12/22/08. Lake Oswego, Oregon. While walking. Nikon Coolpix S50. Handheld. SOOC.

Salute. My father was a police officer. I will always have nothing but the utmost respect and honor for those first responders who put their life on the line to protect those whom they are sworn to protect.

Half-staff for two police officers killed in Woodburn, Oregon 12/12/2008.

Oregon State Police Senior Trooper William Hakim and Woodburn police Capt. Tom Tennant were killed December 12th 2008, when a bomb believed to be a fake exploded inside the lobby of the West Coast Bank in Woodburn, Oregon.

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Police on Saturday confirmed the death of a second officer in a bomb blast Friday evening at West Coast Bank in Woodburn -- one of the worst law enforcement tragedies in Oregon history. The city's police chief underwent five hours of surgery and remained in critical condition at OHSU Hospital.

The victims were identified as Senior Trooper William Hakim, who worked as a bomb squad technician for Oregon State Police, and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department, both described by colleagues as dedicated professionals and family men.

The officers died instantly, said Lt. Sheila Lorance, a spokeswoman for the Marion County Sheriff's Office. Woodburn Police Chief Scott Russell survived the explosion and remained in OHSU's intensive care unit.

A bank employee suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities said they were not releasing her name for her safety. "She is a witness to a homicide," Lorance said.

Woodburn bombing was at the 2500 block of Oregon 214, where the bomb's detonation at about 5:30 p.m., blew out two large windows in the front of the building.

Authorities have no suspects. Dozens of local and federal authorities, including from the Marion County Sheriff's Office, the FBI, Oregon State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, surrounded the building and began work that could spark a widespread search for the bomber or bombers aka killer or killers.

Investigators in white forensic suits and face masks could be seen entering and exiting the branch for hours Saturday, combing for clues. Federal authorities are offering a $35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.

State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings described the individual or individuals as "very dangerous." "That person needs to be found as soon as possible," Hastings said during a somber news conference.

Police are asking anyone with information to call the ATF at 800-800-3855.

At question is exactly what happened in the moments before the blast and, more specifically, what caused the bomb technician and the officers with decades of experience to move a suspicious item from a bush outside the building to the inside. Authorities declined to comment on such details until the investigation reaches some findings.

Though protocol varies by jurisdiction, Atlanta-based explosives expert Hal Lowder said in most cases a potential bomb would not be moved indoors.

"I don't want to second-guess why they did what they did," Lowder said from his home in Atlanta. "But in some instances, you might move a device if it were to protect the public. Property damage always comes second."

A bank could absorb an explosion, he said, protecting a residential area.

The Woodburn branch of West Coast Bank is surrounded by businesses, senior housing, single-family homes and busy Oregon 214, a main drag through Woodburn, population 22,000. The bank is on the opposite side of Interstate 5 from the popular Woodburn Company Stores outlet mall.

Although details are sketchy, Friday's events began to unfold about 10:30 a.m., when someone made a threatening phone call to the Wells Fargo bank next door. The bank was evacuated, and police found a suspicious object but determined it wasn't dangerous.

West Coast asked police to check its bank, but police found nothing. Then later that afternoon, a bank employee found a mysterious item under a bush and called police again. At 5 p.m., police evacuated the building.

They scanned the item with a portable X-ray machine. At 5:24 p.m., after they had finished the scan, the item blew up.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office declined to comment on whether or when a robot was used to inspect the device or the scene.

Kevin Baker, whose family owns the 76 gas station a few businesses down the highway, said he stopped by the bank about 5:20 p.m., but a Woodburn police officer told him the branch was closed. Baker saw a few plainclothes men inside, wearing gloves and congregating around a counter, possibly where customers fill out their deposit slips.

He didn't see what the men were looking at.

He left and was about two minutes into his drive across town to another West Coast branch when he saw a flurry of police cars zoom toward the bank. When he arrived at the second branch, frantic employees told him what had happened.

"It's tough for our community," said the lifelong resident, who knew Woodburn police Capt. Tennant and knows Police Chief Russell and the injured bank employee. "This kind of thing just doesn't happen in Woodburn."

Hakim is the second Oregon State Police bomb technician to die in the line of duty, Hastings said.

Senior Trooper William Hakim and Captain Tom Tennant lost their lives in the line of duty on December 12th 2008 at the Woodburn West Coast Bank bomb incident.

January 21, 2023 - Buffalo, NY - Governor Kathy Hochul recognizes first responders and community heroes for their actions during the December blizzard in Buffalo. (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)

Firefighters responded in two minutes to the collapse of two buildings in Manhattan.

jsc2019e051809 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station responded to reporters’ questions Aug. 29 during their final qualification exams for flight. From left to right are United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA. They will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft. Image: NASA/Beth Weissinger.

Responding to a call.

[Chong makes a strong point re God's unconditional love, and goes on to talk about how we should respond to God's love & grace..][The complete message will not fit in YouTube's box, so to see ALL of it, go to cblogs.posterous.com/4311-prayer-for-miracle-sometimes-re... ]

