FIREWORKS PHONE NUMBERS
Call 911 for all emergencies (From Land LINE PHONE)
San Bernardino County Sheriff (909) 824-0680 (non-emergency)
Crime Prevention (909) 430-2224
Citizen’s Patrol (909) 430-2222
Illegal Firework HOTLINE
909-430-2201
staffed only on July 4th from 7pm to 12pm.
The city allows the sale and use of "Safe & Sane"
fireworks from June 28 to July 4,
The tipline is only for July 4th. 7pm to 12 midnight ONLY
Thank you.
Your Views - 06/27
11:13 PM PDT on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Banish fireworks
Considering the history of fire and its devastation in the city of San Bernardino, I find it bizarre that city officials allow fireworks to be sold there. Being a longtime firefighter in the area, I can't tell you how many major fires I have fought in the foothills of San Bernardino. When a firestorm such as the Panorama Fire or the Old Fire hits San Bernardino, resources are in short supply and citizens have to fend for themselves. Southern California, particularly the Inland Empire, is a tinderbox waiting for an ignition source. Where is the leadership from our politicians, fire chiefs and firefighter unions on this public-safety issue?
The civic groups that sell fireworks as fundraisers should find some other way to raise money. Money spent by taxpayers fighting any fireworks-related fire in the mountains will far exceed any money made by a civic group.
Firefighters knock down a demonstration blaze in Banning. A legal sparkler started the fire.
So-called "safe and sane" fireworks -- which in my opinion are neither-- should be outlawed in the Inland Empire and, ultimately, throughout California. The short-term fun with fireworks is not worth the long-term heartache, financial burden and environmental disaster that come with the use of fireworks.
MARK D. MILLER
Yucaipa
10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The Press-Enterprise
A 12-year-old boy was cited for using illegal fireworks that sparked a fire that burned through a quarter-acre field and caused $100,000 in damages to an apartment unit in the 17000 block of San Bernardino Avenue in Fontana, a San Bernardino County Fire Department release said.
About 25 pounds of fireworks were confiscated from the boy's neighbor, who supplied the fireworks and was also cited, the release said. There were no injuries, but the damaged apartment unit was rendered uninhabitable, the release said. Two people lived in the unit.
Both the boy and his neighbor live in the apartment complex where the fire occurred, the release said.
--Massiel Ladrón De Guevara
The Rest of the STORY:
Fireworks blaze stirs firefighters' concerns
Stacia Glenn, Staff Writer
San Bernardino County Sun
Article Launched:06/27/2007 12:00:00 AM PDT
An electric burst of orange and yellow lines shot into the afternoon sky with a whistling sound, resembling a bolt of lightning striking the grassy field.
The bottle rocket exploded in the air with a loud bang and cannonade of sparks. It would have tickled the fancy of any 12-year-old boy starting Fourth of July traditions a little early - if it weren't for the fire that followed.
The boy wasn't expecting a light breeze to carry sparks from his fireworks fun through the grass and toss them under the wooden porch of a nearby apartment, but that's what happened Monday afternoon.
He stood in a quarter-acre field near his house, remnants of bottle rockets, firecrackers and mortars strewn about, and watched flames lick at his neighbor's one-bedroom apartment on San Bernardino Avenue in Fontana.
No injuries were reported, but the blaze destroyed the porch and living room before firefighters got a handle on it.
This, fire officials said, is exactly why many firecrackers are illegal and most are dangerous.
"We want to protect our community and the people that live in it from devastating fires that occur as a direct result of fireworks," said Mike Horton, deputy San Bernardino County fire marshal.
"You look at the county's history of wildland fires and there is great financial and life safety impact that requires us to take some action."
County firefighters have battled nearly 500 fires over the last five years that were ignited by illegal fireworks.
In 2005, an estimated 10,800 people nationwide were treated around the Fourth of July for fireworks-related injuries, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 45 percent of the injuries were to children under 14.
Yet, children still play with fireworks. And it's adults who hand them over.
