we also have the largest aerial fire fighting nreed in the world. so typically when a large disaster type fire occurs, we are usually rendering aid, not asking for aid. so when we get into a situation when we get to that level, what we call mega fires is the new term we're using, we're reach a certain draw down level or certain criteria, we reach out to our military coordinators, hence our agreement with the third nraet and the one map locally in san francisco under ir cal fire prides itself on a statistic that we contain 97 percent of all wild fires in california with 10 acres or less and we do this with an aggressive report of incidents, even with a 911 call of smoepk with land, air and ground attack. once fires become to a large enough scale we call mue tour aid, california lass a great mue tour aid system. i think it's looked at nationally because we have souch excellent cooperation with our cooperating agencies. once it reaches that point, the team will come in and assist the local jurisdiction to run that incident. when we start having multiple

not until the fire department arrived did it take over the evacuation of the fire personnel were ordered out of the building onto the street for the structure at 824 high street, and asphalt and some of the fire equipment had to be moved because the heat was so intense it was buckling the street and the water pipes. the fire spread quickly and started the fire department personnel were overwhelmed. buildings on either side started to go up in the flames. already the buildings were starting to go. the above officers entered the building to evacuate more students and even some in the adjacent building. approximately 150 residents were evacuated from the buildings through the smoke and haze. the ceilings bubbling, and the heat from the bookshelves were still smoldering when they exited the building. many of the residents were asleep, and where they were in mortal danger. if they have not been opened, there would have suffocated and many would have passed away in the fire. upon conferring with the fire chief, i learned there where no deaths in the fire, no serious injuries. we credit the act

the cedar fire was about 280,000 acres. as an example, i have the dubious distinction of being one of the first chief officers at the scene of that incident. just to give you an idea, at peak the cedar fire was burning 30,000 acres an hour. so that's about 9 acres a second. so something probably as large as this ship in one second. so after post-cedar fire, we recognized the navy had assets and the marine had assetness region that we should capitalize on, so i was tasked by my chief to organize a local letter of agreement so that we could, with the objective, essentially, was to streamline access to dods assets in rapid fashion and by rapid i mean within hours. if we're dealing with the level of incident that i just described, the cedar fire was essentially over in 12 hours. it started about 5:00 that night, it actually took off and started running at 11:00 at night, by 9:00 that morning it was at the gates of marine corps station miramar and it was essentially stopped. dska is an excellent tool but we needed to go a rapid r

george and i and the fire department will take care of the big fires but think if everybody in the room had a fire extinguishers how many fires you could put out. this is a big fire we will get these. it's hard for us to get around in a disaster from the streetcars and trolley buses stop, no electricity. we have the above groundwater system. it was invented years ago by our fire chiefs this is what saved the marina the boat pumping the water out put the fires out in the marina. you want to stop, look, listen and think. you size up the situation this is what we do in the fire department. you look at it. is it a little fire. a candle burning. do i get the fire extinguisher. is it a big fire can i put it out. >> it would cover the area the size of a table. anything bigger or high are than your head it's too big for you to put out with an extinguisher. wait until everybody is out. it's best to work in pairs. make sure you are the last one out of the room. do not lock it. avoid smoke and gases. cover your mouth and nose with a towel or sheet or dry cloth. if you have a jacket, if there is a

the troops are in gaza. if this cease-fire doesn't hold, the military has expressed their concern thathere may be violations. but if nothing major occurs then they will be able to start actually talk about some of the details that were laid out in the agreement that was worked out between hamas and israel with the help of the egyptians. things like opening of the crossings, easing the traffic restrictions. certainly, hamas will welcome the fact they will be no longer moving targets when they step outside their houses here in gaza. so it is really -- if we can get through a period of relative quiet and peace, then they can start to work on something a little more permanent than just 24 hours of relative quiet. anderson? >> and arwa, i can hear across the skies, the drones we've heard over the last eight or nine days. you have spoke with a lot of people this evening, how did they see it? >> reporter: well, there is of course a sense of relief, understandably, even if the cease-fire does not hold. but for the time being they are

