Crews battle a Palos Verdes Estates house fire

A first-hand view from LAFD Air Ops during this morning’s cliff rescue on Mullholland Drive. Careful coordination between air and ground crews ensured our patient was extricated, hoisted, and transported to the hospital quickly and safely. #lafd #lafdairops #cliffrescue #hoist #teamwork | Los Angeles Fire Department

Not your everyday ocean rescue, but we were sure happy to help this 4 legged friend make its way back to the beach! Lifeguards launched a Rescue Watercraft from Zuma Beach after receiving a report of a dog swimming offshore of a small cove near Nicolas State Beach. Lifeguards located the dog about 600 yards from shore, secured it on the rescue sled, and transported it back to its owner on the beach. While rescues like this one sure put a smile on our face, Lifeguards would like to remind beachgo

LAFD HISTORY: 44 Years Ago Today On January 28, 1981, Apparatus Operator Thomas Taylor was killed in the line of duty during a roof collapse at the Cugee's Restaurant structure fire. AO Taylor's locker at Fire Station 60 remains untouched and the crew continue a special bond with his extended family - even though many members were not yet born when he died. As Captain (Ret) Michael Reagan (who was seriously injured in the roof collapse) says best, it is in the DNA of Fire Station 60. This video

When the engineer with the most time on the LAFD (in the engineer rank) retires, the tradition of the PASSING OF THE BULL ceremony takes place. Congratulations to both the newly retired Vince Mena, and the new Bull Engineer of the LAFD, John Ornelas. For more information on the LAFD history surrounding this tradition, please visit LAFRA.org/origins-bull/ | Los Angeles Fire Department

SYLMAR - On June 14-16, 2021 the Los Angeles Fire Department organized a multi-agency brush fire exercise near Veterans Memorial Park in Sylmar. Participants included Fire Departments from the cities of Burbank, Glendale, Los Angeles, Pasadena, the County of Los Angeles and Angeles National Forest, as these agencies frequently respond together along and near their jurisdictional borders in what are known as Mutual Threat Zones (MTZs). Training sessions took place on three separate days to assure

#TrainingDay 🚒🔥 The 33rd #LACoFD Fire Captain’s Academy is going strong with new captains training on structure fire simulations, complete with firefighters pulling hose and cutting on the roof prop. | Los Angeles County Fire Department