Former San Jose Firefighter and now Interim fire Chief Juan Diaz will permanently fill the top post in the Mountain View Fire Department. Diaz first joined the city in 2014 and has served as interim fire chief since Brad Wardle left the position in May.   
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While San Jose Firefighters battle the blazes in Northern California, San Jose Firefighters back home with the help of NASH 92.3 collect toys with for the young victims of NorCal Fire.         @SJFD              Nash 92.3         

  

A fire threatened the Silver Creek Country Club in East San Jose on Friday evening,The San Jose Fire Department responded with 10 fire engines while Cal Fire sent six engines, two dozers, three hand crews, once chopper, one battalion chief and two air tankers, officials said.      NBC Bay Area   

Passengers inside a limo carrying members of Ozzy Osbourne's ex-guitarist's band were able to escape a fiery scene during rush hour traffic in San Jose on Wednesday.       NBC Bay Area  

   

A trio of Brentwood firefighters refused to let a broken down fire truck keep them from responding to a call for help. They grabbed 40 pounds of gear and ran a quarter mile to save a life. Scott Budman reports.
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Firefighters throughout California are encountering the unforgettable in 2015: an epic fire season fueled by a record drought that has turned much of the Golden State's forests into a matchbox of more than 12 million dead trees.       Mercury News
 

Wildfires that have raged in California this summer haven't just overwhelmed firefighters - they've also stumped computer models designed to predict the intensity of flames and where they'll burn
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Eight CAL FIRE firefighters have lost their homes in the past several days, according to the union that represents the firefighters..
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Five years after shaming Congress to pass 9/11 survivor benefits, Jon Stewart is demanding more..      NBC News