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The LAFD is responsible for approximately four million people who live in the agency's 471 square miles (1,220 km 2) jurisdiction. [7] The Los Angeles Fire Department was founded in 1886 and is the third largest municipal fire department in the United States, after the New York City Fire Department and the Chicago Fire Department.
A total of 18 firefighters are typically on duty at Stations 23 and 69 to respond to emergencies. Only 14 of them are routinely available to fight brush fires, several former LAFD chiefs told The ...
A Los Angeles fire union president had warned the city about staffing shortfalls prior to the deadly fires that have ravaged the county for more than a week, according to a new interview.
L.A. firefighters look for hot spots as they prepare for high winds in the burn areas of the Palisades fire on Tuesday, Jan. 14. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
Carl G. Holmes (January 6, 1927 – November 24, 2017) was an American firefighter, rising to the rank of assistant fire chief of the Oklahoma City Fire Department. [1] After retiring in 1981 he founded the Carl Holmes Executive Development Institute for Fire Management Training as an alternative to the National Fire Academy , an annual ...
The arm of the Los Angeles Fire Department in charge of preventing wildfires faced years ... That firefighter was later cleared of wrongdoing by the department and given a $1.4 million payout ...
Bryant was a firefighter starting in 1977 before becoming the fire chief of Oklahoma City from 2005 to 2017. [2] [3] He was also the president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. [4] In May 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Bryant as Administrator of the United States Fire Administration (USFA). [5] [6]