Los Angeles Fire Dept

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In defense of the LA City firefighters, they have always been very professional whenever I have been there on my visits. LAFD firefighters are scheduled very heavy with morning roll calls, their physical training, fire prevention work, drills and so forth. From what I have seen they do more training than most fire departments. I had a good friend on the department that often told me that if I wanted to visit with him that I should come back after 1900 hours as they usually had duties assigned until then. I often showed up after 1900 to visit with him. On a few nights I visited, the crews were going on training exercises around 2200 hours. I've rarely run into that any other place.



I really don't believe that LAFD firefighters are lazy and they certainly seem accepting of fire buffs when I have visited. Many times on my visits, firefighters have told me of training exercises that were going on where I could get photos of multiple rigs. I've done that many times when in LA. I've also been very lucky finding LAFD rigs out on the streets or at fires. Just please remember, that LAFD firefighters have a job to do, and they're pretty busy.



I've been visiting the LAFD since 1971 and I personally think that they do a hell of a job!