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Turning The Party Into A Donation : Widows, Orphans & Disabled Firemen's Fund
You can turn any event into a fundraiser. Check out how LAFD Battalion 1 did it.
2013 Hook and Ladder Enduro
By Bruce Galien, LAFD retired
California City, CA. the site of this year’s Hook and Ladder Enduro - Originated in the early 70’s by the Pasadena Fire Dept, kept alive by members of the LAFD in the late 70’s, and resurrected once again in 2010, now in its fourth year.
This year was no different from past years as the weather is always a variable. We had high winds on and off during the week leading up to the event. Temps were warm, skies from cloudy to clear. The morning of the event saw crystal clear blue sky with not a breath of wind - beautiful to see, unless you were riding in the early classes as the dust was just hanging in the air. The riders were spaced out at one minute intervals to allow the dust to settle between riders. California City has seen drought type conditions the last few years, and the desert is bone dry, with the trails turning to silt under the heavy pressure. Read more…
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2013 LAFD/LAPD St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser
10 Years of Fighting Childhood Cancer
By Danny Wu, FF, FS 89
On Saturday March 16th the brave members of the LAFD and LAPD joined together for the 10th year to produce another successful St. Baldrick’s fundraiser to find a cure for childhood cancer at Fire Station 89. Like this year’s participants, LAFD Co-Organizers Engineer Sean Kennedy and Firefighter Danny Wu, and LAPD organizer Lieutenant Greg Doyle (again along with his cancer survivor son Will) shaved their heads to support kids with a similar “baldness” in exchange for pledges from family and friends. In the process of losing their hair along with other “shavees” they help find a cure for a disease that sadly takes the lives of more U.S. children than any other illness. Read more…
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Andy,
Thanks so much for being there when I needed you, and for being there when so many others needed you too. You took care of everything for me and made it all so much easier.
I hope you realize how important you are to everyone and how your calming influence is there when it’s needed the most.
I also hope I don’t have to bother you again, but it’s nice to know that you are there at the other end of the phone, just in case.
Most sincerely,
Donna Miller
Valencia, CA
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Structure Fire - Sun Valley
Photo by Mike Meadows
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Structure Fire
Sun Valley
LAFD was first summoned by an alarm service on March 3, 2013 to investigate a sensor activation in a building at Sun Valley High School. Firefighters arrived to find flames showing from a one story structure containing two classrooms. Forcing entry into the well secured building, firefighters found a fast-moving blaze in a storeroom between art and film classrooms that had taken hold of the structure’s shallow attic.
Photos by Mike Meadows and Rick McClure, EPN
Physical Rescue
Encino
One person was injured when the vehicle she was driving went off the road and overturned on Burbank Blvd. on March 24, 2013. Firefighters had to cut and peel the top of the auto down to get the driver out.
Photos by Rick McClure, EPN
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The Sandlot. Then and now.
Check out LAFD member Mike Vitar (aka “Benny The Jet” Rodriguez)! This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Sandlot… thanks for making us feel old.
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