LAFD (+LACo.FD) Apartment Fire: Station 66 (South LA)

Los Angeles City and County Firefighters responded to the 3500 block of West Florence Ave. in LAFD Station 66’s first in, for a reported structure fire.
LAFD Task Force 66 and Engine 57 were first on scene of a single-story triplex apartment with smoke showing. Firefighters were able to knock down the blaze within half an hour of the initial dispatch, no injuries were reported.
Units assigned: LA City Battalion 13, Task Force 66, Task Force 33, Task Force 94, Engine 57, Rescue 57, Rescue 833, Rescue 866, LA County Battalion 20, Light Force 170, Engine 173, Squad 171.
After Battalion 13’s arrival, they assumed command as “Florence IC” and released Task Force 94 and all LA County resources with the exception of Engine 173 and Battalion 20.
Location: South Central, Los Angeles, CA
Date: Friday, January 4th, 2019

[@gusbailey68]

I like your balance between getting the shot and staying out of the FFs way.

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

thank you!! i really try. this one was a little tricky.

[@mstilson7355]

I have an 05 xlt silver super crew. My truck is guaranteed as clean as this one red is rare what a great truck to have

[@perrytaylor10]

The amount of apparatus getting on scene this quickly is insane

[@562FIREPHOTO]

Perry Taylor they don’t about structure fires , out the door 30 secs!

[@ericbrockway9094]

Yea quickest response for any major city i have ever seen on here

[@glucia805]

You have two agencies responding and I'm going to guess it's right on the edge since LAFD and LAcFD got there at the same time pretty much. Also, they employ task force deployments which is 2 engines and a truck in one station which can get a lot of apparatus on scene at one.

[@barcrrt850]

There must be 7 stations within 3 blocks. Crazy good response!

[@perrytaylor10]

glucia805 Yeah but even with task forces/light forces having a resource package this large on the edge of two agencies is impressive

[@henrytaylor69]

That's great catch of City an county fire working together.

[@worldrenowned]

They dont mess around, loved the quick response.

[@firejam78]

Quick response but the fire wasn't dealt with quickly enough people standing about when there was flames still apparent in the room too many people and no structure to the incident

[@JohnnyTorontoEh]

Great work! Wow it was a joy to watch these guys work together. Fast arrival, fast knock down, fast clean up. On to the next one.

[@90210FireBuff]

Excellent footage!

[@malcolmcossar6447]

Great Video! Like how the LAFD and LACOFD work together to battle this fire!

[@Maizefire]

Dude the line of LA county rigs was epic

[@bondservantministriesinc.672]

Epic was an understatement. Like the best thing you could see. Super awesome catch. Definitely top 3. Thank you so much for this catch!!!!!!!!!!$$

[@code3socal83]

Awesome coverage!

[@jb-2714]

Great video. I love how you get all the trucks coming in. Good job

[@alexandernunez109]

Amazing!

[@paulladuke2259]

Bars on every window, bars on every door. What a way to live.

[@Squad37]

Next time go interior with them ;) Great video.

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

i might as well have, being that close! ahaha thanks for watching (:

[@LAPOLICEFIREBUFF17]

Nice vid man

[@NiagaraEmergency]

Awesome footage!

[@R1SmokeEater]

Nice job FB1!

[@JawTooth]

Awesome parade action!

[@ryancowell6738]

God Bless Los Angeles City and County Fire Fighters

[@paulhammerich9244]

Great camera work! Awesome job getting the task force on the fire! Great teamwork with both of the departments working with each other. Remember to Stay Strong and Stay Safe

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

i appreciate the kind words! thank you.

[@nick_the_brick7948]

LA.Co.FD. is so cool!! Nice vid

[@mer2705]

I didn't see John Gage or Roy DeSoto there

[@WLAs_Finest3x]

Lmao, they're retired by now, chillin'.

[@mer2705]

WLA's Finest no excuse!

[@WLAs_Finest3x]

@@mer2705 lmao

[@xanadunadine1970]

Me R That's some funny shit right there!😂😂

[@misha2197]

Lol! :)

[@the702medic3]

The appropriate levels of IDGAF and Salt were definitely present with the City 66 Captain lol

[@MrLawabider41]

Love the 5" supply line lay against traffic, as the idiots in their cars act like they don't know how to get out of the way. Solid work.

[@PeterLokey]

Awesome Video.

[@MooseP148]

Its nice to have that many resources but so not needed there. Also hate to see those fire fighter killers on windows. Great tactics and knock.

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

Jimmy M the county units were an overkill, they got kicked to the curb. TF94 also left pretty quickly.