The boy's neighbor, whom officials declined to name, provided him with a supply of illegal fireworks. San Bernardino County firefighters found 25 pounds of fireworks in the man's home Tuesday morning.
He and the boy's parents were cited.
"Today's citations underscore our zero-tolerance policy regarding dangerous fireworks in San Bernardino County," Horton said. "We are aggressively locating and confiscating illegal fireworks & because they add an unnecessary hazard to an already dangerous fire season."
County fire officials, working with San Bernardino and Riverside county sheriff's deputies, have confiscated more than 53,000 pounds of dangerous fireworks worth $115,852.
It is not unusual for people to try smuggling illegal fireworks into the state from Nevada.
Aerial sky rockets, cherry bombs, mortars and other such explosive fireworks are illegal. But many cities in the Inland Empire allow so-called "safe and sane" fireworks.
"These have to be fireworks that don't shoot in the air; they don't blow up," said Frank Ojeda, a fire engineer in Colton. "You set them on the ground, they light and have some sparks and maybe some noise, and that's pretty much all they do."
FROM THE CITY WEB PAGE:
11:13 PM PDT on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Banish fireworks
Considering the history of fire and its devastation in the city of San Bernardino, I find it bizarre that city officials allow fireworks to be sold there. Being a longtime firefighter in the area, I can't tell you how many major fires I have fought in the foothills of San Bernardino. When a firestorm such as the Panorama Fire or the Old Fire hits San Bernardino, resources are in short supply and citizens have to fend for themselves. Southern California, particularly the Inland Empire, is a tinderbox waiting for an ignition source. Where is the leadership from our politicians, fire chiefs and firefighter unions on this public-safety issue?
The civic groups that sell fireworks as fundraisers should find some other way to raise money. Money spent by taxpayers fighting any fireworks-related fire in the mountains will far exceed any money made by a civic group.
Firefighters knock down a demonstration blaze in Banning. A legal sparkler started the fire.
So-called "safe and sane" fireworks -- which in my opinion are neither-- should be outlawed in the Inland Empire and, ultimately, throughout California. The short-term fun with fireworks is not worth the long-term heartache, financial burden and environmental disaster that come with the use of fireworks.
MARK D. MILLER
Yucaipa
10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The Press-Enterprise
A 12-year-old boy was cited for using illegal fireworks that sparked a fire that burned through a quarter-acre field and caused $100,000 in damages to an apartment unit in the 17000 block of San Bernardino Avenue in Fontana, a San Bernardino County Fire Department release said.
About 25 pounds of fireworks were confiscated from the boy's neighbor, who supplied the fireworks and was also cited, the release said. There were no injuries, but the damaged apartment unit was rendered uninhabitable, the release said. Two people lived in the unit.
Both the boy and his neighbor live in the apartment complex where the fire occurred, the release said.
--Massiel Ladrón De Guevara
The Rest of the STORY:
Fireworks blaze stirs firefighters' concerns
Stacia Glenn, Staff Writer
San Bernardino County Sun
Article Launched:06/27/2007 12:00:00 AM PDT
An electric burst of orange and yellow lines shot into the afternoon sky with a whistling sound, resembling a bolt of lightning striking the grassy field.
The bottle rocket exploded in the air with a loud bang and cannonade of sparks. It would have tickled the fancy of any 12-year-old boy starting Fourth of July traditions a little early - if it weren't for the fire that followed.
The boy wasn't expecting a light breeze to carry sparks from his fireworks fun through the grass and toss them under the wooden porch of a nearby apartment, but that's what happened Monday afternoon.
He stood in a quarter-acre field near his house, remnants of bottle rockets, firecrackers and mortars strewn about, and watched flames lick at his neighbor's one-bedroom apartment on San Bernardino Avenue in Fontana.
No injuries were reported, but the blaze destroyed the porch and living room before firefighters got a handle on it.
This, fire officials said, is exactly why many firecrackers are illegal and most are dangerous.
"We want to protect our community and the people that live in it from devastating fires that occur as a direct result of fireworks," said Mike Horton, deputy San Bernardino County fire marshal.
