Los Angeles County Fire Department (California)

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Cities Served Multiple Counties Served Los Angeles Unincorporated Areas Served Multiple State or Territory California Country United States Service Area Square Mileage 469 Service Area Population-Residential 3,849,378

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Organization Type Level of Government County Administrative Division Type of Organization Type of Volunteer Agency All Volunteerwarning.png"All Volunteer" is not in the list of possible values (Has some paid personnel, Affiliated with city government, Affiliated with county government, Affiliated with federal government, Affiliated with state government, NA) for this property. Medical Director(s) FRANKLIN PRATT M.D.
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The Los Angeles County Fire Department as we know it today does not resemble the beginning organizational layout as was found in the 1920’s. The L.A. County Forestry Department, headed by Chief Forrester Stuart J. Flintham, was chosen by the County Board of Supervisors to be the department to be in charge of fire fighting and fire prevention beginning with the fiscal year of 1920-21. Therefore, a man who was a graduate forester only was expected to do what he could to instigate the fire protection system for the unincorporated L.A. County territory. Due to his natural organizational ability, he largely succeeded.

Stuart J. Flintham became the County’s first Fire Chief and remained so until his untimely death in 1925. During his tenure, the first Fire Protection Districts (30) were formed which allowed small towns in the unincorporated territory to pay for fire stations, engines and manpower. Chief Flintham’s successor, Spencer Turner, continued to build on the framework built by Flintham. By the time of his retirement in 1952, the Department had grown to have 80 fire stations and nearly 1,000 total personnel. During both the Chief’s tenure, fires in the brush-covered hills and desert areas continued to be fought by the Forestry Department exclusively using green engines and men having different uniforms, pay scales, retirement, Labor Unions, etc.

At all times, during the reigns of each Chief, a significant feature of the Department was its ability to develop new techniques and equipment to fight fires of all kinds; ultimately, these benefited the fire service in general and therefore all of the citizens of the United States. Some of these developments were:

the use of large tankers to haul water to wildland fires (1926-29), the first use of a 2-way radio for fire control (1923), the first use of a tractor with a bulldozer blade on a brush fire (1930), the development of the Griswold Fog Nozzle for indirect fire fighting (1938), the design and development and use of the Fire Paramedic Program, ongoing from 1969 to the present day, and lastly, the re-design of the U.S. Army Blackhawk Helicopter into the Firehawk helicopter which uses that machine’s great speed and power to deliver 1,000 gallons of water/phoscheck per drop.^[1]

Today, The Los Angeles County Fire Department is operated under Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman, and operate out of over 100 fire stations.

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1. ↑ Los Angeles County Fire-History

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Activated Charcoal	Not in Scope
Adenosine	Not in Scope
Albuterol-Proventil	Not in Scope
Aminophylline	Not in Scope
Amiodarone-Cordarone	Not in Scope
Amyl Nitrite	Not in Scope
Aspirin	Not in Scope
Atropine Sulfate	Not in Scope
Benzocaine	Not in Scope
Calcium Chloride	Not in Scope
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Dextrose 25%	Not in Scope
Dextrose 50%	Not in Scope
Dexamethasone	Not in Scope
Diazepam-Valium	Not in Scope
Diltiazem-Cardizem	Not in Scope
Diphenhydramine-Benadryl	Not in Scope
Dobutamine-Dobutrex	Not in Scope
Dopamine-Inotropin	Not in Scope
Epinephrine-Adrenalin	Not in Scope
Epinephrine-Racemic	Not in Scope
Etomidate-Amidate	Not in Scope
Fentanyl-Sublimaze	Not in Scope
Flumazenil-Romazicon	Not in Scope
Furosemide-Lasix	Not in Scope
Glucagon-GlucaGen	Not in Scope
Haloperidol-Haldol	Not in Scope
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Ipratropium-Atrovent	Not in Scope
Isoproterenol-Isuprel	Not in Scope
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Ketamine	Not in Scope
Labatolol-Normodyne	Not in Scope
Lidocaine-Xylocaine	Not in Scope
Lidocaine Viscous	Not in Scope
Lorazepam-Ativan	Not in Scope
Magnesium Sulfate	Not in Scope
Metaprolol-Lopressor	Not in Scope
Metaproterenol-Alupent	Not in Scope
Methylene Blue	Not in Scope
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Metoclopramide-Reglan	Not in Scope
Midazolam-Versed	Not in Scope
Morphine Sulfate	Not in Scope
Nalaxone-Narcan	Not in Scope
Nifedipine-Procardia	Not in Scope
Nitroglycerin	Not in Scope
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Ondansetron-Zofran	Not in Scope
Oxytocin-Pitocin	Not in Scope
Pancuronium-Pavulon	Not in Scope
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Procainamide-Pronestyl	Not in Scope
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12 Lead Electrocardiograms	Not in Scope
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Valsalva Maneuvers	Not in Scope
Blood Draws	Not in Scope
Intervenous Catheters	Not in Scope
Insert Central Lines	Not in Scope
Access Central Lines	Not in Scope
Pericardiocentesis	Not in Scope
Needle Chest Decompression	Not in Scope
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Interosseous-Adult (IO)	Not in Scope
Interosseous-Pediatric (IO)	Not in Scope
Endotracheal Intubation-Adult	Not in Scope
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Tracheal Suctioning	Not in Scope
Tracheal Meconium Suctioning	Not in Scope
Nasogastric Intubation	Not in Scope
Orogastric Intubation	Not in Scope
Therapeutic Hypothermia	Not in Scope
Episiotomy	Not in Scope
Escharotomy	Not in Scope