Tag: first responders
Program preps La Verne for natural disasters
Approximately 30 people hoping to better understand how to handle emergency situations attended the Community Emergency Response Team course April 7 in the President’s Dining Room.
La Verne’s own respond to crises
The California wildfires, which destroyed more than 3,600 residences and killed 22 people, kept La Verne’s firefighters and paramedics busy as they supported other units in San Diego and San Bernardino Counties.
Letters to the Editor
No, we will never forget that it was the firemen, policemen and ordinary human beings who were and are the real heroes of Sept. 11.
Wrong heroes being recognized
It has been nearly six months since the tragedies of Sept. 11. And apparently, with the way the nation as a whole is acting, America is finally moving on.
Fire department visits Ground Zero
After raising nearly $150,000 for a New York firefighters fund to benefit widows and children of the World Trade Center collapse, members of the La Verne Fire Department traveled Nov. 16-19 to Ground Zero to deliver the money.