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September 9, 2022
Here’s the latest news impacting Los Angeles Firefighters…
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On the 21st Anniversary of 9/11 We Remember
While plans remain for future ceremonies that welcome in-person public attendance, the 2022 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the Los Angeles Fire Department, will instead be streamed live online. Live video from this year's ritual-filled ceremony - many months in planning, will be posted here at LAFD.ORG/NEWS on Sunday, September 11, 2022, beginning at 9:00 AM, and remain accessible for future viewing.
LAFD
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Fire erupts at commercial building in Boyle Heights, prompts massive response from firefighters
A massive fire erupted Monday afternoon at a commercial building in Boyle Heights, prompting a multi-agency response from more than 180 firefighters. The blaze was reported shortly after 2 p.m. at a single-story structure in the 2800 block of East 11th Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Intense flames quickly burned through the roof of the building and sent a towering column of thick black smoke into the air above the Eastside. LAFD firefighters attacked the fire on the ground and from atop multiple aerial ladders.
ABC7/LAFD
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LAFD Ceremony Salutes 25 Promoted Sworn and Civilian Members
Expressing her pride in their accomplishments, City of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley oversaw a formal promotion ceremony at the LAFD Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park on Thursday, August 24, 2022. We are pleased to share an event photo album and link to the live stream. Click HERE for a list of those individually honored at the event.
LAFD
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UFLAC Presents the 2021 LAFD Year In Review
UFLAC is proud to present the 2021 Los Angeles Fire Department Year in Review. UFLAC’s mission is to lead the way to protect and advocate for the health, safety, working conditions, wages and benefits of our members and their families. This publication tells the story of our dedicated First Responders who continued to protect lives and property in Los Angeles while risking their own safety during another extraordinary year. In 2021, our Firefighters and Paramedics responded to more than 475,000 emergency calls for service throughout Los Angeles - an average of 1,300 calls per day. As an all-risk fire and rescue agency serving more than four million people, the LAFD is one of the busiest and most understaffed big city fire departments in the entire country. UFLAC is honored to help showcase the dedication and commitment demonstrated by the men and women of the LAFD. Click HERE to view the publication.
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Three people suffer burn injuries from a fire near USC
Two adults and a child sustained burn injuries from a fire that broke out at an apartment building located on 1368 W 24th St, the Los Angeles Fire Department announced on Twitter. The adults, who have been identified as a 35-year-old male and 30-year-old female, and the 10-year-old child have been taken to a local hospital. Their names haven’t been released. The apartment building is less than a mile from University Park, near the University of Southern California campus. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, it took a team of 34 firefighters approximately 11 minutes to extinguish the flames.
KTLA5
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One Injured in Valley Glen Apartment Fire
One person suffered non-life-threatening burn injuries in a Valley Glen apartment fire Thursday. The fire was reported just before 2:15 p.m. at the apartment building located at 13111 Vanowen St., near the Hollywood (170) Freeway, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. LAFD firefighters extinguished the fire by about 2:30 p.m., and the victim was taken to a hospital for treatment.
MyNewsLA
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Greater Alarm Fire Extinguished at Commercial Building in Koreatown
After battling heavy flames for nearly an hour and a half, firefighters contained and extinguished a fire Wednesday in Koreatown. Firefighters responded at 2:16 a.m. to 603 S. Mariposa Ave. near Wilshire Boulevard and Normandie Avenue where they found flames coming from the roof of a two-story commercial building and quickly began defensive maneuvers to get control of the flames, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange. It took 88 firefighters 89 minutes to put out the fire.
MyNewsLA
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Firefighters put out 10-acre brush fire in Chatsworth
It took less than 50 minutes for firefighters on the ground and in the air to put out a 10-acre brushfire along the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Chatsworth Saturday afternoon. The fire was reported at 3:31 p.m. along the westbound 118 Freeway at De Soto Avenue, described as one acre in light to medium brush, said the Los Angeles Fire Department's Margaret Stewart. The fire was reported out at 4:18 p.m. and air resources were released, leaving firefighters on the ground to make sure to put out all hot spots, Stewart said. The burn area had grown to 10 acres.
ABC7
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Crews extinguish one-story structure fire in downtown Los Angeles
Firefighters with the Los Angeles Fire Department extinguished a commercial structure fire in the 770 block of East 17th Street. The blaze, according to authorities, started just before 5 p.m., with flames coming through the roof. Authorities with LAFD requested two additional task forces to help fight the fire. No injuries have been reported.
