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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.
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The department is commanded by Chief Anthony C. Marrone and has an annual budget of $1.4 billion. [5] According to Firehouse magazine, the LACoFD is the fourth busiest department in the United States, behind New York City Fire Department , Chicago Fire Department , and Los Angeles City Fire Department . [ 6 ]
A series of Times investigations over the last several weeks have exposed deep concerns about whether the Los Angeles Fire Department was prepared for Jan. 7 despite extensive warnings about ...
With more dangerous winds coming, LAFD says it has staffed all of its available extra engines and staged more than two dozen engines in fire risk areas, measures they failed to take ahead of the ...
Los Angeles Fire Department Station No. 1 was built in 1941. The Streamline Moderne station located at 2230 Pasadena Avenue, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, replaced an older station, 3 blocks west of its current location. Built in 1887, the original station was the city of Los Angeles' first professional, full-time fire station. The former ...
Task Force 1 was established on April 4, 1993, when the Mayor of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles City Council authorized the Fire Department to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the California Office of Emergency Services (OES) and FEMA to sponsor a USAR Task Force.
Warner Lawrence is a fireboat owned and operated by the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) in Los Angeles. [1] Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. in the early 2000s, Warner Lawrence was built in Washington and delivered to San Pedro on 21 May 2003. She was dedicated on 12 April of that year.