all you see is just the glowing embers from the fire. so it sort of lit the sky up a little bit orange. it was a little eerie through the night. of course, i don't think a lot of people slept that night. >> the explosion and fire ultimately take eight lives and destroy 38 homes. yet many believe an even greater tragedy was averted. >> what amazed me in seeing the fireball at the time and that huge explosion, you thought there would be so many more people who would have died. i think the only saving grace there was that people were still on their way home and they weren't in bed at the time that the explosion happened. >> but credit is also due to a dedicated group of firefighters who faced the danger head on. >> you just do what you're trained to do and what your experience tells you to do, and, you know, i can proudly say that the first initial engine companies made a stance. we made a decision to stop this fire and not to let it go any further. and guys really put themselves in harm's way. and held their ground and stopped it. >> that's

this is a partnership between the fire department and the airport. great project work by airport staff and the division of design and construction, who designed this building. the engineering staff support to the work. the architectural team and the design and construction staff -- i would like to recognize all the staff involved in the successful project. [applause] completed on budget, and one month ahead of schedule. we have an outstanding fire department staff at the airport. i believe we have one of the most recognized fire department staffs of any major airport in the u.s. the airport is committed to making sure staff has the latest and greatest technology and equipment to support their operation. the team is led by deputy chief mike morris, assisted by ed dale. we thank them for their great work. [applause] it is my great pleasure to introduce major -- mayor ed lee to say a few words. >> thank you. i know that word leaked out i will be on an america's cup catamaran next week. i am sure this facility was identified as the very first fear reduce

of defense connect on line, the dco chat room. basically cal fire personnel, along with all the individual squadrons, all connected realtime able to communicate and coordinate both from the squadron and also on scene. >> well, thank you. let's go ahead and move into relationships. we had a significant discussion yesterday about relationships and again the highlighted and supervisor chiu's comments this morning. how do we ensure they are enduring past the past couple years. >> as general speese said yesterday, we are here for the long time. on the installation side which we coordinate with cal fire and the navy we have annual exercise and we hit that every springtime prior to the fire season. i think what's also, it's important to remember that although it was stressed, the military members are members of the community as well so let's not forget that as far as active duty. although we're transient in nature, sometimes we're in deployment, many of us are home owners and we live in that community. we are part of that community as well. just like the g

hit that every springtime prior to the fire season. i think what's also, it's important to remember that although it was stressed, the military members are members of the community as well so let's not forget that as far as active duty. although we're transient in nature, sometimes we're in deployment, many of us are home owners and we live in that community. we are part of that community as well. just like the guard, we have an interest in protecting our friends and neighbors. sustainment is, it's important to us and we'll maintain it especially on the region side. we're able to have these long-standing relationships while the operating force side goes forward and supports the on-going efforts, we are able to stay back here and sustain those relationships. >> just to follow on that, the navy squadrons that provide fire fighting capability are a combination of active and reserve components. one benefit of reserve components is more longevity is pilots in the squadrons. you may have people who have been there for 6, 7 years and have seen

the israeli military reports at least two rockets being fired into israel after the cease-fire deadline. this is the scene right now in gaza city. it's remarkable. for the first time in days people are out in the streets. they are celebrating. traffic is bumper-to-bumper. everyone, everyone appears to be in celebration. people waving flags and firing guns in the air. while our crews saw outgoing rockets and heard explosions in the hours leading up to the cease-fire deadline, they've seen little or no military activity since then only the celebrating. [ gunfire ] secretary of state hillary clinton and egypt's foreign minister announced the deal in cairo after the secretary spent the day in intense face-to-face talks with the leaders of israel, the palestinian authority and egypt. >> this is a critical moment for the region. egypt's new government is assuming the responsibility and leadership it has long made this country a cornerstone of regional stability and peace. >> we're still learning details of the agreement between the israelis and hamas. egypt and the united states apparently ha

