Cynthia Sato was on a field trip to a fire station in grade school when she decided she wanted to be a firefighter. “[Firefighting] has been itching in the […]
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LAFD Battalion Chief On Why More Firefighters Need To Be Women, Minorities
Los Angeles Department Battalion Chief Alicia Welch is one of the department’s highest-ranking women, with 25 years of service under her belt. Welch is leading efforts to recruit women […]
What Does It Take To Join The LAFD?
“I remember as a little kid, I’d see the fire engines, meet the firemen,” said Los Angeles Fire Department Firefighter/Inspector Lawrence Kim. “So it was always embedded in my […]
LAFD fire inspector Gayle Sonoda breaks the mold
“Firefighting in a nutshell is, we carry heavy stuff and then put it down, again and again,” Gayle Sonoda, a fire inspector with the Los Angeles Fire Department, said. […]
Want to join the LAFD? Here’s 9 training exercises to master
Before you become a Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter, you’ve got to train, and train hard. That’s where task-specific exercise training, which simulates actual tasks performed by firefighters, comes […]
Where I Come From
Emile Mack, at age 6 or 7, with his father Clarence Mack, in Los Angeles. Emile Mack may be the highest-ranking Asian American firefighter of a major American city, […]
