Los Angeles Fire Department

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Q-What do you call a house on fire that LAFD did not reach

A-Burnt


What (Truck) companies run with LAFD)?


The Los Angeles Fire Department(LAFD) is a firefighting company that is based in the City of you guessed it Los Angeles. If you are wondering these questions like, How can you fight a fire on a tall tower or how can you reach a forest fire. Well this will tell you about the What (Truck) companies run with LAFD. Alright so we start off with the Engine. The engine is a fire truck that does not have a ladder but it has a mind of its own. Instead of a ladder the engine has a fire hose on top of the truck. Like a water cannon. Maybe they use the engine for Airplane fires a LAX Because a Airport fire truck is very similar to the engine but it would be yellow, that would be cool. Now the ladder is the slightly larger version of the engine but the only thing is it has a ladder if you can tell from its name. The ladder can go up to about 100 feet. That’s about 10 stories TALL. Now those trucks are the basics some of these are fire trucks that you might not even know about. This one of these trucks is called the Hazardous material also known as HAZMAT. What is a HAZMAT? A HAZMAT is a fire truck that helps with toxic chemicals, fuels nuclear waste products and more. Say if there were a oil tanker tipped over on a highway ,the dispatch at the station would say We need HAZMAT 1 then the truck rolls out the station, passes all cars and red lights and reaches to the oil spill in a matter of minutes. Now this truck is going to be a bit weird. This is not even a truck this is called the fire helicopter also known as the Sikorsky S-70. The helicopter or should I say Air Ops can fight long distant places and drop water at a forest of hill fire. Well the DC-10 tanker is way better at fighting forest fires and other unrelated fires but hey the helicopter still saves peoples lives.


This is a ladder truck that you use for house/building fires. Image Link

What is Los Angeles Fire Department

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) provides fire fighting, fire suppression, emergency medical services, technical rescue, hazardous materials and fire prevention for the city of Los Angeles, California, US .A total of 1,018 uniformed firefighters are always on duty at fire department citywide, with 106 neighborhood fire stations. Los Angeles is a major city in CALI so firefighter have to be prepared


This is a video when the AIR OPS take off to a fire rescue

What is the history of LAFD


The Los Angeles Fire Department founded in 1886 is one of the largest fire departments in the United States. The Government of Las Angeles also made the LAFD. In September 1886, Los Angeles County organized Engine Company No. 1. It was a firefighting force with an Amoskeag fire engine train. The materials was hand-drawn to fires. In autumn of 1874, the fire company asked the Los Angeles City Council to buy fire horses to pull the engine. The Los Angeles City Council refused and the fire company.