beginning of the cease-fire. this is why we haven't responded. and as i said before, the next coming weeks will really determine where exactly are we headi heading. >> even though there are five rockets fired, beyond the iron dome response, you haven't responded to try and take out where those rockets were fired from? >> right. we are practicing our restraint. >> in terms of hamas, what does this mean for israel's relationship with hamas? >> well, first of all, hamas suffered a very harsh blow in this operation. we targeted quite a large part of its arsenal. the fadr-5, the iranian-manufactured missiles, that reach all the way to tell aviv, jerusalem distance. i think they were surprised by our intelligence. so the combination of the surprise effect, the good intelligence, and the very accurate targets, i think caused quite a big shock to hamas. >> obviously, israel in the past has dealt with palestinian authority. they do not recognize hamas, and can you foresee a day where that changes? where israel sits down wi

was removing the fire here, it starts another place. so okay, something is wrong here. >> it wasn't stopping. just seemed like the flames weren't going out. like those birthday candles that go out and it just doesn't go. >> in fact, the fire is spreading. the audience can only look on in shock. >> i went from being fascinated and intrigued to being horrified. >> the mood of the crowd completely changed from excitement and fun to shock and a bit of horror. >> as the fire threatened to consume her, ayesha rushes off the stage. >> there is nothing except that people was screaming around me. oh, what's happened, what's happened? >> andrew rushes toward her with the fire extinguisher. >> i could see her face, it was on fire. something i've never seen in my life. four years on the fire department we put out houses, we put out cars, we don't put out human beings. >> in seconds the extinguisher puts out the flames. >> i heard the sound of the whoosh of the fire extinguisher and everything was stopped. >> we ushered her off to a tent behind the s

we saw -- 2003 we had the cedar fire and we all thought the cedar fire in 2003 was a fluke. it was the first mega fire that california really experienced. and we thought, well, it will be, that's a career fire, that will be it. then 2007 came around. in 2007 we had another fire siege, same weather scenario, but we didn't have one cedar fire, we had five of them just in my county alone so we were inundated by a large scale disaster in 2007. as an example of our agreement and the efficiency of that agreement is we had orders to (inaudible) at 0000 that day. that's a 4 hour activation time and that shows the dedication and effort to leaning forward to the mission with these agreements that we can have a 4-hour activation. i've been in this business a while and i'll say that's unprecedented with any civilian emergency services agency going to a dod asset and having it engage in 4 hours. >> commander, anything you want to share? >> more recently in 2012, two squadrons provided 3 aircraft and the notification process was approximately 2 to 3 hours. we have expanded the capability i

we are able to integrate with cal fire itself with the objective being the fire itself. those work out for us here and we can go ahead and use those skills forward as well. thank you very much, we appreciate the opportunity. >> thank you, i'd like to thank our panelists and open it up to our group for any questions of our panelists today. yes, sir, secretary. >> there are a lot of things you can do in a forest that tend to make it easier it fight a fire like most importantly burning off the fuel during the wet season so there's less for the fire to feed on. to what extent in cal fire and all your other things do you encourage people to do things in their forest when you don't have a fire that make it easier and more effective in fighting the fire? >> it's an excellent question, sir. we spend a large time in cal fire on public education and prevention and also with respect to you were talking about fuel, the fuels program, or vegetation management program in cal fire, we have a robust program throughout the state where we are conducting burning operations and vegetation ma

