BRIEFLY YOUNG GIRL NEARLY DROWNS IN BATHTUB.VAN NUYS - A 10-month-old girl was in critical condition after nearly drowning Saturday in a bathtub in a Van Nuys apartment, officials said. ``The 19-year-old mother had stepped out briefly to an adjacent room to fold some towels,'' said Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Brian Humphrey. ``She returned to find her baby face down in the bathtub, pulseless and not breathing.'' The near-drowning was reported at 12:18 p.m. in the 13700 block of Vanowen Street. He said a neighbor administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. using guidance from a fire department dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. . The child was taken by paramedics to Valley Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian Hospital can refer to several places:
- Staff and Wire Services Helicopters used against 5-acre fire SUN VALLEY - Firefighters battled a five-acre brush fire west of Sun Valley on Saturday, but no structural damage or injuries were reported, a city fire spokesman said. The fire broke out about 5 p.m. in the 9300 block of North Sunland Park Sunland Park may refer to:
Three water-dropping helicopters and 13 fire companies battled the flames. - City News Service Officials say blaze was 'suspicious' TUJUNGA - A suspicious brush fire scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. about five acres of land adjacent to a freeway in Tujunga today, but caused no structural damage or injuries, a city fire spokesman said. The fire was reported shortly after 4 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of the Foothill Freeway west of the La Tuna Canyon Road exit, said city fire spokesman Brian Humphrey. City firefighters, assisted by two water-dropping helicopters, had the blaze under control by 4:35 p.m., Humphrey said. Crews from Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los , and the Glendale and Los Angeles County fire departments assisted. There was no immediate word why investigators considered the fire suspicious, Humphrey said. The investigation is continuing. - City News Service |
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