Freddy Escobar made nearly $540,000 in 2022. He doubled his base salary with overtime payouts, earning a total of more than $424,000 from the city while collecting an additional $115,000 from the ...

RESEDA, CA (July 8, 2022) – A three-vehicle crash on Roscoe Boulevard and Tampa Avenue left an LAFD EMS Captain with serious injuries. Dispatchers received reports about the incident at around ...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) and its budget have become a major topic of concern among Angelenos ...

The report, submitted May 31 to the Board of Fire Commissioners, says that some LAFD firefighters and paramedics ... “large numbers of fire crews are busy with only EMS calls, leaving the ...

As a result of the call volume, LAFD response times have increased citywide. EMS and non-EMS responders both took a minute longer in January 2023 compared to January 2016. In January of this year ...

But LAFD's average EMS response time is seven minutes and 36 seconds. LAFD says to get the department up to par, it would need 62 more fire stations. L.A. City Councilmember Traci Park ...

It’s just one of the black marks against the LAFD — which include allegations that a deputy chief was drunk while overseeing a 2021 wildfire in the Pacific Palisades, the very same area ...

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley was the subject of a blistering five-page letter from current and retired LAFD Bravest demanding she step aside immediately after failing to properly manage ...

LAFD firefighter Margaret Stewart asked all members to call (213) 576-8962 and report their availability. She said this is the first time in 19 years that the department has carried out this protocol.