LAFD

Crews still working to free LAFD Engine from sinkhole in Valley Village

September 8, 2009

The Los Angeles Fire Department and the L.A. Department of Water and Power are still working this morning to free a firetruck from a muddy sinkhole in Valley Village. The work will take all morning because the 22-ton engine truck needs to be lifted up and pulled out of the sinkhole in a single maneuver, [...]

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Predawn Fire Damages West L.A. Strip Mall

August 19, 2009

On Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 5:15 AM, 20 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 4 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 Arson Unit, 2 Urban Search and Rescue Units, 2 Rehab Units, 1 Hazardous Materials Team, 2 EMS Battalion Captains, 3 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams and 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, a total of 135 [...]

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Los Angeles Wildfire Sends 5 Firefighters To Hospital

August 19, 2009

On Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 11:29 AM, 33 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 6 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 3 Arson Units, 1 Rehab Unit, 4 LAFD Helicopters, 2 EMS Battalion Captains, 4 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams and 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, a total of 202 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel, joined by [...]

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LAFD Firefighters Battle Stubborn Fire in Silver Lake Home

August 2, 2009

On Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 11:07 AM, 6 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 2 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 Rehab Unit, 1 EMS Battalion Captain, 1 Battalion Chief Officer Command Team and 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, a total of 41 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel under the direction of Battalion Chief Joseph Kline, [...]

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LAFD to shut down stations due to $39 million budget deficit

July 22, 2009

Los Angeles (myFOXla.com) – Unable to win concessions from the firefighters union, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today approved a plan to reduce the Fire Department’s projected $39 million budget deficit by not staffing several fire companies and ambulances on a rotating basis starting Aug. 6. Villaraigosa called the measures “difficult but necessary.” United Firefighters of Los [...]

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Fire Rips Through Commercial Building in Westchester

July 20, 2009

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters are battling a fire that’s burning through a commercial building in the Westchester area. The fire broke out around 5:40 a.m. in the 8900 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, near Los Angeles International Airport, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. It’s believed the building may house an insurance company [...]

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LAFD find $1 million in pot at burning downtown commercial building

July 9, 2009

The Los Angeles Police Department discovered an estimated $1 million in marijuana at a downtown commercial building that caught fire today. Firefighters knocked down the structure fire that engulfed a one-story commercial building, but inside they found 1,000 pot plants as well as what appeared to be a plant-growing operation. Several Los Angeles Fire Department [...]

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LAFD Major Alarm 2 Doors Down from Fire Station

February 4, 2009

The blaze was reported at 8:34 p.m., at 1070 E. 33rd St., near Central Avenue, Los Angeles Fire spokesman Ron Myers said.  Several people wee seen hanging from the windows. Apparently everyone got out safely, Myers said, although two dogs died in one apartment unit. The fire was knocked out within 23 minutes.

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Car Fire ignites Heavy Brush, 26 LAFD units respond

February 2, 2009

On Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 2:50 PM, 26 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 1 LAFD Rescue Ambulance, 1 Arson Unit, 1 Rehab Unit, 4 Helicopters, 1 EMS Battalion Captain, 6 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, the Dozer Company, Park Rangers, Animal Services, LAPD, DOT, a So. California Edison [...]

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LAFD Building Collapse Response

January 21, 2009

On Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 8:56 PM, 9 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 7 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 1 Heavy Rescue, 1 Arson Unit, 2 Urban Search and Rescue Units, 1 Hazardous Materials Team, 3 EMS Battalion Captains, 3 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, Emergency Lighting 3, a Building [...]

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