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• Cocaine found inside White House by Secret Service
• High alert: cocaine stash found at White House
• Jon O’Brien
• White House grounds evacuated as US secret service calls in hazmat team
• Hazmat incident at White House, secret service cordons area in Washington DC
• DC judge points out pervasive hypocrisy hell that’s permeating every corner of the federal government
• Division 5
• About the Hazardous Materials Unit

The Lifeguard Division provides water rescue and medical services to 11 cities and consists of specialized and trained professionals who protect Catalina Island and 72 miles of sandy beaches and open water. Well versed in emergency management, Chief Inman became a pioneer in the Urban Search and Rescue program that included several national deployments. For over 23 years, he has held various incident command system (ICS) positions as part of the United States Forest Service Type 2 Incident Management Team (IMT) and served as the operations section chief and operations branch director with the Cal Fire Type 1 IMT.

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Cocaine found inside White House by Secret Service

Since October 2022, and following his assignment as acting chief deputy, Chief Peña has served as the deputy fire chief over the East Regional Operations Bureau. His previous assignment includes managing Division IV of the East Regional Operations Bureau, consisting of three battalions, 12 cities and 25 fire stations. He has worked multiple operational, administrative, and special assignments throughout his career, including fire prevention, command and control, and several field commands. He has also directly managed routine and complex wildland fires and other significant all-risk incidents.

Cocaine Found in the West Wing of the White House in the US - teleSUR English

Cocaine Found in the West Wing of the White House in the US.

Posted: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

High alert: cocaine stash found at White House

In addition, the Department provides lifeguard, air and wildland, health hazardous materials, and forestry services throughout the County. Acting Deputy Fire Chief Mike Inman has worked as a fire service professional for over 39 years. Chief Inman started his career in 1983, as a reserve firefighter with the Monterey Park Fire Department. In 1986, he was hired as a firefighter with the County of Los Angeles Fire Department (LACoFD) and has promoted through the ranks as a firefighter paramedic, firefighter specialist, fire captain, battalion chief, and assistant fire chief. John R. Todd is a Registered Professional Forester in the State of California and he was employed as a forester by the Los Angeles County Fire Department from 1988 to 2012. In April 2012, John was promoted to the rank of deputy fire chief of the Prevention Services Bureau (PSB).

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Deputy Fire Chief Thomas C. Ewald has served in the professional fire services for 35 years. Chief Ewald started his career as a firefighter with the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa Fire Department in 1986. While working in the Midwest, he attended community college and completed paramedic training. Chief Ewald joined the Los Angeles County Fire Department in 1992 where he rose through the ranks serving as firefighter, paramedic, captain, battalion chief, and assistant chief. The Department operates out of 177 fire stations, with 4,900 emergency responders and business professionals operating with an annual budget of just under $1.6 billion.

White House grounds evacuated as US secret service calls in hazmat team

President Biden and his family were away at Camp David when a uniformed Secret Service agent found the substance during a patrol of the West Wing around 6 p.m. On Sunday, the person said, prompting a brief shutdown of some of the White House campus as response workers assessed whether the substance was hazardous. "As a precaution, the White House grounds were evacuated, and the DC Fire Departments Hazmat team responded," the spokesperson said. In 2017, an intruder hopped the White House fence while carrying a backpack and made it to within feet of the residence before he was apprehended. The Secret Service said he was not armed and the backpack contained no hazardous materials. The Secret Service told The Post that the agency “does not comment on an active investigation,” with spokesman Anthony Guglielmi later saying in a statement that further tests will be conducted to confirm that the substance is indeed cocaine.

In October 1998, Mackey transferred to Fire Station 161 in Hawthorne and, 11 months later, was promoted to the rank of Fire Fighter Specialist. In February 2000, Mackey promoted to the rank of Fire Captain and was assigned to Fire Station 83 in Rancho Palos Verdes. In November 2006, Chief Mackey volunteered to head the Recruitment Unit where he managed over 50 recruiters who volunteered to give career presentations at high schools, colleges/universities, career fairs, and community events. In November 2010, Chief Mackey was promoted to the rank of Battalion Chief and was assigned to Battalion 10 in El Monte, and then Battalion 8 in Whittier. Two years later, Chief Mackey was re-assigned to the Employee Services Section where he worked directly for the Fire Chief.

Prior to joining the Fire Department, Chief Barrera devoted 16 years climbing the ranks in administrative services at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services and Auditor-Controller. Chief Barrera received her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California. Any spill or unauthorized releases involving hazardous material or hazardous waste may require the services of State Certified Clean Up Companies to ensure the proper removal, handling, transportation, and disposal of the released material. It is the responsibility of the responsible party to pay all costs of the clean up services provided by the contractors and responding agencies.

