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They learned to fight fires while incarcerated. Now, LA County provides a path back to firefighting
Programs such as the Justice, Care and Opportunities Department’s in L.A. County and the Ventura Training Center’s are the ...
Los Angeles mayor slashes fire department DEI bureau in proposed budget months after woke backlash
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a budget proposal that would fold the LAFD’s Equity Bureau into the Professional ...
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Rams to honor LA firefighters by drafting from fire station
The Rams are taking their "war room" on the road, making their selections in the draft next week from a Los Angeles Fire ...
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How Kings’ Locker Room L.A. Fire Helmet Is Much More Than a Good-Luck Charm
So Bryson reached out to Matthew and Marty Mullen, lifelong buddies who are also firefighters ... ice at Crypto.com Arena replaced with an LAFD shield. The team also donated more than $8 million ...
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LAFD firefighter speaks out after his wife dies from serious complication during childbirth
Okula, a firefighter for the Los Angeles Fire Department, said his wife's death occurred after about three days of laboring and after she underwent a Cesarean section at Orange Coast Medical ...
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Fires tied to homelessness make up nearly one-third of LAFD responses
Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Between 2018 and 2024, LAFD firefighters responded to 232,266 fire calls, and of those, 76,449, or 32.9%, were related to homelessness ...
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Battle of the Badges brings police, fire and EMS together to box for charity
The "Twin Cities Battle of the Badges" event will feature boxing matches between first responders, including police officers, firefighters and paramedics. The event aims to raise funds for the ...
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Firefighting tech
Why it matters: "We need to continue to think outside the box as we see wildfires increase in severity and duration,” LAFD Capt. Erik Scott said. “And we just witnessed the largest natural ...
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An LAFD and LA County firefighter brawled at the scene of a fire. Here’s what we know
Ortiz said that being at busy stations also puts firefighters on edge and can cause tensions to run high. The three LAFD stations that sent fire engines to respond to the fire on Monday are among ...
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Nursing influencer and wife of L.A. firefighter dies after giving birth to their son
An emergency room nurse and online influencer who was the wife of a Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter died after giving birth to their son, her husband shared in a social media post.
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L.A. Fire Department honors Captain II Andrew Ruiz as firefighter of the year
The Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) and the City of Los Angeles Firefighters Association recently named Captain II Andrew Ruiz as the 2024 Firefighter of the Year for his 31 years in the ...
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Nursing influencer dies from childbirth complications minutes after welcoming first baby
She was my everything.” Matthew Okula, who is a firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department, said words can’t describe how badly he and his wife wanted to be parents. “Hailey’s ...