.[S. Chong] "great to see u all....easter..celebrate risen Christ..were emphasizing evangelism..newcomers ministry..encourage u..god is mmoving @ holy wave..if know somebdy..invite them to come to church..easter come on us..add numerically..excited..encourage u..vid for singles retreat..nice..why that pic? Why not me smiling..we do have epidemic..of men not rising up..but here we are..part 8 of "grow"..phrase "befor god works thru u, must first work in u..work powerfully..must work in us first..next week finish..today john 15.9-14 ..turn..powerpoint also.."as the father has loved me..now remain in my love..my joy may be in you..love eachother...." ..3 weeks ago..new members banquet..reception..great food..wonderful time..highlight..recognizing ..I was at table w/ wife & kids..surprise..that's pastor stephen..son colin said "that's my dad" ..I'm saying shhhh.."quiet"..put my hand over his head ..wife said "colin is so proud of u" ..it blessed my heart..uve heard of pastor kids (pk's) feeling disjointed from dads b/c they're so involved with ministry..if my son knew how proud, how much I loved him...it was love that really matters..words actions..but what is it that really touches blesses..god's love..so much ..Jesus gave up life..died..for us..Jesus remindning belivers..remain ..as I have remained..share 3 points..according to god's the father's perspecxtive..what type of love can show..if newcomer..say "there's a love that really matters"..if u know god's love that ereally matters..halleljah..ptl..god is good all the time..all the time god is good..god's love matters..sing a new song..affliction...never be separated...share 3 points..god's love for us is unconditional..so what is Jesus saying by "remain in love...remain in Me...as I have.." all of us have. Passive receiving..saved..by grace..but that's incomplete...but also an active responsive end..god loves uncond..but seed ..power happens when u do what god commands..what god wants, desires..if passive still receive god's love, but active..power..when I first arrived..all loved unconditionally but how respond..experience full measure..when first came here..koran americans..now all nations races..this is just the tip..son father...son abt to grad from college..never asked for anything big..said.."dad I'm abt to grad..want new car.."..father.."we'll see..." grad over..dad said "proud of u.."..hands son a box..shook it..son thinks keys..tore open..box for bible..sons name engraved..son became indignant..I don't ask for much..don't want to see u again..son leaves..broken off..years go by ..mom calls dad died..son returns..attorney..father asked me to meet with u..father gave me explicit directions..thin box..same bible..son opened bible..fell out..handwritten note..son I'm so proud of u..here's my gift..car waiting at dealership..all those years..still loved..all of u if saved praise god..u have love..never change..god's predest..can't be changed..sealed signed delivered..but how much can we fulfull..do what god asks us to do..challenge u..r u just coming or r u being the church..then and only then..experience..receiving ..power of god?s love....2nd point..only when Jesus..own joy ..complete joy..did u kn..why do we have sad christians..jesus in u for salvation..when his own joy is placed in u..not the absence of sorrow that brings abt joy..only when jesus' own joy..every transl..makes it clear..then u will have complt joy..reason..quality level..connection..I've been praying for so long..no breakthru..2 types of miracles..external..changing circumstance..miracle in u..sometimes he changes external circs..but lots of times miracle must occur withn u first..job not well, rshp..not well, feel overwhelmed..miracle in u happens o change first..if god always changes external circ..wants u to be prepared internally..rough day..tough circ..u stay up no matter...joy placed in us..no matter external circ..inexplicable joy..u should be sad, depressed,,medication..but u have the joy in u..jope in jesus can't be denied..story..2 pastor's wives..met..sewed husbands pants..1st wife..husb down & out..thinking of quitting..2nd wife..my husb doing well..both kept sewing..1st wife sewing holes in seat of pants, 2nd wife sewing holes in knees...sometimes too busy sitting, not kneeling..life is in your hands Jesus...nobody else to turn too..if u purchase me, I am your respons..Jesus says b/c u remain in my love..why fruit of sprit..love..then joy.."if love me, remain in me...".. get phone, charge it..not fully charged..but when god's love fills u fully 100%.. 3rd point.."not just any love, but personal sacrificial love"..study this passage very subtle..first & greatest..love lord..all heart ..2nd love neigghbor as self..'ove love neighbbor so annoying..love worker so ..? Jesus says yes..love them as much as I love u...wow..that's a lot..no greater love..not dying literally..but can u show that sac love..to build that brother up..love this church..saw all these koreans..said lord help me..but what's so good..is the people here..quality..disciples..dare u find me another group who will go extra mile..discipleshp training program..share w/ u..last fall...sept..elder..short..takes care of facility..Friday..back to gatorade machine..hot..he's back there..see him spraying floor.cleaning..about to head up..had gatorade..startled him..with my broken korean..sat & sun have hard time going back..older ladies..see them..squatting...peeling roots..saw elder....he was wearing apron..50's & 60's chopping cutting..personal sacrificial love..people sweat energy to cook..enjoy..flowers u see..they come here..put it here..personal sacrifice..love for Jesus..they love Jesus..& u & me..we easily overlook..some complain..too salty..strength of church, Jesus is king of this church..men & women should be retiring..but they're cooking..sweating..b/c they love u &me [well, well, I have a point ..but will save it for later...see footnote 1]..holy wave..holy wave...sometimes we need kick in butt..roll up sleeves..new season coming..god's going to raise up new generation..blessing with personal sacrificial love..newcomer will say he feels love of god..what type of love r u showing that really matters..his love we celebr 2 weeks..easter Sunday..if see people serving..say thanks..bless them say appreciate it..we will be church that is uncontainable..watch out ..

[Footnote 1: My point is we don't need physical food at church, ..we need spiritual food..just the word of god..don't need cafeteria..some older adults are doing what they do to control..its control..its obsess compuls....

Be careful of becoming arminian...trying to "earn' salvation..can't earn..I know chong doesn't mean to sound arminian..that's always a fineline to straddle ..exhorting good works vversus falling for the fallacy that good works can save u..that's what I'm afraid some of the older gen has fallen for..and their "fruits" are an attempt to earn salvation and competitively "do more" than the younger ones rather than lovingly serve b/c of grace..does our older gen think of themselves as "sinners saved by grace" or "good people doing a lot of good things for God which He will reward"...there's a big difference..but there may be some specific aspects Chong is preaching to at this particular congreg

Ryan Nyenhuis - photograph by: Ian Levack

Photograph by: Ryan Nyenhuis

Sunday June 15th 2008, Fathers Day. Ryan and I woke with a plan. The plan being to sneak into the abandon R.L. Hearn Thermal Generation Power Plant which is located in the south east area of downtown Toronto. We wanted to photograph the beauty of decay.

