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Celebrate Independence Day Safely at a Public Fireworks Display
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - "Think About Your Neighbors" and celebrate SAFELY this year. All fireworks, even the so-called 'safe and sane' variety remain illegal for personal use in the City of Los Angeles. Attending a professional fireworks show is the safest and smartest way to celebrate Independence Day 2023…
Firefighters Evacuate Businesses and Residences While Fighting Downtown Blaze
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Firefighters battled a Downtown structure fire, which began as a large outside rubbish fire which spread to several businesses in a row of commercial buildings, that had occupied residential units across the second floor. Firefighters arrived to the Flower District of Downtown…
LAFD Arson Investigators and LAPD Detectives Facilitate Arrest of Fairfax Arson Suspect
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
FAIRFAX - During the months of May and June (2023), residents noticed a string of fires in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles. LAFD Arson Investigators interviewed witnesses, combed through debris, reviewed security camera footage, and collected evidence from the cluster of fires in the area. Working…
LAFD Welcomes Graduates of Recruit Training Academy Class 2022-4
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
PANORAMA CITY - The men and women of Los Angeles Fire Department's Recruit Training Academy Class 2022-4 celebrated their class graduation on June 15, 2023, as they became proud probationary members of the LAFD. [Video by John McCoy] Friends and family of the graduates were joined by City of Los Angeles Fire…
Scholarship Fund Selects Five LAFD Merit Scholars For 2023 Grants
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Fire Department Scholarship Fund (LAFDSF) has announced its Class of 2023 Merit Scholars, who were honored at a June 13, 2023 ceremony at the Los Angeles Fire Department's Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park. Event Photo Album   The LAFDSF, established in…
LAFD CONDUCTING MULTI-AGENCY BRUSH FIRE TRAINING IN FOOTHILLS
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
TUJUNGA CANYONS - LAFD has organized a multi-agency brush fire exercise near the ANF Little Tujunga Hotshots Station on June 7 - 8, 2023. Five local agencies will be joining LAFD to participate (ANF, LACoFD, Burbank FD, Glendale FD, and Pasadena FD). There are many areas that multiple agencies respond together,…
Collapse At Pacoima Work Site Kills One, Injures Two
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
PACOIMA - Firefighters responded to three men involved in a wall collapse at a construction site, which killed one and sent two to the hospital. Your Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned to a Technical Rescue on the 10500 block of North Glenoaks Boulevard in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles…
LAFD Recognizes Contributions of Battalion Chief Michael Flynn and His Father
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - The City of Los Angeles Fire Commission formally recognized Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Michael Flynn and his father, Patrick Flynn, on June 6, 2023, for their exceptional contributions in the development of the current high-tech radio system used Department-wide.    Chief Flynn…
Man Charged in Sunland/Tujunga Automobile Arson Spree
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
SUNLAND - A series of nearly two-dozen automobile fires in the Sunland/Tujunga neighborhoods of Los Angeles left many residents on edge this Spring. LAFD Arson Investigators and LAPD Major Crimes Division worked together to apprehend one man on Monday, in relation to the string of fires. Residents of the…
Harbor Area Evacuation Preparedness Seminar and Safety Fair
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
HARBOR CITY - If you live, work or play in the San Pedro, Wilmington or Harbor City areas of Los Angeles, please plan to join us on Saturday, May 20, 2023 for the Harbor Area Evacuation Preparedness Seminar and Safety Fair.   Your Los Angeles Fire Department is hosting this evacuation preparedness seminar and…
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