fire in june. neighbors in the community say this second fire seemed suspicious. >> this is the second team that building has been on fire, and they had a fire around on fleet street about a month ago, and it's been a lot of fires down in this area. i don't know what's going on. >> i would say somebody doesn't want the building. this is the second time this has happened to it. it don't take a rocket scientist to figure out that somebody doesn't want this building. >> reporter: the community hopes that investigators can get to the bottom 067 the fires and keep the area safe. >> again, the case of the fire is still under investigation, and authorities still don't have a cause for the fire that happened back in june. this it was demolition taking place on the other side of the building. no word if it had anything to do with the fire this morning. >>> if you are a political junky, you know the race for the white house may all come down to ohio. >> that's right. so who is going to get to dot the eye on the buckeye state tonight? we have a report from cleveland on the last minute stops there, and all eyes are

thank you for your leadership. >> i am most grateful to the fire chief for her partnership with the airport. we have an outstanding fire rescue operation here. it is now my great pleasure to recognize and introduce her. [applause] >> thank you. good morning. thanks for being here. after our remarks, we would love for you to look around this beautiful facility. john martin is truly a partner. he acknowledged his priority regarding excellent equipment, training, and infrastructure. but he sort of downplayed that. he has been, like our mayor, a huge champion of public safety. it is an honor to stand with both of you today, evidenced by this facility, which will add to an already top of the line fire department facility at the airport. what you see here will enhance our ability to respond to water- related emergencies that much quicker. it is cutting edge, just like everything provided by the airport. the san francisco fire department operates three stations here. we are solely responsible for emergency incidents in and around the airport. many of the members of the san francisco fire departmen

. >> the united states welcomes the cease-fire in gaza. for it to hold, the rockets must end for it to create a broader calm. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu talks with reporters. >> translator: i know there are nose who expect an even more intense military response, and that may, perhaps, be needed. but at this time the right thing for the state of israel is to exhaust this opportunity to obtain a long-term cease-fire. >> throughout gaza, celebration and gunfire rings out. the leader of hamas remains defiant. >> translator: israel, in all its goals, have failed, thanks to god. >> and on the streets of gaza city massive crowds and traffic. the tension seemingly gone as people celebrate the cease-fire and leave their homes for the first time in days. >> i haven't seen this many people in the streets of gaza for quite some time. you can hear the mosques bla blaring, horning honking, people whistling, cheering. >> over to gaza city. ben wedeman is there along with cnn's arwa damon reporting. ben, i assume it's quieted do

cease-fire is the beginning. you have reports that firing continues? >> just prior to coming to the studio, yes. >> where is it coming from, to your knowledge? >> same place it was going the last eight days into the southern part of the city. southern part of the country. but that was just prior to coming intthe studio. we understand it may take a while for the cease-fire to hold, we understand that israel will retain the right to defend itself should the cease-fire break down, should there be terrorists who continue to shoot at our population. that's not only our right, but our duty. we are now prepared to explore ways of returning stability and security to the area and certainly peace to the 5.5 million israelis different rocket fire, not over the last eight days, but over the years since israel withdrew from gaza in 2005, since hamas threw -- overflew fattah, the palestinian liberation organization in gaza in 2007. and since turned gaza into an outpost for iran. >> let me ask you about the blockade of gaza, do

fire. so all you can do is really notify the erd, evacuate the area, assist the fire department. five buildings have suffered heavy damage -- heavy damage, kind of a clue there. three of the buildings have collapsed. what can you do as nerts? not quite nothing. would you go in to search a heavily damaged building? no. you will -- very good, notify erd, if there's a gas smell, shut the gas off. you can do something. even if it means everyone stay back, no one is trying to rush in. you are going to have your yellow helmet, orange vest. it's not a good idea, that building was pretty heavily damaged. are you going to fight them if they want to run in? no, let them go in. i would ask them to do what, though? what would you ask them before they went inside? can i have your name? and give me a phone number, i can contact maybe next of kin. is that kind of being cruel? no, you are trying to help them out because if they are rushing in, they may not come out. but at least you have a name. a physical description, a clothing description. is that helpful? yeah, it's going yeah , it's goi ngto

