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🌊 5th Annual #LACoFD WLPA Registration is Open! 🌊
Get the skills & build the confidence to prepare you for a potential career as an ocean lifeguard!
* When: 5/30 & 5/31
* Where: Dockweiler Youth Center
Limited spots available—reserve yours today!
🔗bit.ly/LACOFD2026WLPA
LACoFD FS 171 (Inglewood) Pancake Breakfast 🚒🥞
Join the #LACoFD for a Community Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, 4/25, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Fire Station 171 in the City of Inglewood.
All are welcome and we would love to see you there!
🚒🔥 2026 Fire Service Day Open House & Regional Fire Service Day Events 🚒🔥
We’re rolling up the doors and opening ALL #LACoFD fire stations to YOU on Saturday, 5/2/26. Come meet our team, tour the stations, & learn more about the vital work we do to keep the community safe.
Congrats to the 66 participants who successfully completed the 10th Annual #LACoFD Women’s Fire Prep Academy today.
The LACoFD & WFL extends its heartfelt gratitude to the ODEI team, instructor cadre, Explorers & alumni for supporting the participants over the past 6 Saturdays.
Thank you to FF Ruben Ortiz II, Local 1014 & Benefit & Welfare for making this year’s #LACoFD Bear Classic tournament possible. 🥎🧢🐻🚒
It was a great day for camaraderie, strengthening bonds on and off the field!
Congrats to this year’s tournament champions - FS 36! 🏆
#CrownFire 🚒🔥
#LACoFD FFs are on scene of a 2nd Alarm Brush Fire in #Acton. The fire is currently at 280 acres.
Evacuation orders & warnings have been issued. Visit protect.genasys.com to check the status of your area.
Please monitor lacounty.gov/emergency for updates.
Join the #LACoFD on April 11, 2026, for the fifth annual A Special Day with First Responders Sirens of Silence event.
Join local first responders in a sensory sensitive environment to explore apparatus and build community.
On 3/30, the #LACoFD conducted a prescribed pile burn in the Tonner Canyon area in Diamond Bar. Strategic fuel reduction is an essential tool for the prevention of catastrophic wildfires. These planned burns are carefully managed to reduce smoke impacts & improve wildland health.
Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the #LACoFD LA-DROP program, w/whole blood available in the field for FFPMs to use on critically ill trauma patients.
LA-DROP is the #LACounty collaborative & CAL-DROP the 5-County collaborative. To date, LA-DROP has transfused 57 patients.
Congrats to our newly promoted #LACoFD battalion chiefs effective today, 4/1/26:
🚒 Donald Bailey
🚒 Jason Centeno
🚒 Hugo Cortez
🚒 David Dantic
🚒 Daniel Garcia
🚒 Matthew Kaller-Vincent
🚒 Richard Licon
🚒 John McClaskey
🚒 Mark McCurdy
🚒 Kelvin Patterson, Jr.
#AutismAcceptanceMonth❤️🩵💛♾️
The #LACoFD #SirensOfSilence program provides FFs training on how best to communicate w/people on the autism spectrum & also allows people on the spectrum to interact w/first responders in sensory-sensitive spaces.
🔗 fire.lacounty.gov/sirens-of-si...
This past Sunday at #LACoFD FS 7 in West Hollywood, units from the LACoFD, LAFD & Beverly Hills Fire Department took part in an interagency #MayDay training drill.
In the #WestHollywood area, our agencies work together daily. Training together keeps us ready when we’re called to action.
As we close out Women’s History Month, we proudly celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the #LACoFD Women’s Fire Prep Academy.
You Better Keep Up!
🎥 LACoFD Video Unit
The #LACoFD recognizes and celebrates farmworkers, uplifting their contributions to our communities. We remain committed to farmworker justice & labor rights, honoring their resilience & advocacy.
LACoFD admin. offices are closed today. Our fire stations & 9-1-1 Dispatch Center are open 24/7.
The #LACoFD extends our condolences to the Vargas and #LASD families on the loss of Deputy Levi Vargas.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.
RIP Deputy Vargas 💔🕊️
Earlier this week, #LACoFD Fire Stations 38, 58, and 110 practiced running Stokes Basket rescue drills. Training to stay sharp for when it matters most because every second counts during an emergency.
Training never stops at the LACoFD.
🎥 PIO FFS P. McGee
#RescueReady #TrainingDay
The #LACoFD would like to congratulate & highlight a few of our many firefighters and chief officers who have recently retired after countless years of dedicated service to the Department & #LACounty residents.
We wish all of our retirees well in this next chapter of life. 🎉🚒
Catalina Island Drill 🚁🚒🔥
The #LACoFD joined partner agencies earlier this month for a wildfire response drill on #CatalinaIsland to strengthen regional readiness.
The #LACoFD Public Education & PIO team had a great time yesterday at the Friends of the Children’s Career Day in Lancaster!
We loved sharing fire safety tips & what it’s like to be a FF
Sparky the Fire Dog brought the energy—we foresee a few future FFs in the making!
Prescribed burn today in the San Gabriel Foothills, about an hour after it started. It isn't especially close by but even with the least little smoke you can feel it irritating your nose and eyes. #LACOFD La Crescenta, CA #brushfire #LosAngeles
Congratulations to #LACoFD Assistant Fire Chief Ray Mitchison who hung his gear today in the company of family, colleagues, and friends.
We wish Chief Mitchison well in his retirement and thank him for his dedicated service to the Department and #LACounty residents.
If you’re 15-20 years of age, join the #LACoFD for a Virtual Recruitment Webinar to learn more about the Explorer Program & the May 2026 application process.
4/4
⏰10:00 a.m.
🔗Bit.ly/26EPRW
4/13
⏰ 6:00 p.m.
🔗Bit.ly/26EPRW2
For more info, visit:
🔗fire.lacounty.gov/Explorer-Program
Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️🇮🇪
The #LACoFD wishes everyone a joyful day of festivities. Remember to celebrate safely, and don’t test your luck!
This St. Patrick’s Day, and everyday, do not drink and drive.
Day 3 of the #LACoFD & #WFL 10th Annual Women’s Fire Prep Academy is complete.🚒🔥
Participants continue to engage in physical fitness activities & hands-on training w/tools & equipment, including ext. ladders, rotary saws & pulling/laying down hose.
Looking forward to Week 4!
#LACoFD Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone & members of the Air Operations Section team are attending Verticon in Atlanta, GA this week.
Today, Sikorsky presented the Air Ops team an award for rescues made during the Christmas 2025 rain storm & GE Aerospace also presented an award to the Department.
Congrats to the 87 residents who recently completed the #LACoFD CERT training classes held in La Puente, Glendora & Topanga.
CERT members are an integral part of their local communities - they have acquired the skills to care for themselves, families & neighbors in the event of a disaster.
Thousand Oaks Elks Lodge Firefighter of the Year 🚒🔥
Congratulations to #LACoFD Fire Captain Randall Owens who received the Firefighter of the Year Award from the Thousand Oaks Elks Lodge, during their 51st Annual Police & Fire Recognition event held at the end of February.
Keep up the great work!
Multi-Agency Command in action during the #LAMarathon!
Today, the #LACoFD proudly partnered with the LAFD, LASD, LAPD, and other public safety partners to coordinate resources and keep runners and spectators safe.
#Teamwork
🏃♂️🏃♀️🚒🚓🚑
41st #LAMarathon!
Our #LACoFD crews have been keeping everyone safe, lending a hand at first-aid stations & having a little fun along the way.
20,000+ runners are pushing through the course. Stay hydrated, look out for each other & know we’re here for you every step of the way!
