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LAFD Offers Halloween Night Safety Checklist
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters ask you to take a moment now to review this checklist before nightfall on Halloween: BEFORE TRICK-OR-TREATING:- Consider fire safety when decorating. Do not overload electrical outlets or block doors with holiday lighting or special effects.- Avoid the use of…
Early Morning Blaze in Downtown Los Angeles
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - Heavy fire rolled through a large commercial building housing textiles and furniture in Downtown Los Angeles, requiring tractors to move the debris to gain a final extinguishment. At 4:16AM on October 28, 2024 the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to the 500 block of E 9th Street in…
LAFD Stands Ready To Support The World Series Return to Los Angeles
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Fire Department is prepared for the World Series. LAFD will be at Dodger Stadium, ready to provide emergency medical services and firefighting operations. The LAFD will increase staffing levels to include paramedics, bike medics, emergency medical technicians and…
Storage Yard Blaze in North Hollywood
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
With a massive plume of black smoke visible across the Valley, firefighters battled for an hour to quell an outside fire consuming materials used to make props for the entertainment industry. At 3:54PM on October 20, 2024 the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to the 11100 block of W…
LAFD FEMA Swift Water Team Returns From Hurricanes Helene and Milton
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - On October 15, 2024, the Los Angeles City Fire Department FEMA CA-Task Force 1 Swift Water Rescue team returned after a two week deployment assisting in the rescue efforts following the devastating Hurricanes Helene and Milton.  Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina on September 26…
Eight Patients in Suspected Overdose at Men's Central Jail
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
One adult male died and seven others were transported from a suspected overdose at the Men's Central Jail. At 8:40AM on October 8, 2024 the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to a reported overdose at 441 E Bauchet Street. Firefighters arrived to find multiple patients and…
LAFD Members on FEMA Task Force Head East to Assist with Hurricane Milton Efforts
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) is sending forty-three members to assist with the Hurricane Milton response in the southeast, after FEMA activated the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System to request nationwide Mutual Aid as a second consecutive hurricane approaches. This…
Suspect Arrested for String of Downtown Los Angeles Arson Fires
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Fire Department's Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section (ACTS) arrested a suspect in connection with several recent fires in Downtown Los Angeles.    Firefighters responded to reports of smoke in the early morning hours of July 19, 2024, on Kohler Street between…
LAFD Board of Fire Commissioners Honor Los Angeles Police Officers and Civilian Photographer for Heroic Car Rescue
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES -    Four Los Angeles Police Officers and a civilian photographer were recognized today by the Los Angeles Board of Fire Commissioners for their display of extraordinary bravery during the daring rescue of two individuals from a burning vehicle in Encino.  Just after midnight on…
Lithium-Ion Batteries Burn For Days After San Pedro Big Rig Crash
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
SAN PEDRO - A big rig overturned in San Pedro near the Port of Los Angeles, causing damage to lithium-ion battery cargo and causing a fire that burned for days.The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the Intersection of North Seaside Avenue and South Navy Way in San Pedro, California on Thursday,…
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