We had made a trip over to the power plant a week prior to scout out the area, to see where guards were located and to find easy access inside.

Sneaking past the guard house located at the front of the property and making our way along the north west section of property towards the back of the plant where the barbed wire fence was weakest.

We then smoked three quarters of a joint together before working up the nerve to hop the fence. Ryan went first, watching him hop the fence and dart out into the yard and hiding behind scrap metal for cover then finally making it to the back of the building. Then it was my turn. What excitement that was, knowing your breaking the law to do something adventurous.

After getting onto the property we were standing at the back of the Hearn and looking for our way inside. To do so we had to hop up onto a metal fence post and from there had to reach up and grab a hold of plywood that covered up the tall entrance area. A good 15 foot climb up, over and in.

Once inside the first photo that was taken was the one of Ryan and I standing together, titled "final hours".

This place was like no other we had ever explored together. The shear size of it all was breathtaking and mind blowing at the same time. The beauty of destruction.

After the first photo was taken we started exploring the plant. Taking the necessary precautions we had come prepared with asbestos masks and flashlights.

We had made our way around on the ground floor, through locker rooms, showers, storage rooms. Then we started making our way up stairs to the 2nd and 3rd level offices, had the remainder of our joint together.

From the office levels we went back onto the factory area and started climbing the metal stairs up further still. Some photos show how high up we were in that building.

We then made ourselves up onto the roof. What a view from there looking out over the city core. Looking out over Lake Ontario we saw really dark storm clouds. Ryan pulled out a cigarette and had a smoke.

We were up on the roof for about a half hour before Ryan asked me "what do you want to do now man?". "Do you want to go home now or stay a bit longer and explore?". My camera battery had died at this point and being there any longer served no purpose for me. I was hesitant on a response because at the same time I wanted to keep exploring because the plan was to keep coming back weekend after weekend to explore and document the old structure.

I then agreed to keep exploring. We came in off the roof, coming down a level, walked through a doorway into a long looking dark room. All across the top level of The Hearn runs conveyor belts that run coal from one end to the other. Walking together along the metal grating flooring. Ryan was 2 feet in front of me.

I then ended up tripping over a small extruded piece of metal on the floor, and from that second on I pointed my flashlight directly onto the floor to see where I was walking.

Very shortly after this happens, in mid sentence Ryan just falls into blackness. All I see is from his waist up as he plunges into complete blackness and followed by about 4-5 seconds before hearing a sick crash far below.

I then look 2 feet in front of me and see there is no more floor. My imediant thought is that he is dead. Then my brain clicks "I have to get my best friend out of here".

I then tried my best to back track to get out of the building, taking a route that he and I had not taken to get to this point. All I knew is I had to get out of The Hearn and find someone that could help.

I don't even know how I got out of that place. When I did I came out on the back side of the building, ran around to the guard house screaming for help.

I screamed to the guard that my best friend just fell in there and is hurt really bad, he asked what we were doing in there and I told him we were just taking photos.

The guard then called like every paramedic, fire and police officer in the city. About 10 minutes after the call was made all I could hear were the sirens. Scared and relived at the same time I was.

Once they all showed up I told them Ryan was in there, that we were up high in the building and he fell. All the cops were telling me to retrace my steps, they wanted to see where we came in from. I screamed at them "we don't have time for that right now, my best friend is dying in there". I then started leading them to the front of the Hearn because I knew it was the closet way inside. We get to the front and all entrances were boarded up. One cops said to me "Ian there is no way in through this way, you have to show us where you came in from". I then demanded to the fire fighters that they bust this plywood down to get inside.

Once inside the cops started fucking with my mind, me being in total shock at the time they started asking me where we had explored, they wanted me to take them on what would have been a few hours of exploration, which we didn't have time for.

Then an officer finds his asbestos mask and glasses. My first thought is he was okay, that he somehow managed to crawl out under his own power. I was wrong. His mask and glasses had bounced off of objects on the fall and Ryan was nowhere to be found.

The police tried getting a hold of Rogers Communication to see if they could pin point his location with the cell phone he had on him. They ended up using thermal vision to locate him. He was trapped in a coal hopper located high up in the building.

I was escorted out at this point in time because I was too "hysterical" for the cops liking.

Two and a half hours went by, a fierce thunderstorm was passing through.

While they were working on getting Ryan out I was giving my statement to the police. Never gave one of those in my life. I told them everything that I am writing here right now, everything, even the joint smoking. I had Nothing to hide.

We went in undetected but I didn't care if the whole world was watching at this point, I was doing what any best friend would do. I was trying to save him. City Pulse News was there and I was trying to hide from them. I was scared that this is how his family would find out and how my family would find out, being Fathers days and all.

After two and a half hours of hell they finally got Ryan out. I watched them carry him out on a backboard and I yelled to him that I loved him.

Ryan was rushed to St. Micheal's Hospital, the best in all the city for trauma.

I followed about an hour after him, being escorted in a police car. On the drive one officer said to me "this is going to cost you and your buddy about a hundred thousand dollars for all that had to be done here today". What a jackass thing to say. I responded by saying "I don't give a fuck about money, take all I have from me I don't care, I'm loosing the most important person in my life right now".

We get to the hospital, I enter the trauma wing of St. Micheal's. They told me that I was going to be the one to call the home of the Nyenhuis'. I thought that was insane, and told them I could not make that call, that they would have to.

I then went into the waiting room, sat down. I remember the NBA finals were on the televisions in there and I ended up falling asleep somehow.

Waking to Stevie and Tammy's faces hours later (Stevie being Ryan's room mate and Tammy being Ryan's girlfriend).

