The LAFD says it should begin to get a share of the City's homeless relief money - since so many of its calls involve people ...

Ortiz was an LAFD fire captain who served in the department for 33 years before retiring in 2023. “ L.A. County has always had a history of being really good at brush fires,” Ortiz said.

The body of missing firefighter Connor Lees was found in Long Beach, four months after he went missing during a recreational ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) — about 9% of the city workforce in 2024 — accounted for about 38% of all overtime paid out to city workers last year. About 8% of firefighters received ...

As volunteer fire companies, which make up the overwhelming majority of the state’s departments, have struggled to maintain membership and finances, they have turned more often to the public for ...

On Feb. 21, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass relieved L.A. Fire Department (LAFD) chief Kristin Crowley of her duties in the wake of fallout over how recent deadly firestorms in the city were handled.

More than two and a half months after flames leveled much of Pacific Palisades, the Los Angeles Fire Department and Mayor Karen Bass’ office have maintained an extraordinary secrecy about the ...

The fire was first reported at 1:43 a.m. in a two-story building at 1338 S. Flower St. according to the Los Angeles Fire Department's Margaret Stewart. That is between Venice and Pico boulevards.

In ousting Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley Friday, Mayor Karen Bass cited failures of pre-deploying firefighters before the Jan. 7 firestorm began. “We know that 1,000 ...