Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who represents the Seventh District, recently secured funding allowing LAFD to recruit for the positions. Rodriguez’s district, which includes ...

A call was made for three people with possible chemical burns, according to the LAFD. It is not known if the people were employees or customers. Two ambulances transported people to hospitals ...

(Shiv Patel/Daily Bruin senior staff) UCPD arrived at the scene around 12:35 a.m., followed by an LAFD fire truck shortly before 12:40 a.m. LAFD – which responds to night calls instead of the UC ...

Kris Larson is a 32-year veteran of the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) and currently holds the rank of assistant chief. In her early career, she held the rank of fire inspector and ...

“Firefighters have surrounding the vacant building, ensuring there is no extension to the brush and are allowing a controlled burn of the remnants of the vacant structure,” the LAFD said in a ...

But it’s not usually a fire that LAFD Station 11 is responding to. Through August of this year, there have been 599 drug overdose calls, compared with 36 runs for structure fires. “I’ve had ...

In addition to the person in critical condition, two others were rescued but chose not to go to a hospital, the LAFD reported. According to Fox 11, four others were injured.

As of 12:10PM PT on Friday, the truck was still on fire, and both the ports and bridge were still closed, Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) spokesperson Ren Medina told The Verge. Firefighters ...

"There are people experiencing homelessness that have used this building for refuge and over the last few months we have been here a number of times," said LAFD Assistant Chief Joe Everette.

But it’s not usually a fire that LAFD Station 11 is responding to. Through August of this year, there have been 599 drug overdose calls, compared with 36 runs for structure fires. “I’ve had ...