Stevie told me that John and Cheryl were on their way and that we could go up stairs to the trauma ward to see Ryan.

The trauma centre, located on the 9th floor of St. Micheal's Hospital.

Hours passed by, as the night went on the news kept getting worse and worse about his condition.

I ended up leaving to come back to my apartment at 6am the following morning, I had to talk to my parents and try and shovel some food into my system. Still being in shock and never got treatment for shock when it happened.

I returned to the hospital at 3pm that day. Only to find nothing had changed with his condition.

Then came the worst words I ever had to hear, Ryan's father coming in the room and telling me it was time to say goodbye to Ryan.

We made our way into where he was being cared for. To see my best friend in the state he was in broke my heart. Blood coming out the back of his head, body black and blue bruised from head to toe, internal damage that could not be repaired, feeling his forehead and it being ice cold. He was laying there in front of us, dead. Machines were the only thing keeping him "alive".

I said my goodbyes to him, telling him that he can't leave me here, he can't leave the creation of Studies In Comfort behind, something that is so brilliant, that we were supposed to take over the world together and do all that was planned. I told him to haunt me.

I then looked at his eyes and saw tears. He may have been brain dead but I know he heard every word I said. Doctors did not give an explanation to what was coming out of his eyes.

If only I had said to Ryan "hey man watch your step" he might still be alive today. I have been told over and over again that I can not blame myself for what happened that day. I sometimes still do.

Ryan and I once had a conversation that if something ever happened to one of us that Studies In Comfort would stop, without a core creator there is no sense to continue it. Well I am going against those wishes. I can't lose what he and I created even before it took off the ground.

I now know my purpose in life. To carry on Studies In Comfort. I must continue on for him, finish off the 3 studio albums we had in the works and continue on with this art form.

Ryan died at the wheel and I have moved his lifeless body to the passengers seat and now a fucking insane madman is driving.

Ryan Nyenhuis, whos favourite artist was Nine Inch Nails, who lived on floor number 9, who wore a roman numeral 9 on his right arm, who died on the 9th floor at St. Micheal's Hospital, Toronto.

Thank you to 55 Division and all the paramedics and fire fighters who helped get Ryan out of that terrible dark place.

Ryan Nyenhuis is survived by his father, John, mother Cheryl, sisters, Jennifer and Leah, their beautiful children, myself and Studies In Comfort.

Ryan John Nyenhuis

July 28th 1981 - June 15th 2008

We love and miss you.

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All photographs were taken by Ryan Nyenhuis & Ian Levack with a Casio EX-Z1050 camera.

Responding down Cowpen rd,Blyth today

This morning we are responding to a fire at a block of flats near Grovelands Road, Reading. We will update this post with our updates from the scene. Updates from Thames Valley Police can be found on their Twitter feed: twitter.com/ThamesVP

9:51am update

At 2:51am on Wednesday, 15 December, we received reports of a fire at a block of flats in Grovelands Road, Reading.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Caversham Road, Wokingham Road, Theale, Whitley Wood, Wokingham, Bracknell, Ascot, Crowthorne, Slough, two pumps from Newbury and the Aerial Ladder Platform and Incident Command Unit were sent to the scene, together with seven officers and crews from Oxfordshire County Council Fire and Rescue Service.

Upon arrival, firefighters found a fire within a four-storey block of flats, affecting all levels. Sadly, one person is believed to have died, and there are a number of others who are as yet unaccounted for.

Please avoid the area while emergency services respond to this incident. Thank you for your understanding.

1:00pm update

Crews remain on scene at an incident in a low-rise building in Grovelands Road, Reading. Please continue to avoid the area while emergency services respond to the incident. Thank you for your understanding.

UPDATE - READING FIRE

Our crews remain on the scene of the incident off Grovelands Road, Reading. Following an extensive search yesterday, during which all rescue opportunities were exhausted and confirmed that sadly, if there was anyone else in the building, we do not expect there to be any further survivors.

The building itself is a block of low-rise flats, comprised of four storeys and is traditionally built from brick and timber, without cladding.

A fire engine, alongside the Aerial Ladder Platform and Incident Command Unit are still in attendance. They will be remaining on scene to assist with extinguishing any hot spots from the fire and we are working with our partners to put in place safe systems of work for the ongoing recovery work.

From the assessment on scene today, it has been established that gaining safe access could take quite some time due to the deterioration in the structure of the building from the fire. Based on this, we expect to remain in attendance over the coming days.

This is an incredibly challenging time and we’d like to reassure those affected by this incident, the families of those impacted and the wider community that we are working incredibly hard, alongside colleagues from the Police.

Separately, the Fire Investigation will be underway once access to the building is confirmed as safe to enter.

We’d like to thank our residents for their continued co-operation, patience and support and further updates will be provided once the building has been confirmed as safe to enter.

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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, first responders and state and local officials at the site of West Reading disaster. JULY 10, 2023 - West Reading, PA

Milpitas Fire Department responded to a house fire on Berkshire Drive in Milpitas, Jan 2013. Arriving units reported heavy smoke and flames from the rear of the building.

The fire got into the attic and a second alarm was summoned from nearby Fremont Fire Department, while both San Jose and Fremont provided units for Station coverage in Milpitas.

Fire Associates of Santa Clara Valley responded Fire Support Unit 1, a 1996 GMC cab over with Burtons built rescue body. It is currently configured for rehab and canteen services. Behind FSU1 is Milpitas Engine 2, a 2010 Pierce Arrow XT, Santa Clara County EMS Medic 20 and a Milpitas PD Cruiser closing the street.

For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Berkshire IC

DFD responds to a report of a truck fire. This Battalion Chief is first to arrive, but so far, there's no emergency scene to command.

