Michael Biserta

PLACER COUNTY CONTINUES TO SEEK VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS Placer County fire agencies continue to seek volunteer firefighters in communities throughout the unincorporated county. Volunteers play a key role in staffing of fire stations, responding to fires and participating in calls by local residents for emergency medical assistance. While the Placer County Fire Department was fortunate in receiving a Federal grant that will allow Station 182 in Ophir to remain open, the grant does not obviate...Read Full Story

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS SOUGHT TO STAFF STATIONS THROUGHOUT UNINCORPORATED COUNTY AND RESPOND TO CALLS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE Placer County is seeking volunteer firefighters to help staff fire stations throughout the unincorporated areas of the county. Volunteers play a key role in providing firefighting and medical service to local residents. After passing the application process and completing a volunteer firefighter academy, volunteers are issued safety equipment and are able to respond to...Read Full Story

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSHPublished: August 09, 2000 SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT SINGLE-PAGE They light the fireworks on the Fourth of July. They pull people out of burning buildings. They teach children not to play with matches. By one estimate, they save taxpayers $37 billion a year. Few people embody America's ideals like its 1.1 million volunteer firefighters. Gritty, charitable, self-reliant, they answer millions of calls for help each year. And each year, thousands get hurt...Read Full Story

Two Chicago Firefighters Killed, 15 Injured After Building Collapse Two Chicago firefighters were killed and more than a dozen injured Wednesday after they became trapped in a building while battling a warehouse blaze. Rescuers dug frantically to free the two, who were among at least four Chicago Firefighters trapped inside the building. At least 15 other Chicago Firefighters were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the deaths...Read Full Story

One-time 'Wife Swap' mom Jamie Czerniawski might have gotten in a fight with her husband, Charles, over another man the day she was arrested for allegedly stabbing him with a kitchen knife, new court papers reveal. Czerniawski, who was arrested for the alleged assault in May, has claimed that she lashed out at her husband with a knife in self defense after he attacked her over communications with a friend. The New York Post reports today that new court papers filed by Charles Czerniawski...Read Full Story