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Allstar Fire Equipment Inc., located on Lower Azusa Road in Arcadia, sells firefighting equipment to fire departments throughout California. Joe Sposato, president of the company, is providing supplies to fight the Williams fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24536
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2002
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2002
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Fires
Allstar Fire Equipment Inc.
Sposato, Joe
Item ID
24726AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council has authorized the Arcadia Fire Department to spend $184,682 to buy an urban search and rescue truck and $64,408 on 100 ballistic vests for the Arcadia Police Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31627
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department - equipment - search and rescue truck
Arcadia Police Department - equipment - bullet proof vests
Item ID
31824AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia firefighters help with preventive measures near the Cleveland National Forest in fire-ravaged Silverado Canyon. A photo and caption accompany article about wildfires in California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30763
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Firefighters
Fires
Item ID
30951AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Chalfant has voided a $30 million contract that Los Angeles County awarded to L.N. Curtis and Sons for fire equipment. Arcadia-based Allstar Fire Equipment sued the city and county of Los Angeles, claiming the selection process used to award the contract was improperly handled and the judge agreed. The actual funding for the contract came from the federal Department of Homeland Security. The judge's orders require the county to either restart the bidding process or re-evaluate all the bids properly.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31262
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Allstar Fire Equipment
Business and Industry
Chalfant, James
Fire equipment
Lawsuits
L.N. Curtis and Sons
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Item ID
31457AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Local firefighters including battalion chief Dave Haney from Arcadia Fire Department help out at brush fires in the San Diego area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30760
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Firefighters
Fires
Haney, Dave
Item ID
30948AN
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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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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A $30 million plan to provide standardized breathing equipment for every fire department in Los Angeles County has been suspended after a lawsuit alleged the contract process was mishandled and firefighters complained about the quality of the equipment. Arcadia-based Allstar Fire Equipment is suing the city and county of Los Angeles, contending the contract process was improperly handled in a manner that ignored firefighter input and unfairly favored the winning bidder, L.N. Curtis and sons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31253
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Allstar Fire Equipment
Business and Industry
Lawsuits
L.N. Curtis and Sons
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Item ID
31448AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pasadena Fire Department officials spent more than $320,000 to purchase breathing apparatus from distributor L.N. Curtis and Sons, which is at the center of a lawsuit filed by rival equipment company, Arcadia-based Allstar Fire Equipment against the city and county of Los Angeles. 57 self contained breathing apparatus remain unused at Pasadena Fire Station 34 pending a judge's ruling next month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31272
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Allstar Fire Equipment
Lawsuits
L.N. Curtis and Sons
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles County
Pasadena Fire Department
Item ID
31467AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia first responders help in deadly California fires, due to Mutual Aid agreements. Arcadia police have been helping with the Woolsey Fire in Malibu while Engine 105 of the Arcadia Fire Department was deployed to help in Ventura County.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35329
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia firefighters
Item ID
35519AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Fire Captain Thomas Devlin returns home from Grossman Burn Unit and is recovering well. He is a 20 year veteran of Arcadia Fire Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34421
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 14, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 14, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department--Firefighters
Devlin, Dylan
Devlin, Thomas
Item ID
34613AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Fire Department gets help from Holy Angels School students, collecting stuffed animals to comfort children, on future fire calls.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33212
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
February 14, 2008
Pages
p. 30
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
February 14, 2008
Pages
p. 30
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Bakey, Stan
Item ID
33409AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A profile of Pete Bonano who has been hired as the new fire chief.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26962
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 1, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 1, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bonano, Pete
Fire Department
Item ID
27161AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Night photo of three firemen by Arcadia Fire Department truck surveying a mountain fire north of Arcadia. Standing up on the truck is Jerry Broadwell, killed several years later in a commercial building fire in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1102
Date
1966 or 1967
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  1 image

Date
1966 or 1967
Subjects
Fire Department
Broadwell, Jerry
Physical Description
6x6 b&w
ID
1093
Collection
Photographs
Images
thumbnail
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Two local fire safe councils, the Sierra Madre and Big Santa Anita councils, each received $1000 of a grant from Farmers Insurance Group. The grant will help residents protect their homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31030
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fire safety
Fires
Grants
Item ID
31225AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia firefighters raise funds to help fight pediatric cancer. Arcadia firefighters have been involved with Saint Baldrick's Foundation for over 15 years, said Arcadia Fire Chief Chen Suen. Arcadia firefighters are shown in photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36658
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2024
Pages
p. 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2024
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Arcadia firefighters
Cancer
Fundraisers
Suen, Chen
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A profile on Ken Lavoie, who has been appointed the new Fire Chief, replacing retired Chief Gerald Gardner.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25772
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fire Department
Lavoie, Ken
Gardner, Gerald
Item ID
25972AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Fire Department received Fire Engine No. 343 from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES). The number is significant and it has been specially dedicated by the state to the memory of the 343 New York City firefighters who died on September 11, 2001.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31203
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Fire engines - fire trucks
Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES)
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
31398AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Seven firefighters were injured in Arcadia house fire on White Oak Drive. The Arcadia Fire Department (AFD) required assistance from Monrovia, Sierra Madre, El Monte, and Los Angeles County. Six from AFD were treated at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. The seventh firefighter, from Sierra Madre Fire Department, remained hospitalized in stable condition at St. Luke's Hospital in Pasadena. The house sustained extensive loss. Nearby residents wondered if the AFD needed so much help from outside fire departments because of recent cuts to the AFD.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32742
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Fires
Lavoie, Ken (Arcadia Fire Chief)
Item ID
32939AN
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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