Global InformationLos Angeles Fire Department information
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 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] | |
| Established | February 1, 1886 |
| Annual calls | 505,988 (2022) |
| Employees | 3,902 (2023–2024) |
| Annual budget | $854,000,000 (2023–2024) |
| Staffing | Career |
| Fire chief | Kristin Crowley |
| EMS level | Advanced Life Support (ALS) & Basic Life Support (BLS) |
| IAFF | IAFF Local 112 |
| Motto | "Serving with Courage, Integrity, and Pride" |
| Facilities and equipment[4][5] | |
| Divisions | 4 |
| Battalions | 14 |
| Stations | 106 |
| Engines | 140 |
| Trucks | 43 |
| Rescues | 1 |
| Ambulances | 93 ALS & 43 BLS |
| Tenders | 2 |
| HAZMAT | 4 |
| USAR | 6 |
| Airport crash | 9 |
| Wildland | 6 |
| Bulldozers | 2 |
| Helicopters | 6 |
| Fireboats | 5 |
| 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.
- ^ "Budget 2014-2015" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. p. 18. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "Fire Chief". Los Angeles Fire Department.
- ^ "employees". Los Angeles Fire Department.
- ^ "Stations & Addresses" (PDF). CERT-LA.
- ^ "Apparatus". California Firefighters. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to the Los Angeles Fire Department". Lafd.org. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
- ^ "About the LAFD". Los Angeles Fire Department. Retrieved February 20, 2007.