CBSLA
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Hansen Dam Brush Fire Knocked Down But Remains Under Investigation
A pair of brush fires near the Hansen Dam Recreation Area were quickly doused Wednesday afternoon, but they remain under investigation. The Hansen Dam brush fires were among a handful of vegetation fires to break out in Los Angeles County Wednesday afternoon amid extreme heat and low humidity. Temperatures in the Hansen Dam area reached 106 degrees while firefighters battled the flames. Facing searing heat and low humidity, Los Angeles Fire Department crews worked quickly to stop the spread of the flame when the blazes broke out shortly after 1 p.m. near the 11700 block of West Foothill Boulevard. With the help of air and ground crews, the flames were extinguished in a little more than an hour. LAFD crews managed to contain the fire shortly after 2 p.m., and the department reported ground units were treating two separate one-acre brush fires at the scene as one fire.
Los Angeles Patch
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Crews Knock Down House Fire in Chinatown
Firefighters knocked down a house fire Sunday in Chinatown. The blaze at 624 N. Beaudry Ave. was reported at 1:06 a.m., according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. Firefighters extinguished the bulk of the fire from the exterior and then transitioned to an interior offensive operation with a second company, Stewart said. The department dispatched 34 firefighters to the scene and extinguished the flames in 14 minutes, she added.
Los Angeles Patch
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Firefighters quickly extinguish brushfire in Highland Park
Firefighters quickly extinguished a brushfire burning in Highland Park Monday afternoon. The blaze was first reported at around 5 p.m. in the area near South Avenue 60. According to Los Angeles Fire Department, more than 50 firefighters with their department and South Pasadena Fire Department combined to contain the blaze before it reached more than two-and-a-half acres, using both a ground and air attack. It took just over an hour to extinguish the fire.
CBSLA
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Fire at Koreatown Apartment Building Extinguished In 44 Minutes
A fire at a two-story apartment building in Koreatown Monday evening was extinguished in 44 minutes by 40 firefighters. The fire at 227 N. Berendo St., near Beverly Boulevard and Vermont Avenue, was reported at 9:22 p.m., said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Arriving firefighters encountered “a deep-seated fire” within the walls of the center hallway of the first floor of the 12-unit, 10,260-square foot building built in 1928, Humphrey said.
MyNewsLA
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Sprinklers Hold Fire in Downtown High Rise Apartment
Sprinklers prevented a possible disaster Sunday evening when a sparking vacuum cleaner ignited a fire in an apartment of a 16-story downtown high rise. The fire was reported at 10:45 p.m. at 255 S. Hill St., said the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Margaret Stewart. It was in an eighth-story apartment and was held in check by sprinklers, Stewart said. “While a few residents self-evacuated, the rest of the building is sheltering in place,” she said. “There is only light smoke in the hallway.” No injuries were reported. Firefighters remained at the scene to remove water from the sprinkler activation, she said.
MyNewsLA
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Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Fire in Koreatown Apartment Building
It took 32 firefighters 12 minutes to put out flames on the fifth floor of a six-story apartment building Monday morning in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles. The fire was reported at 3:10 a.m. in the center hallway of a building at 3918 W. Beverly Blvd., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Nicholas Prange. Firefighters had the flames out at 3:22 a.m., Prange said.
MyNewsLA
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Chatsworth House Catches Fire
A fire damaged a one-story house in Chatsworth Wednesday morning, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. A one-story home at 9648 North Casaba Ave was showing smoke around 9:37 a.m., authorities said. Authorities put out the fire in 29 minutes, according to LAFD. There were no reported injuries.
Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
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Fire Damages Two-Story Home in North Hollywood
Fire Sunday damaged a two-story home in North Hollywood, authorities said. The 26 firefighters dispatched at 11:53 a.m. to 10347 W. McCormick St. had the blaze out in approximately 12 minutes, said Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The incident was originally dispatched as an “injury” call, Stewart said, with an ambulance standing by at the address.
MyNewsLA
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Firefighters Put Out Flames at Sherman Oaks House
It took 24 minutes for 28 firefighters to put out flames at a Sherman Oaks. The fire was reported at 3:43 p.m. at 5529 N. Greenbush Ave., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Margaret Stewart. Initial reports indicated the fire was in one room and the attic, Stewart said.
MyNewsLA
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LAFD Knocks Down House Fire in Pacoima
Firefighters extinguished a house fire Sunday in Pacoima. The blaze at 10377 N. Rincon Ave. was reported at 5:06 p.m., according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange. The department dispatched 26 firefighters to the scene and knocked down the flames in 24 minutes, Prange said.
MyNewsLA/ABC7
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One man from Woodland Hills, another from Northridge die in head-on crash near Pierce College
Authorities on Wednesday identified the second of two motorists killed in a head-on crash near the entrance to Pierce College on Victory Boulevard in Woodland Hills. The collision occurred about 11:30 p.m. Monday on Victory Boulevard near Mason Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Armen Benglyan, 24, of Northridge, died at the scene, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported. Rudy Hartono, 36, of Woodland Hills, died at a hospital, the coroner’s office reported on Wednesday. According to the preliminary investigation, one vehicle was eastbound on Victory Boulevard when it crossed into the westbound lanes and collided with the other vehicle, police said.
