Los Angeles Fire Department News

A faulty valve at a petroleum pipeline pump station ruptured early on Thursday in an industrial corner of Los Angeles, spewing crude oil 40 feet (12 meters) into the air, onto the roof of a strip club next door, and …

Los Angeles Fire Department officials have for years released misleading data on the response times of firefighters, according to a report. LAFD brass made the admission Friday after mayoral candidate Austin Beutner cited fire department numbers in a Huffington Post …