Fire

Los Alamos Firefighters Going Bald in Fight to Cure Childhood Cancers

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Firefighters and  family members turned out to participate and support each other at last year’s charitable head shaving event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes, left, and several of the many firefighter shavees from last year’s event lined up at Station 3. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

For the second year in a row, Los Alamos firefighters will have their head shaved to raise critical funds for childhood cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. This inspirational event runs
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Watershed Rx Burn Three Miles East/Northeast of Santa Fe Underway

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SFNF News:

Fire managers are burning 35 acres of slash piles today in the Santa Fe watershed, approximately three miles east/northeast of Santa Fe. 

Ignition started at 9:30 this morning and operations are going well. Eighteen firefighters are on site to assist with the burn and to monitor smoke. The purpose of this prescribed fire is to reduce forest fuels, enhance watershed protection and promote forest health.

Smoke will be visible from Santa Fe, Tesuque, Highway I-25, as well as U.S. 84/285. Smoke impacts may occur in the upper Canyon Road area this evening.

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Los Alamos Firefighters Extinguish Chimney Fire

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Deputy Chief Justin Grider
 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos firefighters doused a chimney fire that ignited late this afternoon at a home in the 2300 block of 35th Street.

“We had multiple reports of heavy smoke in the area at about 5 p.m., and when crews arrived, they saw that a chimney was on fire,” Deputy Chief Justin Grider said. “Our firefighters were able to extinguish the fire before it spread to the rest of the house.”

Grider praised residents for calling in the smoke, which enabled firefighters to save the home. The homeowner was home at the

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New Beginnings Rebuilds After July 4, 2012 Fire

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Lanessa Amburgey, left, and Shelly Jankowski at work Saturday putting finishing touches on the main lobby of the New Beginnings Fellowship Church. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The new auditorium in which services are being held at 10 a.m. Sundays. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Members of the New Beginnings Fellowship Church, 112 East Road were busy Saturday putting finishing touches on the rebuilt church destroyed in a July 4, 2012 fire.

The inside of the New Beginnings Fellowship Church following the July 4, 2012 fire. File photo

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Upcoming Santa Fe National Forest Prescribed Burns

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Prescribed burn illustration. Courtesy photo

SFNF News:

SANTA FE—Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest plan to conduct several prescribed fires across the forest over the next few weeks to reduce hazardous fuels, provide community protection, and restore forest health.

The start dates and duration of the burns are subject to change depending on favorable conditions. Through hand ignition firefighters will burn slash piles and conduct broadcast burns (burning surface fuels in a mosaic pattern.) Smoke may be visible intermittently through the coming weeks.

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Los Alamos News Highlights For 2013

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Los Alamos County Council Chair Geoff Rodgers and Councilors dedicate the new building as community members look on. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Municipal Building Dedication: Community members turned out as former and current County officials cut the ribbon on the new Los Alamos County Municipal Building June 28 at 1000 Central Ave. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com https://ladailypost.comcontent/ribbons-cut-los-alamos-municipal-building https://ladailypost.comcontent/community-invited-municipal-building-grand-opening-and-tours-june-28 Read More

Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes Earns Prestigious International Chief Fire Officer Designation

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Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes has successfully completed the process that awards him the professional designation of “Chief Fire Officer” (CFO.)

The Commission on Professional Credentialing (CPC) met Dec. 3 to officially confer the designation upon Hughes. He is one of only 944 CFOs worldwide. 

The CPC awards the CFO designation only after an individual successfully meets all of the organization’s stringent criteria. The process includes an assessment of the applicant’s education, experience, professional development, technical Read More

Los Alamos Fire Captain Receives Scholarship from National Fallen Firefighters

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Fire Capt. Wendy Servey

LAFD News:

Los Alamos Fire Capt. Wendy Servey has been awarded a scholarship from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to attend the Tampa 2 Fire Safety Summit.  The scholarship will provide Servey with conference registration fees, airfare, and lodging, so that she may attend the summit March 10-12 in Tampa, Fla.

Servey was chosen from a field of more than 150 applicants. The scoring matrix for selection was determined via a 6,000 character essay submission related to the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives.  Scholarship applicants were asked Read More