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After graduating from high school, he completed paramedic training at the Los Angeles County Paramedic Training Institute and was hired by the City of Monrovia as a full-time firefighter/paramedic until he joined the County of Los Angeles in 1999. The grounds of the White House in Washington DC were evacuated on Sunday (July 2) when the United States Secret Service (USSS) called in hazardous materials specialists to deal with an "unknown item". A person familiar with the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an open inquiry, said that the radio dispatch discussing the test of the substance was placed between the District of Columbia Fire Department’s hazmat team and other officials within the department. While the Secret Service and other law enforcement entities are often called to investigate suspicious packages on the perimeter of the White House complex, it’s far rarer for the building to be cleared, either due to potentially hazardous materials or other incidents. The “unknown item” found in the West Wing that forced a brief evacuation of the White House Sunday night and drew a hazmat team to the executive mansion initially tested positive for cocaine, according to officials and a dispatch call made that evening. The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Biden was at Camp David after a suspicious powder was discovered by the Secret Service in a common area of the West Wing, and a preliminary test showed the substance was cocaine, two law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

About the Hazardous Materials Unit

Fire official can be heard saying "We have a yellow bar saying cocaine hydrochloride." The white powder was found in an area accessible to tour groups, officials said. The White House was evacuated over the weekend after a white powder was found. However, officials familiar with the incident told The Post the purported cocaine was found in a holding area in the West Wing that is accessible to both White House staff and guests.

The PSB is comprised of the Fire Prevention Division, the Forestry Division and the Health Hazardous Materials Division. In Chief Peña’s assignment as the deputy fire chief of the North Regional Operations Bureau, he oversaw the cities of Palmdale, Lancaster, Santa Clarita, and La Cañada Flintridge, as well as the Technical Operations Section and the Air & Wildland Division. He has also served as operations section chief for the Department on many large wildland incidents and was the incident commander of the Department’s Incident Management Team 1. Currently assigned as the acting deputy fire chief of the East Regional Operations Bureau (EROB), Chief Inman leads 1,400 personnel across four divisions that include ten battalions and 76 fire stations serving 33 cities. Previous assignments include managing the EROB’s Division 2 as the assistant fire chief which consisted of two battalions and sixteen fire stations serving nine cities.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Bureau was created in ____ ____, to address the growing EMS needs across the County. In total, EMS calls comprise nearly 85 percent of the Department’s responses. The Department is committed to providing prompt, clinically skilled, and caring medical service to ensure positive outcomes for everyone, every time. John received a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 1988. He has also completed many advanced courses in leadership, the Incident Command System, fire behavior, protection of resources, and urban search and rescue. Commonly known as the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County (CFPD) is a dependent special district.

An unnamed official reportedly familiar with the investigation reported the positive test for cocaine in the suspicious item, according to The Washington Post. "The item was sent for further evaluation and an investigation into the cause and manner of how it entered the White House is pending," the Secret Service said in a statement. In a dispatch from openmhz.com, a website that allows people to listen to live and archived radio transmissions from police and fire departments, a D.C.

For more than 28 years, Chief Harris has served as a member of the Department’s international Urban Search and Rescue Team. For more than four years, he served as the program manager of our elite rescue team and was the Department’s primary point-of-contact with our state, federal, and international partners. Acting Deputy Fire Chief Robert Harris started his career at the age of 19 after he was appointed reserve firefighter with the City of Montebello Fire Department. Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone has been a chief officer for the past 25 years and a member of the County of Los Angeles Fire Department for 37 years. Prior to his executive appointment by the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, Deputy Fire Chief Marrone recently served as Acting Chief Deputy over Business Operations and as Interim Fire Chief.

In October 2022, Chief O’Brien assumed the role of Acting Chief Deputy of Emergency Operations. As Chief Deputy, Chief O’Brien serves as second in command and is responsible for overseeing the Fire Department’s three Operations bureaus (North, Central, and East), as well as the Air and Wildland Division and the Lifeguard Division. Chief O’Brien is also responsible for the Training and Emergency Medical Services Bureau and the Homeland Security Section.

In August 2023, Chief Barrera was appointed as the Chief Deputy of Business Operations. Secret Service Uniform Division Officers located an unknown item on the White House complex,” a USSS spokesperson said in a statement. The powder was discovered in a common area of the building that is accessible to tour groups and not in a West Wing office, officials said. Emergency crews conducted a preliminary test which suggested that the substance was cocaine.