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...are with those ravished by the rash of tornados in recent days. Especially in Moore, Oklahoma.

For those of you in the Plains States and here in the Midwest, please be safe as violent storms continue to develop in many areas.

Lacey

PS...there's no need to comment since I don't know when and if I'll be able to respond to comments until I get this new flickr thing figured out. Thank you.

Quint 52 Responding to a Medical Call on April 7, 2012 at 1800 hours

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Responding to something in the Derby area on 03-09-12, having just left the main police station, is this Vauxhall estate police car, KP61 JFZ.

President Cyril Ramaphosa, attends and responds to the debate in the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL), Parliament, Cape Town. The debate follows the annual opening address delivered by President Ramaphosa to NHTL on Tuesday. (Photo: GCIS)

At 3:00PM on August 13, 2020 LAFD Air Ops responded to assist LA County Fire Department with aerial water drops on the Ranch Fire north of Azusa, CA.

© Photo by Eric Fox

LAFD Incident: 081320-0899

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Responding to an emergency call in Mitte.

Norfolk Southern's 911 First Responders sits on the front end of 178 as it waits just before the crossing at Kenny Rd for the green signal to proceed into Bellevue Yard.

Responding through Alnwick town Centre

At 1:41AM on April 7, 2016 the LAFD responded to a structure fire at 4245 W 62nd St to find a 2 story home well involved with fire. Home was occupied by three family members, (husband/wife/son) and while the husband was able to escape, both the mother and son perished, Firefighters successfully defended neighboring homes from the blaze. The cause is under investigation.

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Soldiers from Detachment 1, 131st Engineer Company, Vermont Army National Guard assist the town of Brockton, Mass., with snow removal Feb. 13, 2015. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency coordinated the effort after the governor declared a state of emergency earlier this week. National Guardsmen from Vermont and Maine are helping their Massachusetts counterparts in responding to recent major snowfalls that have buried areas of the Bay State. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Jeffrey Rivard)

Seen responding around Lambeth Roundabout, London.

On scene of a 6th Alarm Fire @ 200 Wellesley St. E.

Nancy Yirku has served as a firefighter/EMT for over 35 years with Albion Township, Concord/Pulaski, Albion Ambulance. She was the first female Assistant Fire Chief in Jackson County. She has worked for the MDOC for 11 years. Nancy has a family legacy of service including her father, brother, nephews, uncle and her husband in the first responder field.

John Yirku has also served for 35+ years as a first responder for Albion Township & Concord/Pulaski. He was a Lieutenant as well. He retired from Michigan Department of Corrections with 32 years. He had positions of Corrections Officer, Probation and Parole officers and an IPA . He also was a police officer as well.

Thank you both for your extensive years of service!!

Our local partners are responding now, distributing vital emergency supplies in the worst affected areas of Gorkha and Kathmandu Valley. To date we have dispatched 74,000 water purification sachets, which will make up to 740,000 litres of safe drinking water. Ten water filtration units – each of which can provide 1,500 litres of purified water per hour – have also reached makeshift camps and villages. Around 5,000 tarpaulins are being provided to meet the urgent need for shelter.

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SAN PEDRO - The Los Angeles Fire Department served as the host agency on September 29, 2021, for multi-disciplinary responders from across the region to practice sheer angle rescue skills on rugged seaside cliffs alongside the Pacific Ocean near Point Fermin.

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Private gets his chance to mentor in Africa

By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Africa

Just 15 months ago, Daniel Bateson was hanging drywall with his family’s home improvement business, the Connecticut-native never dreamed he would visit Africa.

Even during the weeks and months taking temperatures and handing out band-aids at Vicenza’s health clinic, the U.S. Army Africa private first class wondered if he’d get a shot to take part in the command’s new initiatives – partnering with African militaries to promote stability on the continent.

Then, a few weeks back, Bateson, 21, got tapped to mentor in Djibouti – making him the most junior U.S. Army Africa Soldier to deploy to the continent. He accompanied Sgt. 1st Class Roddy Rieger to Camp Lemonier in early-August, where the team led a weeklong course on how first aid and medical evacuations work in hostile zones – similar to the U.S. Army’s combat lifesaver training.

“I know this material by heart. As medics, we know this as the simple stuff and it’s not hard to teach it to others,” Bateson said. “The Djiboutians were eager to learn and absorb this.”

The team mentored 29 students from Djibouti’s military, ranging from junior enlisted troops to company-grade officers. The five-day course included classroom instruction, hands-on exercises and a daylong test of the skills in a simulated hostile environment.

Rieger, 35, of Bismarck, ND, a senior U.S. Army Africa NCO who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, knew that understanding both cultural and language issues would be the key to success. Rieger also relied on lessons learned from previous assignments in Tunisia and Morocco when building his lesson plans.

“It’s all about how you communicate with individuals, no matter if they speak broken English, no English or even use hand signals,” Rieger said. “It’s great when you see them nodding ‘yes’ and giving you the thumbs up.”

U.S. Navy and Air Force personnel from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa augmented the Army team. The mentoring is part of U.S. Army Africa’s ongoing effort to support African partners with teams of Soldiers with niche capabilities such as logistics, legal affairs and medicine.

“This is my job, I’m an NCO and medicine is my passion,” Rieger said. “If we helped just one Djiboutian, and he later uses that knowledge to save a life – that’s what it’s all about.”

Now, Bateson is back in garrison – reflecting on an experience he sums up with one word – “cool.”

“We were building a relationship between their country and ours – that’s a big thing,” Bateson said. “So much of this was about breaking down barriers and opening communication. I think we left them with a good impression.”

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Harriet, will also respond to Harrie when she's feeling tom boyish.