"You look at the county's history of wildland fires and there is great financial and life safety impact that requires us to take some action."
County firefighters have battled nearly 500 fires over the last five years that were ignited by illegal fireworks.
In 2005, an estimated 10,800 people nationwide were treated around the Fourth of July for fireworks-related injuries, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 45 percent of the injuries were to children under 14.
Yet, children still play with fireworks. And it's adults who hand them over.
The boy's neighbor, whom officials declined to name, provided him with a supply of illegal fireworks. San Bernardino County firefighters found 25 pounds of fireworks in the man's home Tuesday morning.
He and the boy's parents were cited.
"Today's citations underscore our zero-tolerance policy regarding dangerous fireworks in San Bernardino County," Horton said. "We are aggressively locating and confiscating illegal fireworks & because they add an unnecessary hazard to an already dangerous fire season."
County fire officials, working with San Bernardino and Riverside county sheriff's deputies, have confiscated more than 53,000 pounds of dangerous fireworks worth $115,852.
It is not unusual for people to try smuggling illegal fireworks into the state from Nevada.
Aerial sky rockets, cherry bombs, mortars and other such explosive fireworks are illegal. But many cities in the Inland Empire allow so-called "safe and sane" fireworks.
"These have to be fireworks that don't shoot in the air; they don't blow up," said Frank Ojeda, a fire engineer in Colton. "You set them on the ground, they light and have some sparks and maybe some noise, and that's pretty much all they do."
FROM THE CITY WEB PAGE:
This Fourth of July Put Safety First
The City of Grand Terrace has enacted new regulations To curb the use of illegal fireworks, while allowing its Residence to celebrate safely with state-approved ones. A TIPLINE will be staffed on July 4th from 7 pm to 12 midnight…Call 909 430-2201 to report the use of illegal fireworks.
FIREWORKS PREVENTION RESPONSE PLAN
The City will have 1 investigator assigned with the following code enforcement objectives:
The City will have 1 investigator assigned with the following code enforcement objectives:
1.Provide visible presence within the City (via pro-active patrols) for active accountability to existing laws and ordinances regarding fireworks use.
2.Provide aggressive enforcement of codes and ordinances through confiscation and citing of illegal fireworks use.
3.Provide aggressive enforcement of codes and ordinances through confiscation and citing of improper use of safe and sane fireworks.
RESPONSE PLAN
2.Provide aggressive enforcement of codes and ordinances through confiscation and citing of illegal fireworks use.
3.Provide aggressive enforcement of codes and ordinances through confiscation and citing of improper use of safe and sane fireworks.
RESPONSE PLAN
The City will have 2 engine companies assigned with a total response force of 8 personnel with the following objectives:
1.Provide visible presence within the City (via pro-active patrols) for active accountability to existing laws and ordinances regarding fireworks use.
2.Provide rapid identification of fire starts in high hazard brush/interface areas within the City.
3.Provide rapid extinguishment of all fire starts to prevent subsequent spread/escalation and keep property damage to a minimum.
2.Provide rapid identification of fire starts in high hazard brush/interface areas within the City.
3.Provide rapid extinguishment of all fire starts to prevent subsequent spread/escalation and keep property damage to a minimum.
Note: Reinforced response to working fires of any magnitude will be provided via additional County Fire Department engine companies and/or through the utilization of automatic aid or mutual aid resources.
Grand Terrace Residents -Are You Prepared?
A dangerous fire season could be on the horizon
A dangerous fire season could be on the horizon
Do you have sufficient defensible space around your home? Have you cleared your yard of debris? It could be a matter of life or death if a fire hits your area. with fire season upon us, San Bernardino County Fire urges all residents to follow these simple steps to help protect your property:
Create a defensible area, firebreaks that divert flames around property, by clearing weeds and dry grass at least 100 feet around your home. Property on sloped areas should be cleared 100 feet as well, as wind-fed flames can race up hills and mountainsides quickly.
