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LAFD New Year’s Eve Safety Tips
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
LOS ANGELES - No matter what plans you have in store, here’s a few tips on how to stay safe on New Year’s Eve:Safety in NumbersNo matter where you may be heading to celebrate, make plans to arrive and leave with a group. Share your plans for the night and communicate your whereabouts if those plans…
Quick Actions of Seven Firefighters Save Two Men
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
LOS ANGELES - Two extraordinary events involving seven LAFD Firefighters were recognized by the Board of fire Commissioners and the Los Angeles Fire Department. On July 19, 2017 at 9:30 AM inside a Los Angeles International Airport parking structure, a 45 year-old man who had arrived to pick up his family…
Major Emergency Blaze in Panorama City Injures Five Firefighters
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
PANORAMA CITY - Five Los Angeles Firefighters sustained various injuries while fighting the major emergency structure fire that started just after noon inside a vacant strip mall in Panorama City.The Los Angeles Fire Department was notified of a structure fire at 12:01 PM on Saturday December 16, 2017.  Crews…
Skirball Fire Update
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES -   LAST UPDATED: 6:00 PM December 15, 2017   INCIDENT SUMMARY: On Wednesday December 6, 2017, at 4:52 a.m., LAFD firefighters responded to a brush fire near the Northbound San Diego (I-405) Freeway and Mulholland Drive.  There are presently LAFD…
LAFD Unmanned Aerial System "Drone" Demonstration
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
Los Angeles - Implementing the latest technology to increase firefighter safety and operational effectiveness, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) made their first official incident-based flight during the Skirball Fire. 
 Today the LAFD…
LAFD Determines Cause of Skirball Brush Fire
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - For the past several days, members of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Arson-Counter-Terrorism Section have been investigating the cause of the Skirball Fire that broke out just before 5:00AM on Wednesday December 6, 2017.LAFD investigators have determined the fire was caused by an illegal…
Creek Fire Status
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES -   LAST UPDATED: 1:00 PM December 11, 2017   INCIDENT SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at 3:43 a.m., LAFD firefighters responded to an active brush fire that entered the City near 11350 N Riverwood Drive. Unified command was established with the Los Angeles County…
Text-to-911 Comes to Los Angeles
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - Mobile users in Los Angeles County now have the ability to send text messages to 911, giving hearing and speech impaired residents, or those in situations where it is too dangerous to dial 911, a potentially life-saving option. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) urges the public, “To call…
Two LAFD Firefighters Injured, Thirteen Residents Displaced by Westlake Apartment Fire
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
WESTLAKE - Two Los Angeles Firefighters sustained injury and thirteen residents were displaced by a fierce predawn blaze Saturday morning in an apartment building west of MacArthur Park. The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 5:45 AM on November 25, 2017 to 2900 Sunset Place in Westlake, where…
Firefighters Ask: Your Turkey or Your Life?
LAFD Spokesperson: Erik Scott
A longtime regional favorite, deep-fried turkey has become increasingly popular across North America, thanks to celebrity chefs.What television and magazine chefs won't mention though, is the significant danger associated with deep-fat turkey fryers. Your Turkey or Your Life? After…
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