the latest on her path coming up next. >>> fire crews are still on the scene of a late night fire here in the district. we are live with the latest on the investigation. plus, the race for the white house kicks into full gear today as the president returns to the campaign trail for the first time since sandy. a new poll is out showing an even tighter race. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine the pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a qualifying pnc performance select checking account and earn 75% more than cards earning 1% cash back on almost everything. >>> the last effects of superstorm sandy are being felt in the mountains. the storm brought up to three feet of snow to parts of west virginia and western maryland leaving thousands in the dark. several more inches are possible before the storm dies out for good later on this week. today, governor martin o'malley will visit those hardest hit. >> you have to keep reminding injureself there is that going on. >> it is just a couple hours to the west but not that far away. closer to town, we are looking at a couple of sp

, i know not everybody that works with the fire department is currently spending time in fire houses, but that's one place where some changes could happen, you could decide you're not going to do canned foods for your meals for instance, so we kind of wanted to see if there were other ideas of station-based or fire department at large kinds of changes that could be easy to implement, low cost and exciting where you could see change, and i have in the corner here a link to the sf approved list which is sf approved list .org because san francisco passed the nation's first precautionary purchasing ordinance which means that in the ideal, product that is are safer are what's purchased for all city institutions and city agencies and offices, so this approved list has the list of like light bulbs and commuters and cleaning products and stuff like that, toilet paper, you know, that are either less toxic or less straining of resources and so that approved list can be one of the tools that you can use in fire houses, in this office, probably a lot of that's already happening, and across all of

no one is killed, but the fire tess visitor center serves as an ominous warning. one year later, the lava returns. this time pushing farther than before. in april of 1990, the nightmare scenario begins to unfold. >> when the lava first came into kalapana it was pretty ominous, it was pretty serious that something serious was going on. >> the molten rock can reach temperatures of 2,000 degrees and eats everything in its path. but, fortunately, the slow-moving lava flow could take weeks to reach deep into the city. this provides time for the residents to prepare or evacuate. the long wait to find out where it goes takes an emotional toll. >> it was agonizing. the people were saying, is it going to stop? is it going to take my house? some people would move their houses, some people would pack up their belongings and leave. some people just left everything there and walked away. it was pretty crazy. >> the river of fire is unstoppable with the volcano producing half a million cubic yards of lava every day. >> there's really nothing you can do to stop the lava flow. i h

it was the second factory fire outside of the capital in days. time, no one was killed only a few people were injured. but employees are angry at what they say is a complete lack of fire safety of the workplace. >> there are fire extinguishers but they do not work. they are really for show. the water supply and the fire extinguishers are locked and an operative. we have received in a fire safety training. >> in the city center, thousands of factory workers have staged protests against poor working conditions. many experienced the devastating fire over the weekend and they are desperately awaiting news of their loved ones. >> i do not know where my mother is. i have searched everywhere. i went to all the hospitals, but i could not find her. >> one worker rights groups say fires in garment factories have claimed more than 600 lives since 2006. they say it's time to increase the standards of safety and hold those in charge accountable. >> on december 1st, mexico will have a new head of government. president called ron will be stepping down. >> the b

this is hardly the only fire. overnight, just a few blocks away from the business fire, there's this. the recommend nants of the chair -- remnants of the chair. it may not seem significant. the chair was next to the building, appears to have apartment buildings next door. it houses a union hall. that puts the two fires overnight in close proximity to four other fires in the past few weeks that burned two homes and two businesses. >> fire department was in the back alley. they were still dousting the back wall. >> randy musaki lives behind the alley fire. he didn't know about the stripping of suspicious -- string of suspicious fires in the neighborhood. >> disconcerting people going around doing the fires. >> reporter: so far no one has been hurt. vallejo police say they are aggressively investigating the case. they say they need the public. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> high school students' article about a weekend house fire led to the criticism with the araga fire district. students say it took firefighters 20 minutes

