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2018 LAFD Merit Scholar Awards
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - In today's 12th annual LAFD Merit Scholar Awards Ceremony, the academic excellence and demonstrated leadership of 11 college-bound students was honored.The Merit Scholar Awards are cash grants, made possible through the Jean Perkins Foundation, of up to $30,000 ($7,500 per year while the student…
Firefighter Injured, Neighbors Displaced by East Hollywood Inferno
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
EAST HOLLYWOOD - It took 118 Los Angeles Firefighters just 74 minutes to fully extinguish a predawn conflagration that consumed remnants of a two story strip mall and displaced more than a dozen neighborning residents - before sending one of their own to the hospital early Sunday morning.  The Los Angeles Fire…
LAFD Recognizes Firefighters Brave Actions During Psychiatric Emergency
LAFD Spokesperson: Erik Scott
LOS ANGELES - On May 15th, 2018, Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) recognized Firefighter Timothy Saldana for his swift and brave actions that potentially saved a young woman’s life during a psychiatric emergency.In December, 2016, Engine 12 and Rescue Ambulance 34 were dispatched to an unknown…
LAFD Recognizes Firefighter Paramedics for Studio City Cardiac Arrest Save
LAFD Spokesperson: Erik Scott
LOS ANGELES - On Tuesday May 1, 2018, the Los Angeles Fire Department honored two very talented firefighter paramedics, Steven Hopkins and Jose Perez, for a Cardiac Arrest save on a “running track” in Studio City. The incident took place in September 2017, at 6:30 a.m., where a 72 y/o man was…
Man Dies Following Sylmar House Fire
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
SYLMAR - Despite the courageous effort of a passerby and quickly arriving firefighters, one man died after being extracted from his burning home in the northeast San Fernando Valley early Sunday morning. " src="/sites/all/modules/contrib/wysiwyg/plugins/break/images/spacer.gif" title="<--break-->"…
Person Found Dead at Los Angeles Residential Fire
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - Despite the quick response of firefighters, a person was discovered dead beneath rubble at a structure fire in the Manchester Square area Friday morning.  The Los Angeles Fire Department received the first of several 9-1-1 calls at 7:14 AM on April 20, 2018, reporting a burning structure to the…
Studio City Fire Kills Two, Suspect Arrested
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
STUDIO CITY - Two people were found dead and two were gravely injured after a fire broke out inside a music recording studio early Saturday morning.  At 6:54AM on April 14, 2018, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 3779 North Cahuenga Boulevard in Studio City.   Upon arrival…
Fire in Watts - Woman Found Deceased
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
WATTS - At 8:18AM on Monday, April 16, 2018 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 11254 S Zamora Av.  Upon arrival, firefighters found heavy smoke billowing from a window on the 2nd floor of a two story, government housing unit.  An aggressive fire attack quickly located…
North Hollywood Blaze Damages Four Apartments
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Three people sustained injury, including one man who was briefly hospitalized, and four families were left temporarily homeless, when flames spread quickly from an abandoned home to an occupied apartment building early Wednesday morning.    The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 1:13 AM on…
Arson Investigator Rosa Tufts is the 2017 'Firefighter of the Year'
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
LOS ANGELES - Rosa Torres Tufts was named the 2017 Firefighter of the Year by her colleagues and recognized by the City of Los Angeles Firefighter's Association, Los Angeles Fire Department Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas, and numerous civic leaders on April 4, 2018.  She becomes the first LAFD Arson Investigator and…
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