IAFF Local 525

MEDIA RELEASE Apartment Fire SANTA BARBARA, CA – 12/31/11 Santa Barbara City Firefighters responded to an apartment fire located in the 500 block of West Cannon Perdido at approximately 2:17 on December 31, 2011. Engines 1, 6, 5, Truck 1 and the on duty Battalion Chief all responded to the call.

Quarantina Fire Fatality

Press Release, Quarantina Fire by Santa Barbara City Fire Department Information on Friday, November 18, 2011 at 1:44pm MEDIA RELEASE Structure Fire with Fatality SANTA BARBARA, CA – November 18, 2011 The Santa Barbara City Fire Department responded to a report of structure fire in the lower east side of Santa Barbara last night. Initial reports placed the fire on Calle Cesar Chavez. Fire apparatus arrived to find a fire burning on Quarantina Street just south of Kimball Street (official address later ascertained to be 2 South Quarantina Street).

Water Rescue Stearns Wharf

Water Rescue Stearns Wharf SANTA BARBARA, CA – 10/27/2011 – RE: SBFD Incident 11-7808 At 2:15 pm on October 27, 2011 Santa Barbara police dispatch received a 911 telephone call for a reported water rescue for a subject who had fallen off the end of Stearns Wharf.

Highway 101 Auto Extrication

SANTA BARBARA, CA – 10/4/2011 – RE: SBFD Incident 11-7220 This morning at 06:44 hours, Santa Barbara City Fire, CHP and AMR ambulance responded to a reported traffic accident with injuries. The incident was first reported as 101 southbound south of Mission Street. The incident location was corrected to 101 SB south of La Cumbre Road.

Byrne, Falcone, Schwartz win Santa Barbara public safety support for city election By ELISE CLEMENTS -- SEPT. 1, 2011 Santa Barbara’s most powerful public safety unions on Wednesday announced their support for Sharon Byrne, Iya Falcone and Deborah Schwartz in the November City Council election.