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LAFD Partners with Hospitals to Expand Innovative Advanced Provider Response Units
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Peter Sanders
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Ralph Terrazas on Monday joined local hospital officials and the LAFD Medical Director to launch the expansion of the successful Advanced Provider Response Unit (APRU) program.Two and a half years after establishing the first APRU pilot program, the LAFD…
Arson Investigator Rosa Tufts is the 2017 'Firefighter of the Year'
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
LOS ANGELES - Rosa Torres Tufts was named the 2017 Firefighter of the Year by her colleagues and recognized by the City of Los Angeles Firefighter's Association, Los Angeles Fire Department Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas, and numerous civic leaders on April 4, 2018.  She becomes the first LAFD Arson Investigator…
Quick Responding LAFD Finds Carbon Monoxide
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
KOREATOWN - When Los Angeles Fire Department Firefighters arrived on scene of a medical call in Koreatown, what they found was something deadly. On March 8, 2018 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a medical call at 920 South Hobart Boulevard in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles.  While crews…
LAFD Captain Injured Battling Major Blaze in L.A.'s Fashion District
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Fire Captain sustained facial injury while battling a major pre-dawn blaze that destroyed a business in L.A.'s Fashion District Tuesday morning.   The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 4:49 AM on February 27, 2018 to 771 East Pico Boulevard in the Fashion District of…
Pico-Union House Fire Claims One Life
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
PICO-UNION - A fire in a two story residential triplex appears to have claimed the life of one person early Wednesday morning.   The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 3:16 AM on January 10, 2018 to 1721 South New Hampshire Avenue in the Pico-Union area, where firefighters arrived quickly to find…
LAFD Quells Stubborn Flames in Koreatown Market
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
KOREATOWN - Firefighters were spared injury early Wednesday while battling a stubborn greater alarm fire in a Filipino supermarket that led to structural collapse. The Los Angeles Fire Department received the first of several 9-1-1 calls from passersby at 12:30 AM on January 10, 2018, reporting fire in a one…
Boyle Heights Victorian Fully Engulfed
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
BOYLE HEIGHTS - So fire-damaged it could no longer support its weight, a large 1890's Victorian-style home partially collapsed into an apartment building.At 7:57PM, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to 1519 E Pleasant Av in Boyle Heights. Upon arrival, firefighters found a large, two story, wooden-sided…
Greater Alarm Commercial Fire in Eagle Rock
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
EAGLE ROCK - Firefighters prevent blaze from extending into an attached building at a large commercial fire in Eagle Rock.At 3:39PM on January 7, 2018 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 4537 N Eagle Rock Blvd to find a 75' x 250' vacant commercial building with heavy smoke…
Fatality Fire in Koreatown
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - A late night kitchen fire took the life of a 74 year old man in Koreatown. At 10:48PM the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 616 S Normandie Av in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles.   Firefighters arrived to find a 16 story, senior-living,…
Two LAFD Firefighters Injured, Thirteen Residents Displaced by Westlake Apartment Fire
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
WESTLAKE - Two Los Angeles Firefighters sustained injury and thirteen residents were displaced by a fierce predawn blaze Saturday morning in an apartment building west of MacArthur Park. The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 5:45 AM on November 25, 2017 to 2900 Sunset Place in Westlake, where…
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