| New Canine Search Puppy and Phoenix Fire Handler Return to Phoenix | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/fire/394 | Fire | | 9/19/2018 4:00:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/394/tallon k9 puppy 3 rotated.jpg | | New Canine Search Puppy and Phoenix Fire Handler Return to Phoenix | <div class="ExternalClass17CAFA317E14408DA48D2372F1616D0E"><html>
<p>Phoenix Firefighter Mike Smith and his new search dog "Tallon" will be available for any members of the media interested in meeting them when they arrive at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on a Southwest Airlines flight from Philadelphia on September 21, 2018 at 7:40 p.m. on Southwest Flight #2490. Tallon has been raised at the University of Pennsylvania Working Dog Center and has undergone months of training. Mike has just met him for the first time and has spent the last few days training with him in Philadelphia. Tallon will continue his search dog training and become FEMA certified with Mike here in Phoenix in the next six to eight months. He will live with and become a member of Mike's family. </p>
<p>What does it take to train a disaster search dog? An awesome dog, 2,000 hours of training, a lot of commitment by the handler, as well as the dog and their training group, and successful completion of a nationally administered certification test. The test involves the dog searching two 15,000-square-foot rubble sites, finding completely buried live victims and ignoring distractions such as hamburgers, steak, clothing and dog toys. A false alert on anything except a live victim is an automatic failure.</p>
<p>A handler may look at 20 to more than 100 dogs before finding a canine partner that has the qualities and drive to do this type of work. </p>
<p>Once certified, the dog and handler are qualified to deploy to international, national or local disasters with a FEMA Urban Search & Rescue team such as our Task Force here in Phoenix -- AZ-TF1. <br>AZ-TF1, manned by Phoenix firefighters, has been deployed to disasters including The World Trade Center, Hurricanes Florence, Katrina, Rita, Ike, Harvey, Irma and the mudslide disaster in Oso, Washington. Phoenix Fire disaster search dogs are also used locally to find missing people. Over the past few years, these local searches have been conducted for a missing toddler, Alzheimer patient and injured hikers and have included search operations as far south as Sierra Vista or east in the Show Low area. </p>
<p>AZ-Task Force1 is one of 28 National Urban Search and Rescue teams prepared to deploy in response to local and national disasters. Task forces are located throughout the United States. The AZ-TF1 canines are purchased through funds raised by the non-profit (501c3) organization Arizona Search Dogs. For more information about the organization, click on the following link: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">http://www.arizonasearchdogs.com/meetthesearchdogs.htm</span> </p>
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| Phoenix Fire Station 55 Design Review | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/fire/393 | Fire | | 7/27/2018 4:00:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/393/Fire Station 55 MASTER FRONT VIEW resized.jpg | | Phoenix Fire Station 55 Design Review | <div class="ExternalClass81CAFA8401A94E41B5464858D5A70825"><html>
<p>On July 31, Phoenix Fire Department staff, the architectural design group, and Phoenix city leadership will unveil design plans for Phoenix Fire Station No. 55 -- the permanent fire station that will be built at 27<sup>th</sup> Avenue and Jomax Road. The new station will continue to serve the growing needs of the north Phoenix community. Construction is expected to begin this summer (2018) and is anticipated to be complete in late 2019. <br><br>The public open house will include a brief presentation and an opportunity to view display boards that feature the fire station design. Phoenix Fire staff and design team members will be on site to answer questions about the station design plans.</p>
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| Homage Paid to Victims and Rescuers of September 11th | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/fire/389 | Fire | | 9/5/2018 4:00:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/389/9 11 ceremony photo ws with kara speaking resized.jpg | | Homage Paid to Victims and Rescuers of September 11th | <div class="ExternalClass969A5E496859486F91378F89AD77CEA0"><html>
<p>On September 11, 2001, four commercial airliners bound for the west coast were hijacked by terrorists. In the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, a total of 2,977 people were killed in New York City, Washington, D.C., and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>On the 17<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the atrocity, city of Phoenix employees will honor and remember those lost. Attendees will pay their respects to the victims and survivors of 9/11 at this very solemn annual event.</p>
<p>Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski (D7), Chairman of the Public Safety and Veterans Subcommittee, will speak, along with Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams and Fire Chief Kara Kalkbrenner. The Fire and Police Honor Guards will join together to play "Amazing Grace" and perform a bell ceremony. Students from the Arizona School for the Arts will perform "America the Beautiful."</p>
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| Phoenix Fire Station Visit | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/fire/899 | Fire | | 2/1/2020 4:00:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/899/fire station visit.jpg | | Phoenix Fire Station Visit | <div class="ExternalClassF66F16075E2949B2B423A63B89CEF13A"><html>
<p><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span>Nothing is better than the combination of firefighters and cookies! Plus, it's always special when family can stop by during the 24-hour shift. This cookie monster visited Uncle Kevin at the fire station on February 1, 2020. She made sure he was set with a box full of cookies and she got to check out all of the cool fire trucks. <span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span></p>
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| Rescue on Camelback Mountain | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/fire/1004 | Fire | | 2/16/2020 4:00:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/1004/Newsroom_Fire_009.jpg | | Rescue on Camelback Mountain | <div class="ExternalClass15988275F8EE44BA8B8F806F8F0C81C2"><html>
<p><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span>Phoenix and Tempe firefighters responded to reports of an adult male with a lower leg injury on the Echo Canyon Trail of Camelback Mountain. Crews hoisted the patient off the mountain and transported the patient to a local hospital for further evaluation. No firefighters were injured during this incident.<span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span></p>
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