Last weekend, community members across Los Angeles visited their neighborhood fire stations for free tours and demonstrations in celebration of the LA Fire Department’s (LAFD) annual Fire ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass appeared to be backing away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the city’s fire department after facing massive backlash over the poor response to the ...

From 2018 to 2024, the unhoused population in Los Angeles has grown by 44.6% from 31,285 to 45,252 individuals, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

The body of a Los Angeles firefighter who went missing while off duty last year was found by divers Friday off the coast of Long Beach. Connor J. Lees, a 29-year-old firefighter with the Los ...

For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the Los Angeles Fire Department had a budget of around $837 million. Los Angeles spent more money on homelessness — around $961 million. LAFD is also forced to ...

Atlantic Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. As they continued to battle the flames, firefighters declared the blaze a Second Alarm. It was extinguished by 10:30 p.m ...

Months after the most destructive wildfire in modern Los Angeles history, Mayor Karen Bass is seeking to add scores of new employees to the Fire Department, even as an array of other agencies face ...

they are honoring the Los Angeles Fire Department by wearing a fire helmet after their dingers. The homage to the off-the-field heroes of the LAFD who fought the wildfires that ravaged Southern ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released updated fire-hazard severity-zone maps for Los Angeles County for the first time in over a decade on Monday, adding more than ...

According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, that means if residents in the newly expanded zones get their building permits approved after the maps are adopted, the wildfire building codes ...

Three years ago, Chief Kristin Crowley made history when she was appointed the first female leader of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). For the people who stood beside her “on the line ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department has shared a report outlining the impact that an increasing homeless population has had on its resources in recent years. “Fire Department field resources respond ...