A group of 10 from Akureyri fire department attended the EMS today 2008 conference; witch was in Baltimore in USA in mars.

Last week the fire department and the police was together on mountain rescue course here are some photos from the start of the course.

Here are few pictures from the education event in 3rd grade. Everybody was interested, and in Brekkuskóli some parent attended as well.

Fire occurs in wall panel in old factory that contractors are tearing down. Two first line cars and a ladder was sent to the scene. The fire was extinguished quickly and this ladder was working really well, it would be god to have it when the big fire in same factory occurs in 1989.

Early this morning the Friday 30 November, a request of assistance from the tramp steamer AXEL witch damage on the (hitting reef) bottom while sailing out of the harbour Hornafjörður south of Iceland. The ship is now in harbour in Akureyri and four fire-fighters have pumped 100.000 litres from the cargo space in front of the ship. The oil mixed sea is pumped into potable tack from local oil company that will filter it in to the spill oil tank.

Right before 17.00 (17. nóv) the emergency line 112 called out our department due to fire in a farm Stóri Árskóg close to Dalvík. The fire department in Dalvík was call-out and also the Akureyri fire department due to the scale of fire. Volunteer rescue team from Árskógströnd was also called- out due to the whether condition North wind 15-20 m/pr sec. and snow blizzard. Photos on scene where difficult due to whether so some of the pictures are taken on mobile phone camera.