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Arcadia Fire Department has acquired a thermal imaging camera. It picks up heat to help locate persons who may be unconscious or hiding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29141
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Thermal Imaging Camera
Equipment
Firefighting
Item ID
29326AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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With a combined donation of $1500, Arcadia Rotary and Santa Rosa Rotary helped provide a 22-year-old fire truck to the city of Santa Cruz del Quiche in Guatemala.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30727
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2002
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2002
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary
Fire trucks
Guatemala
Service clubs
Item ID
30915AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Investigators have concluded that the failure of a pump on a fire engine was likely caused by a mechanical and/or design defect. The failure occurred on July 4 at a car accident scene where David Contreras died. Chief Dave Lugo may pursue litigation with manufacturer Kovatch Mobile Fire Apparatus. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8 and Arcadia Weekly, July 18, 2002, p. 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30660
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Contreras, David
Fire engines
Fire equipment
Kovatch Mobile Fire Apparatus
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
30848AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's new fire chief David R. Lugo, Jr., runs the fire department with a budget of $7.2 million and a staff of 58.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30346
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Fire chief
Lugo, David R., Jr. - biography
Item ID
30532AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Automated external defibrillators have been installed on fire units.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30514
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Defibrillators
Fire engines
Fire trucks
Item ID
30701AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council has agreed to create new positions for deputy fire chief and fire division chief in the fire department. The salary range is $93,000-116,000 for the deputy fire chief and $85,000-105,000 for the fire division chief.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30677
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Jobs
Salaries
Item ID
30865AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Insurance Services Office (ISO) recently evaluated the Arcadia Fire Department and reconfirmed its designation as a "Class 1" department. This is the second time Arcadia has been so honored. Only 41 fire agencies in the country have this elite distinction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29526
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department - 2001-2010
Awards-honors-recognitions
Insurance Services Office (ISO)
Item ID
29710AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City Council has authorized the Arcadia Fire Department to issue citations for violations of the Uniform Fire Code. Mayor Gail Marshall honored William Barton and Arly Barton as citizens of the month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30581
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Awards - honors - recognitions
Barton, Arly
Barton, William
Uniform Fire Code
Item ID
30769AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A group of Arcadia firefighters who had gone to New York City to help after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were so profoundly affected that they organized a fundraiser to benefit widows and orphans of the New York Fire Department and Arcadia Fire Department. Those who went were Captain Hutcheson, Captain Trabbie, John Beveridge, Craig Stogner, Cody Cerwin and paramedic Mike MacGregor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30614
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department - 2001-2010
Firefighters
Fundraisers
New York Fire Department
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
30802AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An industrial fire at Altos Tire Company, on Longden Avenue, in Irwindale, near Monrovia and Arcadia, burned for more than 3 hours. Arcadia Fire Department and Monrovia Fire Department assisted. Arcadia firefighter Don Smith (photo) from Station 105, battles the fire atop one of the company's largest ladders.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33298
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 26, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 26, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Altos Tire Company
Fires
Smith, Don
Item ID
33495AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The city has taken a second pumper truck out of service following a July 4 incident in which a water pump failed to engage on a fire truck. The two engines that malfunctioned were bought from Kovatch Mobile Equipment Fire Apparatus. David Contreras died in the July 4 incident. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30483
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Contreras, David
Fire engines
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
30670AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Effort underway by Arcadia resident and environmentalist Cameron Stone to save historic Adams Pack Station after Bobcat Fire destroyed 15 of the 100-year-old cabins in Big Santa Anita Canyon above Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35853
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Adams Pack Station
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Stone, Cameron
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Arcadia Fire Chief Pete Bonano has resigned to become fire chief for the city of Beverly Hills. January 1, 2002 will be his last day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33412
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department-Fire Chiefs
Bonano, Pete
Item ID
33608AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council members got to inspect an Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms investigation truck housed in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30625
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
Arcadia Fire Department
San Gabriel Valley Arson Task Force
Item ID
30812AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A fire believed to have been started by a downed power line caused an estimated $1 million in the 100 block of West Norman Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30392
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Disasters
Fires
Item ID
30579AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A brush fire caused by a suspected arsonist broke out at 1:42 PM in the Santa Anita Canyon right on the Sierra Madre and Arcadia border last Monday. Flames reached within 100 feet of homes in Arcadia, but no structural damage was reported.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30510
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Item ID
30697AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Chinese Association (ACA) Donates PPE to Local Hospitals & First Responders

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35704
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 23, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 23, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Chinese Association (ACA)
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Epidemics
Pandemics
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia has new fire chief--David R. Lugo, 49, from Rancho Cucamonga.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33219
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Chiefs
Lugo, David R. (biography)
Item ID
33416AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Ortco Company has been awarded a contract for $81,260.50 to replace and rehabilitate playground equipment at Newcastle Park and Camino Grove Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31583
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Ortco Company
Parks
Playground equipment
Item ID
31779AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council has voted to request that the Board of Supervisors designate Arcadia fire stations as Safe Surrender sites for newborn babies 72 hours old or younger.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31522
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Arcadia fire stations
Safe havens
Safe surrender
Item ID
31718AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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