Harriet still needs some work. Blush, some extra hair treatment to get what little frizz she has out of her ends & possible lip repaint...but you know me....I love them whatever stage they are at and cannot resist taking pics! I am always in too much of a rush to play with my girls ;)

+++ DISCLAIMER +++

Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!

Some background:

The P-74 "Charger" was a fighter aircraft built by Lockheed for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Its configuration was unusual as it was designed as a twin boom pusher configuration, where the propeller is mounted in the rear of the fuselage, pushing the aircraft forward.

The P-74 entered service with the USAAF in late 1944, its conception dated back to 1939 when the U.S. Army Air Corps requested with the Circular Proposal R40C domestic manufacturers to develop high performance fighter types, allowing (even demanding) unusual configurations. Lockheed did not respond immediately and missed the chance to sign a development contract in mid-1940 until early 1941. Twenty-three proposals were submitted to R40C, and after a fist selection of ideas three companies, Vultee with the large XP-54 Swoose Goose, Curtiss with its XP-55 Ascender and Northrop's XP-56 Black Bullet were able to secure prototype contracts.

Vultee eventually won the competition, but all these innovative new aircraft suffered from various flaws or development delays, missing various performance goals, so that none ever entered service.

In the meantime, Lockheed had been working on the 1939 request in the background on a private venture basis, as it was clear that by 1944 a successor to the company's own P-38 Lightning had to be offered to the USAAC.

The new North American P-51 Mustang was also a sharp competitor, esp. for the Pacific conflict theatre where long range was needed. This role was filled out very well by the P-38, but it was a relatively large and complicated aircraft, so an alternative with a single engine was strived for. Even though jet engines already showed their potential, it was clear that the requested range for the new type could only be achieved through a piston engine.

This aircraft became the XP-74, originally christened “Laelaps”, following Lockheed’s tradition, after a female Greek mythological dog who never failed to catch what she was hunting. It was presented as a mock-up to USAAC officials on August 8th 1942 and immediately found sponsorship: with the disappointing results from the XP-54,55 and 56 was immediately ushered into the prototype stage. Its name, though, was rejected, and the more common name “Charger” was adopted.

Just like Lockheed’s successful P-38 the XP-74 Charger was designed as a twin-boom aircraft, but it was driven by only a single Packard (License-built Rolls Royce Merlin) V-1650 pusher engine in the aft part of the fuselage. The tail was mounted rearward between two mid-wing booms, with a four-bladed 12-ft propeller between them. The design also included a "ducted wing section" developed by the NACA that enabled installation of cooling radiators and intercoolers in the wing root section.

The advantages of a pusher design are that the view forward is unobstructed and armament can be concentrated in the nose, while a major drawback is difficulty in escaping from the aircraft in an emergency, as the pilot could get drawn into the propeller blades. Lockheed deliberated between systems that would eject the pilot, or jettison the propeller or the engine, via a system of explosive bolts. Lockheed eventually installed an early ejector seat which was driven by pressurized air, combined with a mechanism that would blow the canopy off. The system was successfully tested in summer 1943, even though skepticism remained among pilots.

Initial armament comprised one 20mm Hispano cannon and four 12.7mm Browning machine guns, the same as in the P-38, but two machine guns were relocated from the nose into the front ends of the tail booms because of the new aircraft’s smaller overall dimensions.

The first prototype was ready in October 1943, with a different engine and heavier armor fitted. The second prototype was built to this specification from the start, which would become the serial production standard, the P-74A.

The P-74A used the new V-1650-9 engine, a version of the Merlin that included Simmons automatic supercharger boost control with water injection, allowing War Emergency Power as high as 2,218 hp (1,500 kW). Another change concerned the armament: a longer weapon range was deemed necessary, so the gun armament was changed into four 20mm Hispano cannons, two of the placed in the fuselage nose and one in each tail boom front end. Each gun was supplied with 250 RPG.

Alternatively, a nose installment with a single 37mm cannon and two 12.7mm Browning MGs was tested on the first prototype, but this arrangement was found to be less effective than the four 20mm cannons. Another factor that turned this option down was the more complicated logistics demands for three different calibers in one aircraft.

The P-74A was ready for service in summer 1944, but its deployment into the Pacific region took until December – the 5th Air Force first units replaced most of its P-38 and also early P-47Ds with the P-74A.These new aircraft had their first clashes with Japanese forces in January 1945.

The P-74 was used in a variety of roles. It was designed as an intreceptor against bombers, but its good range and handling at all altitudes made it suitable for tasks like fighter sweeps against enemy airfields, support for U.S. ground forces and protection of sea convoys and transport routes.

While the P-74 could not out-turn the A6M Zero and most other Japanese fighters when flying below 200 mph (320 km/h), its superior speed coupled with a good rate of climb meant that it could utilize energy tactics, making multiple high-speed passes at its target. Also, its focused firepower was deadly to lightly armored Japanese warplanes.

Because of its late service introduction, only 305 P-74s were ever produced until the end of hostilities, and they were exclusively used in the Pacific theatre. The P-74's service record shows mixed results, but usually because of misinformation. P-74s have been described as being harder to fly than traditional, single-engined aircraft, but this was because of inadequate training in the first few months of service.

Another drawback was the ejection seat system – it worked basically well, but the tank for the pressurized air turned out to be very vulnerable to enemy fire. Several P-74s literally exploded in midair after cannon fire hits, and this poeblem could only be cured when the tank section behind the cockpit received a more rigid structure and additional armor. Anyway, the P-74 was quickly retired after WWII, as the USAAF focussed on P-47 and P-51.

