Los Angeles Fire Department

Los Angeles Fire Department
Seal of the LAFD
Patch of the LAFD
Operational area
Country United States
State California
County Los Angeles
City Los Angeles
Agency overview[1][2][3]
EstablishedFebruary 1, 1886 (1886-02-01)
Annual calls505,988 (2022)
Employees3,902 (2023–2024)
Annual budget$854,000,000 (2023–2024)
StaffingCareer
Fire chiefKristin Crowley
EMS levelAdvanced Life Support (ALS) & Basic Life Support (BLS)
IAFFIAFF Local 112
Motto"Serving with Courage, Integrity, and Pride"
Facilities and equipment[4][5]
Divisions4
Battalions14
Stations106
Engines140
Trucks43
Rescues1
Ambulances93 ALS & 43 BLS
Tenders2
HAZMAT4
USAR6
Airport crash9
Wildland6
Bulldozers2
Helicopters6
Fireboats5
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD or LA City Fire) provides firefighting services as well as technical rescue services, hazardous materials services and emergency medical services to the citizens of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States.[6] The LAFD is responsible for approximately four million people who live in the agency's 471 square miles (1,220 km2) jurisdiction.[7] The Los Angeles Fire Department was founded in 1886 and is the third largest municipal fire department in the United States, after the New York City Fire Department and the Chicago Fire Department. The department is sometimes also referred to as the Los Angeles City Fire Department or "LA City Fire" to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which serves unincorporated areas and, via contracts, other incorporated municipalities within Los Angeles County without their own fire departments. The department is currently under the command of Chief Kristin Crowley.

  1. ^ "Budget 2014-2015" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. p. 18. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fire Chief". Los Angeles Fire Department.
  3. ^ "employees". Los Angeles Fire Department.
  4. ^ "Stations & Addresses" (PDF). CERT-LA.
  5. ^ "Apparatus". California Firefighters. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  6. ^ "Welcome to the Los Angeles Fire Department". Lafd.org. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  7. ^ "About the LAFD". Los Angeles Fire Department. Retrieved February 20, 2007.

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