Child nearly drowns; car ablaze in new center

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Arcadia Fire Department Weekly Report The Arcadia Fire Department responded to a variety of emergency calls during the week of May 5 through May 11, 2013. The following is a breakdown of incident types recorded for this time period: Incident Type / This Week / This Year Fires: 3 / 62 Explosions: 0 / 0 EMS/Rescues: 57 / 1212 Hazardous Materials: 5 / 49 Public Service Assistance: 5 / 94 Good Intent Calls: 10 … [Read more...]

Police chase ends in tree crash

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Arcadia Police Department Weekly Activity Report Calls for Service Formal Investigations April 28 to May 4 1,015 114 Total Year to Date for 2013 17,230 2,093 For the period of Sunday, April 28th, through Saturday, May 4th, the Police Department responded to 1,015 calls for service of which 114 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period. Sunday, … [Read more...]

Cars crash in front yard

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Arcadia Fire Department Weekly Report The Arcadia Fire Department responded to a variety of emergency calls during the week of April 21 through April 27, 2013. The following is a breakdown of incident types recorded for this time period: Incident Type / This Week / This Year Fires: 3 / 54 Explosions: 0 / 0 EMS/Rescues: 63 / 1090 Hazardous Materials: 2 / 43 Public Service Assistance: 8 / 88 Good Intent Calls: 9 … [Read more...]

Fatal hit-and-run driver sought

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On May 7, 2013 shortly before 8:00 p.m., the Arcadia Police department received a series of 9-11 calls reference a traffic collision that occurred in the 200 block of west Foothill Blvd. The collision reportedly involving a motorcycle. Upon arrival, officers discovered a motorcyclist had been involved in a traffic collision with an automobile. The rider was down and severely injured; the other involved party fled the scene in the automobile. The … [Read more...]

Arcadia Fire Dept assists Springs fire

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Many keen observers spotted an Arcadia Fire Department truck shown on ABC World News Thursday and other national and regional coverage of the Camarillo Springs fire as one of the earliest responders even though the fire is about 65 miles away. <Story continues below the following video...> Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Beth Stogner, Fire Administrative Specialist and Public Information Officer, confirmed to … [Read more...]