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Remembering Fire Fighter Specialist Craig Foster
Editor’s note: This is the first article in a series about members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Family Support Group. by Breanne Foster Dorothy Foster holds a photo of her late husband,...
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Building Swell & Record Heat: Here’s How to Stay Safe This Weekend
Long Period Southern Hemisphere swell will continue to move into the coastal waters today. Beachgoers should expect elevated surf and strong rip currents through the weekend. Rip Currents will likely...
View ArticleL.A. County Lifeguard Activity Update 3.27-3.29
Here’s a shot of an ocean rescue in progress at “Hollywood Rivera” Tower in Redondo Beach on Sun 3.29 Photo: Retired Lifeguard Joel Gitelson. Twitter: @joel77st Another busy weekend for our LA County...
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Fire Chief Osby Visits Del Valle Regional Training Center: ‘It’s Amazing’
“HazMat City” at Del Valle Regional Training Center offers multiple training scenarios for firefighters. At top, firefighters can practice transferring fuel from an overturned tanker truck on a...
View ArticleApril Is National 911 Education Month
Dialing 911 puts residents in contact with our Los Angeles County Fire Dispatchers, a group of highly trained and dedicated professionals who will assist callers in getting the help they need....
View ArticleFire Captain Keith Mora Returns to Public Information Office
A familiar face is back in the Public Information Office at the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Fire Captain Keith Mora on Wednesday, April 1, assumed the title of Public Information Officer from...
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Crash Victim Returns to Fire Station 125 to Thank Rescuers
Fire Station 125 in Calabasas received a very special visit from the Aslan family on March 11. Less than four months before, Edmond Aslan, 44, was involved in a fiery crash on Mureau Road, during which...
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Beach safety tips for the weekend
We have another round of warm weather on the way! Low 80º’s Friday and Saturday and upper 70º’s for Sunday along with unseasonably warm water (Temperatures in the 60º-64º range). If you’re one of the...
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Foresters Teach Resource Management at L.A. Environmental Education Fair
Personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department Forestry Division participated in the annual Los Angeles Environmental Education Fair (LAEEF) held Saturday, March 14, at the Los Angeles County...
View ArticleL.A. County Lifeguard Activity Update 04.04-04.05
Another busy weekend for you LA County Lifeguards. Warm weather and summer-like water tempuratures made for a great day at the beach. Here’s an activity update from this last weekend. Saturday 4/4 –...
View ArticleSenior Nurse Instructor Mary Valance Recognized as ‘Outstanding Wildfire EMS...
It started with six firefighters injured in a firestorm during the 2007 Corral Canyon Fire in Malibu, which burned 5,000 acres, destroyed 53 homes and caused $100 million in damage, according to a...
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LACoFD, LASD Participate in Active Shooter/Mass Casualty Simulation
Los Angeles County Fire Department first responders worked closely with deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on the morning of Tuesday, April 7, to treat more than a dozen people...
View ArticleFirefighters Help With Unusual Safe Surrender
Our Los Angeles County firefighters in Gardena facilitated the safe surrender of a baby boy in March, the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN) announced Wednesday. In most situations,...
View ArticleDispatchers: They Answer the Call
Our mission starts in Dispatch. In less than one minute, our dispatchers find out what the emergency is and begin to send firefighters, paramedics and others to the scene. They are truly our first...
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35 First Responders Assist in Multi-Agency Hazmat Exercise
With a minor explosion and terrified screams, a multi-agency hazardous materials spill drill began the morning of Thursday, April 9, at Pomona College’s Seaver Science Building in Claremont. The Los...
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Department Hazmat Specialists Lend Military a Helping Hand at Universal Studios
As tourists on the Universal Studios Hollywood tram ride looked on and snapped photos, hazardous materials specialists from Division 7’s Fire Station 105 lent a helping hand to the California National...
View ArticleLACoFD Trains 300 Firefighters in ‘High Risk’ Rescues
About 300 Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel from across Los Angeles County last month participated in a series of hazmat first responder operations training exercises designed to allow...
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Volunteers Craig Durling, Logan Fogwell Recognized at Volunteer of the Year...
Two Los Angeles County Fire Department volunteers—a photographer and an explorer—were among those recognized Monday, April 13, at the 33rd annual Volunteer of the Year Awards ceremony. Volunteer...
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FFS Robert Smith Named Lawndale Firefighter of the Year
Fire Fighter Specialist Robert Smith When it came to the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s engineer exam, failure was not an option for Fire Fighter Specialist Robert Smith. “I fought hard to get...
View ArticleDr. Clayton Kazan Joins Department as Medical Director
For Dr. Clayton Kazan, his new position as medical director for the Los Angeles County Fire Department is one for which he’s spent a long time preparing. Like many of our firefighters, Kazan grew up...
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