You're Invited to the Grand Opening of LAFD Station 64 in South Los Angeles



The Los Angeles Fire Department warmly welcomes you to join civic and community leaders, including Fire Chief Brian Cummings, at the formal dedication and public grand opening of New Fire Station 64 in South Los Angeles:

Saturday, September 29, 2012
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
New LAFD Station 64
10811 South Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90061

We're pleased to offer an interactive map that provides driving, transit, cycling and walking directions to this new facility, now actively serving South Los Angeles and nearby neighborhoods.

Following Saturday's dedication ceremony, there will be food and entertainment, static displays of fire and rescue equipment, as well as a chance to tour one of Southern California's newest Fire Stations. All members of the community are welcome at this family-themed public event.

We encourage you to learn more about new Fire Station 64 and the many Fire Department facilities modernized by Proposition F by viewing a detailed Monthly Progress Report.

...and most importantly, we look forward to seeing you this Saturday, September 29, 2012 in South Los Angeles for the Grand Opening of New LAFD Station 64!


Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department

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Firefighters Discover Charred Body in South Los Angeles

SOUTH LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Firefighters responding to a small fire in South Los Angeles Monday night, discovered a body when they fully extinguished the flames.

The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 9:41PM on September 17, 2012 to the vicinity of 319 W 94th Street in South Los Angeles, where charred human remains were discovered in the roadway.

Beyond medical help, the person was declared dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported. A positive identification, to include the person's age and gender, as well as the precise cause, time and manner of their death, will be determined by the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner.

The fire and circumstances surrounding the death remain the focus of a joint investigation by Los Angeles Police Detectives and Investigators from the Los Angeles Fire Department's Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section.

Dispatched Units: E64 RA264 AR17 AR2 AR7 AR11 AR9 AR23 AR10

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Los Angeles Fire Department

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Fireworks Injure Several in Southland, Including 3 Los Angeles Children

LOS ANGELES - A series of preventable mishaps with personal-use fireworks sent several Los Angeles residents to the hospital on Independence Day, including at least three children who sustained painful injuries.

Hospitals across the region reported seeing firework related injuries from walk-in patients throughout the day on Wednesday, July 4, 2012; and in at least two separate cases, Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics provided care to firework injured children under the age of five.

At 9:02 PM, LAFD crews rushed to the 500 block of West 111th Street in South Los Angeles, where a 3-year-old boy was one of two persons in a large crowd injured by illegal fireworks. The boy suffered a significant forehead laceration, while an unrelated 38 year-old man sustained a puncture wound to his leg.

At 9:35 PM, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the 2200 block of East 101st Street in Watts, where a 4-year-old girl suffered a sizeable and potentially scarring full-thickness burn to the right side of her neck when as much as 2 percent of her body surface area was impacted by a flaming and outlawed "Roman Candle".

The parents of yet a third Los Angeles area child burned by unlawful fireworks made a frantic 9:27 PM telephone call from their car to 9-1-1 Dispatchers while racing to a local hospital, but did not offer their location, additional details or remain on the line.

The many persons - especially young people, injured by personal-use fireworks in Los Angeles stood in stark contrast to the countless families across the region who safely attended professional displays.

It is important to note that the possession or personal use of any firework has been outlawed in the City of Los Angeles since World War II.


Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department

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Man Critical Following South L.A. Apartment Fire

On Monday, April 11, 2011 at 1:25 AM, 6 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 7 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 4 Arson Units, 3 EMS Battalion Captains, 2 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams and 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, a total of 57 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel - as well as the House of Worship Arson Task Force, all under the direction of LAFD Assistant Chief Daryl Arbuthnott, responded to a Structure Fire with Civilian Injury at 10822 South Broadway Street in South Los Angeles.

Firefighters arrived quickly to discover smoke showing from a 50 x 80 foot two-story apartments over commercial building, with the first floor converted to a church.


The fast moving fire in an enclosed stairwell and hallway that led to the building's eight upstairs apartments was swiftly extinguished, but not before a 54 year-old male resident sustained injury or sudden illness in an attempt to escape the smoky fire. He was taken by LAFD Ambulance to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in critical condition.

Five other persons, including three adults and two children were assisted from the smoke-charged structure by firefighters. Later examined by LAFD Paramedics, they declined treatment or transportation. Responders were quick to credit properly functioning smoke alarms as giving these residents a head start on escaping the fire with minimal or no injury.

Though the building was not equipped with residential fire sprinklers, the rapid notification and response of firefighters prevented flames from moving beyond the stairwell and hallway. As such, the apartment units remained tenable after the fire for those who were uninjured.

While there was no immediate evidence of fire damage to the first floor tenant "New Life Christian Church", protocol dictated that the House of Worship Arson Task Force be notified.

Monetary loss from the fire is still being tabulated. The cause of this early morning blaze is considered suspicious and remains under active investigation.


Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
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