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She joined the LAFD in 2000. During her time at the department, she has held the roles of firefighter, paramedic, engineer, fire inspector, captain, battalion chief, assistant chief, fire marshal and deputy chief. [5] Crowley became Los Angeles' first female fire marshal in 2016. [2]
The Los Angeles Fire Department is the founding member of one of California's eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces. [37] California Task Force 1 (CA-TF1) is available to respond to natural or man-made disasters around the country and world and assist with search and rescue , medical support, damage assessment and communications.
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley was the subject of a blistering five-page letter from current and retired LAFD Bravest demanding she ... who became LA’s first female fire chief in 2022 ...
In 2013, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti vowed to make sure that 5% of the Los Angeles Fire Department's firefighters were women by 2020. As of 2018 3.1% of the department's firefighters were women. [151] In 2022, Kristin Crowley became the first female, and the first openly gay, chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department. [152]
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, right, at a Jan. 11 newss conference. ... They also praised Crowley, the department's first female chief, for being "willing to fight" for her staff and the ...
Specifically, she referred to Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, a 22-year veteran and the department’s first woman and LGBTQ+ fire chief, Kristine Larson, a 33-year veteran and the department’s ...
Crowley was hired in 2022 by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti, becoming the first woman to run a department that has long struggled to recruit female firefighters. A department employee for more than two ...
Ralph Terrazas was the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) from 2014 to 2022. He was the first Latin to serve in the role. He was the first Latin to serve in the role. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was preceded by James G. Featherstone as interim chief and succeeded by Kristin Crowley.