Los Angeles County Fire Dept

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El Monte is a contract city they orginally had there own fire department then they went thru a financial crunch and voted to disband there fire department and contract with LACoFD where as some cities have never had there own fire department's and have always relied on LACoFD to provide fire & ems service. None of the cities that contract with LACoFD are responsible for maintaining the apparatus or stations that is handeled thru LACoFD. LA County FD is there own special tax district which recieves revenue from property taxes as well as the fee for service cities such as Pomona and El Monte. Pomona's City Council in the early 2000's did vote to close Engine 181 which is paired with Quint 181 to form Light Force 181 due to the Engine's closing the light force was disbanded and the Quint ran solo until the city council voted to reinstate Engine 181. LACoFD worked with the City of El Monte to prevent the closure of Station 167 reworking the financial numbers but in the end the city found it cheaper to reduce the amount of services they were paying the County to man.



Some fee for service city's are Azusa, Lynwood, El Monte, Hawthorne, La Habra, Pomona, Glendora, Covina,