The Los Angeles Fire Department is a highly regimented agency that incorporates both paramilitary structure and command principles. Groups of Neighborhood Fire Stations are clustered into Battalions, which are further organized into geographic groups, known as Divisions. In daily command of the LAFD's "Division 2" is an Assistant Chief overseeing and coordinating all Fire Department field operations in a 107 square-mile district that encompasses south and southern west Los Angeles as well as the International Airport and Harbor regions. Accountable to this Assistant Chief are five Battalion Chiefs and all subordinate personnel on duty at thirty-three Neighborhood Fire Stations within these five Battalions:
The three Assistant Chiefs assigned to Division 2 work on the same Platoon Duty schedule as the Battalion Chiefs and Neighborhood Firefighters they command. These Assistant Chiefs answer directly to a Deputy Chief of the Department. For the quickest emergency help from any Division 2 responder, always call: 9-1-1
Most local non-emergency matters, such as reporting a fire hazard can be quickly handled by contacting your Neighborhood Fire Station via 3-1-1. To discuss an administrative issue or express concerns of a community-wide nature, kindly contact that community's on-duty Battalion Chief. If you have an administrative issue or concern that is clearly of a regional focus within Division 2, please contact the region's on-duty Assistant Chief:
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