Los Angeles Fire Department (California)

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The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is an all risk department protecting more than 4 million people who live and work in America's second largest City.

The LAFD's 3,586 uniformed personnel protect life, property and the environment through their direct involvement in fire prevention, firefighting, emergency medical care, technical rescue, hazardous materials mitigation, disaster response, public education and community service.

An equally committed non-sworn cadre of 353 professional support personnel provide technical and administrative expertise in their corresponding pursuit of the Department's Mission.

A total of 1,104 uniformed Firefighters (including 242 serving as Firefighter/Paramedics), are always on duty at Fire Department facilities citywide, including 106 Neighborhood Fire Stations strategically located across the Department's 471 square-mile jurisdiction.

Last year alone, the men and women of the LAFD responded 753,428 times to come to the aid of their neighbors in need. [1]

The first Fire Department rescue ambulance was implemented in l927. By l93l, the LAFD had six ambulances, all within the Metropolitan and Harbor areas of the City.

With the expansion of the City, the Department recognized the need to add six additional rescue ambulances to the burgeoning San Fernando Valley. By l957, this service was operating in conjunction with privately contracted ambulance companies.

In l970, the first Paramedic ambulance went into service at Fire Station 53 in San Pedro. That same year, all City ambulances were transferred to the Fire Department. In 1973, contracted ambulance services were phased out and the Fire Department assumed complete control of first care emergency medical services throughout the City.

Department history was made in the l978 Paramedic Ceremony when the first three female Paramedics graduated. To date, the LAFD has 63 first-line Paramedic Rescue Ambulances, boasting one of the most effective services of its kind in the world. [2]

Schedule

Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department working at Neighborhood Fire Stations are assigned to one of three rotating 24-hour long shifts (or "Platoons"). You can identify which Platoon (A, B, or C) is on duty by viewing their color-coded calendar.

LAFD Firefighters work as a team with members of the same Platoon at the same Neighborhood Fire Station for an entire 24-hour period. They are relieved as a group at 6:30 AM each day by the next scheduled Platoon.


References

  1. ↑ Los Angeles Fire Department
  2. ↑ Los Angeles Fire Department-History


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