LA Daily News
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Passenger van hits pedestrians, parking structure at LAX
Two pedestrians were struck Wednesday by a passenger van that ended up in a building at LAX. The crash was first reported just before 10 a.m. on the airport's lower level, near Terminal 1, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. One of the pedestrians declined medical care. A second pedestrian and the driver of the van, both men, were taken to a hospital in fair condition. The van appeared to have struck the first floor of a parking structure.
CBSLA
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California Fire Map & Tracker
An interactive map of wildfires burning across the Bay Area and California.
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LAFD Paramedics Stress Hot Weather Safety
With hot weather predicted, the Los Angeles Fire Department suggests you take action now to:
· Minimize the risks of sun and hot weather.
· Prepare your household, pets and workplace.
· Get relief from and avoid the effects of heat.
Adjust your attire and activities to limit sun exposure, heat and exertion!
Plan to wear loose, lightweight and light-colored clothing that covers as much of your skin as practical, and a well-ventilated hat with a wide brim - or carry an umbrella. Allow your home to ventilate in the early morning and evening when it is cooler, and stay indoors or shade whenever possible. Consider cool compresses, misting, a brief tepid shower or bath among your options to beat the heat.
LAFD
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Firefighters Remind You to 'Pool Safely'
Pool Safely is a national public education effort to reduce child drownings, non-fatal submersions and entrapments in swimming pools and spas. Los Angeles Firefighters support this effort through their belief in the campaign slogan: Simple Steps Save Lives!
The 7 Simple Steps to Pool Safely:
1. Constant Supervision
2. Proper Fencing
3. Pool & Spa Safety Covers
4. Door, Gate & Pool Alarms
5. Safety Drain Covers
6. Swimming Lessons
7. Learning CPR
To learn more, please visit: http://poolsafely.gov
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Remembering Our Fallen Brothers & Sisters | |
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Firefighter III
Timothy S. Wilson
Deceased: 9/4/2022
Appointed: 1/29/1978
Assignment: FS 108
Retired: 9/30/2011
Battalion Chief
Donald L. Cate
Deceased: 9/4/2022
Appointed: 2/1/1955
Assignment: Battalion 1, FS 9
Retired: 6/18/1990
Captain
Gilbert L. Turner
Deceased: 8/29/2022
Appointed: 9/1/1962
Assignment: FS 69
Retired:11/4/1986
Battalion Chief
William H. Burmester
Deceased: 8/29/2022
Appointed: 4/20/1963
Assignment: Battalion 10
Retired: 9/18/1997
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Engineer
Ronald J. Landis
Deceased: 8/24/2022
Appointed: 4/20/1963
Assignment: FS 73
Retired: 6/13/1993
Engineer
David R. Stolrow
Deceased: 8/22/2022
Appointed: 4/13/1968
Assignment: FS 75
Retired: 6/27/1993
Captain
Rocco R. Paccione
Deceased: 8/21/2022
Appointed: 5/13/1972
Assignment: Fire Station 101
Retired: 5/14/2007
Engineer
Ernest A. Eiseley
Deceased: 8/18/2022
Appointed: 12/18/1951
Assignment: FS 35
Retired: 2/1/1978
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Captain
Gerald J. Coley
Deceased: 8/14/2022
Appointed: 6/27/1959
Assignment: Fire Station 1
Retired: 7/2/1980
Captain
Jack F. Van Eaton
Deceased: 8/8/2022
Appointed: 7/22/1946
Assignment: Fire Station 35
Retired: 4/15/1975
Captain
Donald E. Engh
Deceased: 8/2/2022
Appointed: 7/15/1947
Assignment: Fire Station 95
Retired: 6/1/1978
Paramedic
Rudy Mendez
Deceased: 7/31/2022
Appointed: 12/29/1980
Assignment: Fire Station 66
Retired: 10/29/1992
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UFLAC’s 2021 LAFD Year In Review
UFLAC is proud to present the 2021 Los Angeles Fire Department Year in Review. UFLAC’s mission is to lead the way to protect and advocate for the health, safety, working conditions, wages and benefits of our members and their families. This publication tells the story of our dedicated First Responders who continued to protect lives and property in Los Angeles while risking their own safety during another extraordinary year.
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In 2021, our Firefighters and Paramedics responded to more than 475,000 emergency calls for service throughout Los Angeles - an average of 1,300 calls per day. As an all-risk fire and rescue agency serving more than four million people, the LAFD is one of the busiest and most understaffed big city fire departments in the entire country. UFLAC is honored to help showcase the dedication and commitment demonstrated by the men and women of the LAFD. Click HERE to view the publication.
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About UFLAC: Since 1918, UFLAC has been the labor organization of the proud men and women that serve as firefighters and emergency medical responders protecting the City of Los Angeles. The members of the Los Angeles Fire Department rely on UFLAC to focus on the wellbeing and safety of those that protect the lives of others. For more information, visit www.uflac.org.
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