one of the vehicles caught on fire at no. 1 01 in candlestick. two right lanes were called off to get the fire under control. everything is off to the shoulder now. all lanes are open now. you can see traffic is still slow on northbound one-on-one as you work your way through bridge main so give yourself some extra time for your ride headed toward san francisco. a slow commute headed into san francisco. a stall backed up the ride at the eskers section. you are backed up on to the 880 over crossing into the oakland maze. some of the clout slow traffic on your approaches westbound 80 slower towards albany. also backing up towards highway 24. your fault traffic check in just a bit. >> officer involve shooting in fremont leaves one person dead. will tran has been out at the scene following the latest on the investigation. >> one person is a 37 year- old man from san jose. this happened around 11:30 p.m. several police officers are still on the scene and focusing on the town house. this is central avenue when the man showed up unannounced the woman was

fire and the fire department will come and shouldn't have any when the fire department of the commons is in that is not of an appropriate or a function of the fire department is an appropriate government and how how is that a local level how is that any different than than fame would be inappropriate to function as an is not the fire department writ large now see the problem with this is what you're kind of mixing apples and oranges in here with the problems can be solved you are when the government gets involved it defines what an emergency is ok you may have had a guy two weeks ago in idaho or omaha who had a small flood his house got a flood but nobody's coming to help and he's going to have to rely as insurance them to lie on local entities this idea that this now cannot be handled by the state and local could but this is the big question isn't isn't there a point isn't there a rational threshold that we can all look at and say you know private private insurance companies they can deal with that but they can't deal with this the only way we can deal with this is all three hundred

or been above the fire lines to provide that support. it takes a whole mix of people whether it's the department of defense and even fema having roles to play in that. bob fenton, the assistant chief of fema, used to be the division chief in division 9. he is no stranger to this area, born and raised here, this is his home and so he does have a care and an interest in this community and beyond. and so with that it is hard to fill being his replacement at the regional level because not only to fill his shoes all the great work he did in this region, but also because when you see the size difference, it's a little hard to fit in there. but this this i want to introduce bob fenton, the response head for fema coming in from dc to help support this and moderate the panel. thank you. (applause). >> well, appreciate it. appreciate the opportunity to be back with friends and back in san francisco. and i appreciate the opportunity to be your lunch speaker. as i always say, lunch is one of may five most important meals of the day so thank you for t

the. weapons she's fired over the past twelve years. i got so used to it sometimes my friends ask me to join them at the rifle range and i say no wait i'm so tired of shooting. the planet's history goes from making firearms doing world war two to ballistic missiles from nuclear submarines during the cold war the bulk of the soviet industry was moved here in the 1940's to flee the virus and germans so if you were also became the heart of soviet military production closed off to foreigners for half a century it thrived on the massive moods of the soviet military when the u.s.s.r. collapsed but life here was shaken to the core but some adapted to better than others. this is the year old truck factory bush's number one truck made for girls a look at how well the workplace is organized everything's done to make sure the workers don't waste time waiting there was production is booming in the factory has largely managed to get on to civil rails these johnsons sold around the globe hayabusa brand new would be the way to be delivered to acquire

and after the cease-fire takes place. is -- do you think that the hamas leaders in gaza are prepared to stop the smuggling of rockets and the firing of rockets? are they going to live up to it and not stockpile the rockets that have become the source of contention as well from the israeli perspective? >> it's -- i think a lot of people here arery skeptical this cease-fire will hold. it's not the end of the israeli/palestinian conflict. hamas is still going to want to bring in weapons. hamas thinks it was able to reach this point because of its weapons. i will be very skeptical, be very surprised if hamas decided to stop bringing in its rockets from other means. also a degree of skepticism coming from israel. i know we're waiting for a statement from prime minister netanyahu, but a written statement coming from the israeli government sounded very skeptical. if you don't mind i'll read a section that struck me as particularly odd. it said prime minister netanyahu spoke a short while ago with president barack obama and agreed