Store flammable liquids in approved safety cans away from occupied buildings.
Keep propane tanks clear of vegetation.
Keep all combustibles, such as firewood, lawn furniture, picnic tables, etc., away from structures.
Clean rain gutters regularly to avoid leaf and needle accumulation.
Clear vegetation and other flammable materials from beneath decks or other wooden structures.
Remove tree limbs and vegetation that overhang the roof.
Remove all branches lower than 6 feet.
Dispose of stove or fireplace ashes and charcoal briquettes after soaking them in a metal pail of water for 24 hours.
Keep garden hose connected to faucet.
Review your home escape plan with your family & have a fire drill exercise.
Ensure address is clearly visible from the street.
Contact your local fire station at 825-0221 for further information and free property inspections.
Keep propane tanks clear of vegetation.
Keep all combustibles, such as firewood, lawn furniture, picnic tables, etc., away from structures.
Clean rain gutters regularly to avoid leaf and needle accumulation.
Clear vegetation and other flammable materials from beneath decks or other wooden structures.
Remove tree limbs and vegetation that overhang the roof.
Remove all branches lower than 6 feet.
Dispose of stove or fireplace ashes and charcoal briquettes after soaking them in a metal pail of water for 24 hours.
Keep garden hose connected to faucet.
Review your home escape plan with your family & have a fire drill exercise.
Ensure address is clearly visible from the street.
Contact your local fire station at 825-0221 for further information and free property inspections.
BE PREPARED
Defensible Space Saves Lives
San Bernardino County Fire Department wishes you a safe summer!
FIREWORK ALERT!!
Defensible Space Saves Lives
San Bernardino County Fire Department wishes you a safe summer!
FIREWORK ALERT!!
Possession of any type of fireworks, including Safe and Sane, in any unincorporated area of the county, is illegal. Fireworks will be confiscated and citations may be issued. In the event a fire occurs due to the unsafe use of fireworks, the individual may be criminally charged and responsible for restitution.
Safe and Sane fireworks are only allowed in the incorporated cities of Adelanto, Chino,Colton (specific areas only, contact 370-5100), Fontana (city area only), Grand Terrace, Rialto and San Bernardino (specific areas only, contact 884-7248).
A startling statistic from the National Fire Protection Association states that on a typical 4th of July, fireworks cause more fires in the U.S. than all other causes combined. But because most people encounter the risk of fireworks only once a year, many Americans do not realize how great that risk is. In preparation for the 4th of July celebration, San Bernardino County Fire wants to remind you of some safety tips:
Always use fireworks (safe and sane) with an adult present
Always read and follow label directions
Always have water (garden hose/bucket) and a fire extinguisher within arms reach
Always place fireworks on a firm, non-combustible surface
Never alter fireworks
Never re-light “dud” fireworks
Homemade fireworks are deadly. Never attempt to make your own device. Leave the making of fireworks to the experts.
Never point, throw or mishandle fireworks
A sparkler, usually considered safe, burns at a very high temperature and ignites clothing easily
Fireworks are not toys. They can cause deaths, blinding, and other severe injuries.
Always read and follow label directions
Always have water (garden hose/bucket) and a fire extinguisher within arms reach
Always place fireworks on a firm, non-combustible surface
Never alter fireworks
Never re-light “dud” fireworks
Homemade fireworks are deadly. Never attempt to make your own device. Leave the making of fireworks to the experts.
Never point, throw or mishandle fireworks
A sparkler, usually considered safe, burns at a very high temperature and ignites clothing easily
Fireworks are not toys. They can cause deaths, blinding, and other severe injuries.
Due to the severe fire season, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors and County Fire encourages residents to partake in a locally sponsored 4th of July celebration and leave the firework displays to the experts.
For more information on firework safety, contact your local fire department.
Have a SAFE celebration!
Gramps says after you phone a complaint please watch for the responce, and report the time and nature of the call and responce time and responce to the blog grandterracenews@yahoo.com . Perhaps we will see if the "Increased Enforcement" is working.
