although much of New Mexico continues to receive monsoonal moisture, other western states are battling historic wildfires under drought conditions.
While maintaining our own wildfire response readiness, New Mexico fire resources are supporting the national effort. With the national wildland preparedness level at 5, the highest level, the 2021 fire season has the potential to exhaust national wildland firefighting resources.
Now is not the time to let our guard down in New Mexico. Despite the recent rain, conditions can change quickly with the warm, dry weather typical Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Division Chief Todd Forsythe
On the job in Los Alamos recently is Division Chief Todd Forsythe working in his office at the Los Alamos Fire Administration Building on Central Avenue. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Cordova And Servey At LAFD
On the job in Los Alamos recently are Driver Engineer Colorado Cordova, left, who also is a fire investigator and fire inspector, working on some plans with LAFD Division Chief Wendy Servey recently at the Los Alamos Fire Administration Building on Central Avenue. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes From Smokey Haze Blanketing Los Alamos
Hazy smoke fills the sky as the sun begins to set as viewed today from Canyon Road. The hazy sky in the Los Alamos area comes from smoke blowing in from wildfires burning around New Mexico and Arizona. Visit the New Mexico Environment Department website for tips to protect heath: Link. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
View of the smoky haze early this evening heading east on the Main Hill Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
View of the sun rising this morning in a hazy sky over White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes From BCSO Air Support Team Training With LAFD
Members of the BCSO Air Support Team and Los Alamos Firefighters training together Thursday at Station 3 in White Rock gather for a group photo. Photo by Jim Bergauer
Refitted hoist for rescue operations. Photo by Jim Bergauer
LAFD members moving away from rotating blades after flight. Photo by Jim Bergauer
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Team members from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) Metropolitan Air Support Unit were in town Thursday to train with Los Alamos firefighters at Station 3 on N.M. 4 in White Rock.
BCSO Air Support Unit team members Read More