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LAFD: Do You Have a 'Killer' Christmas Tree?
LAFD Spokesperson: Erik Scott
In light of fatal fires involving Christmas trees and holiday decorations, the Los Angeles Fire Department reminds you:"It can take seven years to grow a Christmas tree... and seven seconds for it to become an inferno."Along with caring properly for your tree by keeping it watered at all…
LAFD Week in Review 12.9.16
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
Your LAFD this week responded to 9,585 calls and transported 4,397 people to local hospitals. Here’s a brief glimpse at the week that was.   
Explosion and Fire at Sun Valley Home Sends Two To Hospital
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
SUN VALLEY - An explosion and fire that badly damaged a Sun Valley home Wednesday afternoon, sent two men to the hospital with severe burn injuries. The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 3:51 PM on December 7, 2016 to 8366 Glencrest Drive in Sun Valley, where firefighters arrived quickly to find a one…
LAFD and NFPA: Nightclub Fires, Warehouse Fires, and What You Can Do
LAFD Spokesperson: Erik Scott
In the wake of the recent tragic Oakland warehouse fire on Friday, December 2, 2016, your Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) along with our friends at National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) wish to provide timely information on three topics: Nightclub FiresWarehouse FiresWhat you can do to…
Two Injured When Fire Erupts in Vacant Koreatown Home
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
KOREATOWN - A man and woman sustained serious though non-life threatening injuries, when they and others escaped fast-moving fire in a vacant home Sunday afternoon.The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 3:53 PM on December 4, 2016 to 732 South Wilton Place in Koreatown, where firefighters arrived…
Los Angeles Firefighters Rescue Four From LA River in Atwater Village
LAFD Spokesperson: Erik Scott
Atwater Village - Los Angeles Firefighters performed a rescue of four people found clinging to a tree on an island surrounded by fast flowing water in the LA River near Los Feliz Blvd.At 2:42 AM on November 21, 2016, the LAFD received a 911 call from the stranded victims, and immediately dispatched…
Firehouse Magazine Article Featuring Fire Station 82
LAFD Spokesperson: Erik Scott
This month, FireHouse Magazine published the third annual showcase of fire and emergency service facilities.  The 2016 Station Design Awards is used to identify trends and educate readers using examples of new public safety facilities designed and constructed to meet the needs of an agency, the…
Highland Park Arson Suspect Arrested
LAFD Spokesperson: Peter Sanders
LOS ANGELES – Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Arson-Counter-Terrorism Section and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have been investigating a series of trash and vehicle fires in the Highland Park area since…
LAFD Week in Review 11.18.16
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
We sadly said goodbye to our own this week while engaging in nearly 9,000 incidents. From heavy hearts to life saving kick starts, this is your LAFD Week in Review.Photo by Mike Meadows
Body Found in Burning Apartment near L.A.'s Chinatown
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
VICTOR HEIGHTS - A fire in an apartment near Chinatown took the life of one person Tuesday morning.The Los Angeles Fire Department was notified at 7:32 AM on November 15, 2016 of a structure fire at 939 West College Street in the Victor Heights neighborhood northwest of Chinatown, where firefighters arrived quickly…
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