General characteristics

Crew: 1

Length: 10.45 m (34 ft 3 in)

Wingspan: 11.6 m (38 ft 0 in)

Height: 3.97 (13 ft 0 in)

Wing area: 22.2 m² (238.87 ft²)

Empty weight: 3,250 kg (7,165 lb)

Loaded weight: 4,150 kg (9,149 lb)

Max. take-off weight: 4,413 kg (9,730 lb)

Powerplant:

1× Packard (License-built Rolls Royce Merlin) V-1650-9 ,

rated at 1,380 hp (1,030 kW) and 2,218 hp (1,500 kW) w. water injection

Performance

Maximum speed: 640 km/h (343 knots, 398 mph)

Cruise speed: 495 km/h (265 knots, 308 mph)

Range: 1,105 mi (1,778 km)

Ferry range: 1,330 nmi (1,530 mi, 2,460 km)

Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,090 ft)

Rate of climb: 15 m/s (2,950 ft/min)

Armament

4× 20 mm (0.79 in) Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannons with 250 RPG

2× hardpoints for up to 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs, 6 or 10× T64 5.0 in (127 mm) H.V.A.R rockets

The kit and its assembly:

This whif was inspired by a CG rendition of a Saab J21 in a natural metal finish and with (spurious) USAAF markings, probably a skin for a flight simulator. Anyway, I was more or less enchanted by the NMF on the Saab – I had to build one, and it would become the P-74, the only USAF fighter code that had never been used.

The kit is the venerable Heller Saab J21A, an “old style” design with raised panel lines. But it is still around and affordable. No big mods were made to the kit during its transition into a USAAF fighter, even though I changed some minor things:

● Main landing gear was completely exchanged through struts from an Airfix A-1 Skyraider and the wheels from a Hasegawa P-51D; thin wire was added as hydraulic tubes

● New propeller blades: instead of the three-bladed original I added four much broader blades with square tips (from a Heller P-51D) to the original spinner

● Different exhaust stubs, which actually belong to a Spitfire Merlin (Special Hobby kit)

● Underfuselage flap was slightly opened

● A pilot figure was added to the nice cockpit

● The gun barrels were replaced with hollow styrene tubes

Painting and markings:

NMF was certain, but the rest…? I wanted to have a colorful aircraft, and eventually settled for a machine in the Pacific theatre of operations. When I browsed for options I eventually decided to apply broad black stripes on wings and fuselage, typical 5th Air Force markings that were used e. g. on P-47Ds and P-51Ds.

Overall design benchmark for my aircraft is a P-47D-28 of 310th FS/58th FG. The tail would be all white, and the rudder sported red and white stripes, early war insignia. The red nose trim and the deep yellow spinner were taken over from this aircraft, too. The blue individual code number is a personal addition, as well as the nose art, which was puzzled together from a Czech 'Perdubice' Meeting MiG-21 and leftover bits from a Pacific use P-51.

The aircraft was basically painted with Aluminum Metallizer (Humbrol 27002) and Polished Steel Metallizer (Modelmaster), and some panels were contrasted with Aluminum (Humbrol 56).

The anti-glare panel in front of the cockpit was painted in Olive Drab (Humbrol 66), the red nose trim with Humbrol 19. The tail was painted with a mix of Humbrol 34 & 196, for a very light grey, and later dry-painted with pure white.

The black ID stripes as well as the red and blue rudder trim were not painted, but rather created through decal sheet material (from TL Modellbau), cut to size and shape to fit into their respective places. The tail was a PITA, but for the black stripes this turned out to be very effective and convenient - an experiment that willcertainly see more future use.

Cockpit interior was painted in Humbrol 226 (Cockpit Green) and Zinc Chromate Green from Model Master, the landing gear wells received a chrome yellow primer (Humbrol 225) finish.

The landing gear struts were kept in bare Aluminum.

For weathering the kit received a rubbing treatment with grinded graphite, which adds a dark, metallic shine and emphasizes the kit’s raised panel lines. Some dry painting with Aluminum was added, too, simulating chipped paint on the leading edges, and on the black ID stripes some dark grey shading was added.

A relatively simple whif, but I love how the Saab 21 looks in the unusual, shiny NMF finish - and the USAAF markings with the prominent ID stripes suit it well, even though it looks a bit like a circus attraction now?

+++ DISCLAIMER +++

Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!

Some background:

The Hawker Sea Hawk was a British single-seat jet fighter of the Royal Navy, built by Hawker Aircraft and its sister company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. In the final years of the Second World War, Hawker's design team had become increasingly interested in developing a fighter aircraft that took advantage of the newly developed jet propulsion technology. On 1 September 1944, the first prototype of the company's latest piston engine fighter aircraft, the Hawker Fury/Sea Fury, conducted its maiden flight; it was this aircraft that would serve as the fundamental design basis for Hawker's first jet-powered aircraft, the P.1035, which was submitted for evaluation by the Air Ministry in November 1944.

The Sea Hawks in Fleet Air Arm service began being phased out from first line service in 1958, the year in which the Supermarine Scimitar and de Havilland Sea Vixen entered service, both of which types would eventually replace the Sea Hawk in the fighter and attack role. The last front line Sea Hawk squadron, No. 806, disbanded at RNAS Brawdy on 15 December 1960, ending a very brief operational career for the Sea Hawk. Most Sea Hawks in second line service were withdrawn by the mid-1960s, the trainers were retired in 1967, but four of them were refurbished and sold to India, where they served until 1983, partly from the Indian aircraft carrier Vikrant.

