7.3K views · 220 reactions | Training doesn't always look the same....

2.2K views · 128 reactions | Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Lifeguard Division - 2021 Statistics: • 9,286 Rescues • 23,814 Emergency Vehicle Responses (EVR) • 13,303 Medical Aids • 898,913 Preventative Actions • 500 Boat Distresses • 97 Dive Operations • 634 Missing Persons Reunited • 363,920 Ordinances Enforced • 387 Paramedic Calls (Catalina Island) • 63 Vessels Aground | Los Angeles County Fire Department, Lifeguard Division | Facebook

1.9K views · 45 reactions | At 3:46AM today, Your LAFD West firefighters faced a well involved, converted attic fire in Hollywood. Due to the converted space, the truck company needed to cut ventilation holes on both sides of the roof to create a teneable environment for interior fire attack access. This stubborn fire took 51 minutes to fully extinguish and fortunately, there were no injuries reported. @onscenetv | Los Angeles Fire Department | Facebook

Watch closely — this real-time and slow-motion footage reveals how smoke ignition evolves and where the visible flame begins its path. The ignition source? A simple tea candle on the container floor. What follows is a vivid lesson in fire behavior — essential knowledge for firefighters and emergency professionals. Let’s talk about what you see. Where does the flame first appear and in what direction does it spread. Follow us for more fire behavior insights and training footage: 👉 @flashpointequ

A ferocious wildfire in a Los Angeles suburb devoured buildings and sparked panicked evacuations Tuesday, as hurricane-force winds tore through the region. Frightened residents abandoned their cars on one of the only roads in and out of the upscale Pacific Palisades area, fleeing on foot from the almost 1,200-hectare blaze engulfing an area packed with multimillion-dollar homes in the Santa Monica Mountains. Hundreds of firefighters swarmed the area, attacking the blaze from the ground and from

22K views · 203 reactions | A wildfire raged across an upmarket area of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, destroying homes and creating traffic jams as 30,000 people evacuated beneath huge plumes of smoke that covered much of the metropolitan area. | NTD Life | Facebook

A wildfire raged across the Pacific Palisades, an upscale section of Los Angeles, sending large billows of smoke over much of the metropolitan area and causing traffic jams as people fled their homes under evacuation orders https://reut.rs/4gJ5Yk9 | Reuters