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He assumed the role of acting fire chief on August 1, 2022, following the retirement of fire chief Daryl L. Osby. [1] His appointment was made by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors , and it followed a prior interim role during Osby's leave of absence in 2021.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) provides firefighting and emergency medical services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, California, [1] as well as 59 cities through contracting, including the city of La Habra, [4] which is located in Orange County and is the first city outside of Los Angeles County to contract with LACoFD.
Ralph Terrazas was the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) from 2014 to 2022. He was the first Latino to serve in the role. He was the first Latino to serve in the role. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was preceded by James G. Featherstone as interim chief and succeeded by Kristin Crowley.
It had exploded to more than 13,000 acres by Thursday, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said at a news conference about the fire. Both the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire remain at ...
An interactive map of evacuation orders and warnings related to the Eaton Fire can be found on Cal Fire's website. The below map of evacuation zones is current as of Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
L.A. firefighters look for hot spots as they prepare for high winds in the burn areas of the Palisades fire on Tuesday, Jan. 14. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
LAFD on the scene of a fire in the Bradbury Building, Downtown Los Angeles in 1947. Los Angeles Fire Department Sunday morning training in downtown Los Angeles, February 1977. Since 1978 the LAFD has provided emergency medical and fire suppression services to the city of San Fernando by contract. [15]
Fires raging across Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and put 150,000 people under evacuation orders. Roughly 10,000 structures were estimated to have been destroyed. Show comments