General characteristics:

Crew: One

Length: 40 ft 5 in (12.34 m)

Wingspan: 39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)

Height: 9 ft 8 in (2,95 m )

17 ft 8 in (5,39 m with folded wings)

Wing area: 278 ft² (25.83 m²)

Empty weight: 9,482 lb (4,305 kg)

Loaded weight: 13,220 lb (5,996 kg)

Max. takeoff weight: 16,150 lb (7,325 kg)

Powerplant:

1× Rolls-Royce Nene 101 turbojet, rated at 5,000 lbf (22.24 kN) thrust

Performance:

Maximum speed: 583 mph (940 km/h)

Range: 480 mi (770 km)

Service ceiling: 44,500 ft (13,564 m)

Rate of climb: 5,700 ft/min (29.0 m/s)

Wing loading: 48 lb/ft² (232 kg/m²)

Thrust/weight: 0.38

Armament:

2× 20 mm (0.79 in) Hispano Mk V cannons (200 RPG) in the lower front fuselage

Underwing hardpoints and provisions to carry combinations of:

16× 60 lb (27 kg) unguided 3" rockets or 8× 5” (127 mm) unguided HVAR rockets, and

2× 500 lb (227 kg) bombs, or

2 × 90 Imp gal (410 l) drop tanks

The kit and its assembly:

This one is my submission to the 2018 One Week Group Build at whatifmodelers.com, and it was originally inspired by the work a fellow modeler in 2015 (Glenn Gilbertson, from that year’s One Week GB) who mated a Hawker Sea Hawk with the nose section from a Hawker Hunter trainer. The result was, for my personal taste, a rather nose-heavy affair, but it looked very convincing. I liked the concept and I kept the idea in the back of my mind. And the 2018 GB was now a good occasion to tackle this project, also because I had proper ingredients at hand.

This included a Hobby Boss Sea Hawk kit that I had purchased as a cheap, special offer (but without a plan for it yet), and a surplus BAC Strikemaster fuselage (Matchbox) that I had in my stash after the recent BAC Bushmaster kitbashing. A quick test revealed that a transplantation of the Strikemaster nose section appeared feasible, since the width is very similar. Compared with the Hunter nose section from Glenn Gilbertson’s build, the Strikemaster nose is considerably shorter and more compact, but it still offers the plausible side-by-side arrangement.

From this starting point things evolved straightforward, since there was only a limited time frame available to complete the build from box to beauty pics. Most of the Sea Hawk (the Hobby Boss model is a lovely “real” kit!) was built OOB, only the cut for the nose transplant caused some headaches. I eventually settled on a staggered solution, keeping the Strikemaster’s floor section and internal cockpit rear bulkhead in front of the wing roots, but with an extended spine donation so that the whole slide-back canopy could be transferred and opened. All in all, and in contrast to Glenn Gilbertson’s 2015 build, the length of the new aircraft just grew only little, so that the overall proportions could be kept.

Using the Sea Hawk Mk. 100/101 kit had the benefit of a taller fin – which would have had to be scratched in some way in order to balance the trainer’s profile, since the original short fin would look pretty wacky with the enlarged nose section. The whole thing still looks a little goofy, though…?

Inside of the cockpit, I replaced the Strikemaster’s OOB double seat with two single seats from an Intech TS-11 Iskra, and I added a new floor and a rear bulkhead. The dashboard was taken OOB but decorated with instrument decals (from a Matchbox Hunter two-seater). Two scratched gunsights decorate the dashboard, too. The rest of the nose was stuffed with lead beads for a proper stance.

The canopy was cut into two pieces for an opened presentation, and for this purpose I also cut away a part of the Strikemaster spine which is, in real life, attached to the canopy’s sliding part.

The landing gear was taken OOB from the Sea Hawk, I just shortened the length of the nose wheel strut and modified the front wheel well covers (made from much thinner plastic sheet), since the Strikemaster has a shorter and smaller arrangement than the Sea Hawk.

Being a trainer, I just added a pair of OOB drop tanks under the wings.

Painting and markings:

Well, there are only a few potential options for a Fifties RN aircraft, and I guess that a silver livery with orange dayglow markings would have been the most probable option. But I wanted to attach the trainer to an active carrier unit, so I rather settled upon an elegant, shiny Extra Dark Sea Grey/White livery with some orange accents.

Basic colors are a very light grey (instead of pure white, acrylic paint from a rattle can) and Humbrol 123, with the upper tone carried around the leading edges.The kit received a very light black ink wash, so that the engraved panel lines would catch some pigments, as well as some light post-shading with Humbrol 164 and 125 (Dark Sea Grey and FS 36118, respectively) and Humbrol 34, flat white.

The fluorescent orange stripes are all decals, generic material from TL Modellbau. The RN markings were puzzled together from various sources, since the Hobby Boss Sea Hawk Mk. 100/101 only comes with German and Indian markings. The serial number, XA454, actually belongs to a Fairey Gannet and was adapted from a respective Xtradecal sheet. The 809 NAS emblems come from an Model Alliance Buccaneer sheet, while other markings come from a Sea Harrier sheet from the same company.

The aircraft’s tactical code number had to be improvised: placing it on a uniform background on the medium waterline for better contrast and readability was inspired by contemporary types like the Scimitar. Both cases of black code on white or white code on EDSG were used, as far as I can tell, as well as black letters with a thin, white outline. I settled for white, generic decal material as background, which adds to the impression that the code had been applied in the field, and black letters.

Finally the kit was sealed with a mix of Italeri acrylic varnishes, 2/3 “semi gloss” and 1/3 “matt”, for a slightly shiny finish.

You can say that this Sea Hawk trainer “has character”, but the tadpole cockpit from the Strikemaster somewhat ruins the original fighter’s clean lines? The result reminds me of the TF-102, at least when you compare the trainer variant with the original fighter, and the Sea Hawk trainer’s overall lines somewhat resemble a McDonnell F2H Banshee night fighter or even a Grumman A-6 intruder?

However, I like the outcome of this quick rhinoplasty adventure, and within the Group Build’s limited timeframe (and real life happening in parallel) I am quite pleased with the result, even though there are some flaws. Tough job, though, since it involved some serious bodywork and I just did not only build the model, but also produced a beauty pics series.

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