[@easttennesseelightsandsire8152]

I do not miss those wooden ladders. I remember sanding them as a explorer. Lol

[@mikepazzree1340]

Really outstanding fire video

[@4mrcop]

Whose fire was this? Looks like both County and City sent full structure response. Great video specially loved the rigs rolling in

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

city. county only sent LF170, E173 and a BC. S171 showed up due to being in the area but got cut loose quickly. thank you!

[@ptmy8590]

They operate like a well oiled machine. Nice Pierce engine too.

[@jimavil5395]

The thing I hate is all the stupid people staying in the middle lane when we took the driving test it said you here or see sirens move to the side that’s how fire fighters get to emergency late because of people like the ones on this video that don’t know what to do when emergency vehicles are heading their way

[@modularliving1024]

Nice! I liked the story edited.

[@funbob41]

Great job brothers

[@martinsnibbor7691]

Focused , focused great teamwork I even loved LAPD getting idiots out of way.

[@mikefargo4339]

Back in the day, before LAFD went to the CLOWN helmets !

[@roberttraylor1392]

awesome catch

[@562FIREPHOTO]

Fucking amazing I love what these guys do god bless them !!!

[@keithchris88]

nice footage bro

[@xvsj5833]

Great Video 🥵🚒🚒🚒🔥🔥🔥

[@leniszameit]

really nice vid

[@vanessahuman7607]

Did I actually see a wooden ladder?

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

that’s correct. tradition at its finest.

[@FortunaFortesJuvat]

East Coast is FFs in leather helmets with composite ladders, West Coast is FFs in composite helmets with wooden ladders!

[@heatley1]

Massive force lots of trucks withought multiple alarms

[@persevereart9242]

Dang the gas is 3.05

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

man. i miss that.

[@mikaelsant7980]

Where tf they got gas for 3 bucks a gallon in socal crazy…

[@Bjohan75]

Its not good to send in ba-crew without water

[@nmfdchris]

Who decides who operates if they show up at the same time?

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

it’ll usually go by who’s area it actually lands in. if it’s a true border call then usually whoever’s on scene first. this fire was well into the city.

[@stanjelinek62]

Pretty sweet fire trucks

[@bigemtchris]

Bro! $3.05 gas!!

[@WLAs_Finest3x]

Station 66 gave their Pierce back and pulled out the LaFrance.👌

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

this video was taken back in january before they received their new rig 😉

[@WLAs_Finest3x]

@@FB1ResponseVideos oh ok lol.

[@ptmy8590]

The Pierce rigs are sweet.

[@jamesreed9110]

WHEN 173'S AND LIGHTFORCE170 SHOW LOOKING LIKE STRAIGHT BEAST. Was Craig working ?

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

of course he was (:

[@surfhwm31]

straight beast?? they got kicked to the curb at 3:30 lol

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

surfhwm31 true. they looked good coming in though ahaha

[@sierra1266]

Are those wooden ladders?

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

yes

[@benabadie7351]

Why do they have two separate entities?

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

mutual aid

[@benabadie7351]

But it seems like it would just work out better if it was one centrally controlled department instead of two separate ones. Instead of having County and City captains and command staff they would only have command staff from one department. Just seems more simple that way

[@scottmasson3276]

Hard for other rigs to get to that fire quicky, getting anywhere in Los Angeles is hard. It's much quicker for county and City to work together because it was right on the border of city and county

[@drewc8373]

The skipper @ 3:30 is hard core....

[@williamgerke8195]

DREW C He’s fat and doesn’t have the correct PPE’s on. No way to lead your crew.

[@lom3ardo]

Looks more like fighting a prison fire...

[@funbob41]

do these guys get along and work well together meaning the 2 Depts

[@Maizefire]

Pretty much every department around here in California gets along with one another I've seen some videos of LA county and lafd doing some friendly competitions for the longest time San Bernardino county and San Bernardino City fire did the same thing but now San Bernardino City fire is now San Bernardino county fire so but yeah they do.

[@funbob41]

@@Maizefire Thanks for the info i'm retired FDNY we had our own friendly competitions with each other.LOL

[@jimfitz1432]

Not in my own personal experience .....I worked this area in late 90’s early 2000. It was 50/50 toss up ....and I have some doozie’s of what went on. Things you wouldn’t believe happened. Still don’t hear good things but maybe LA city isn’t taking themselves so seriously anymore ? Stranger things have happened.....

[@andresreyes5398]

James Fitzgerald still the same it's a friendly rivalry per say but city and county fire have a better relationship then the police side I've seen some pretty unprofessional actions between la city PD and la sheriff especially in the jurisdiction that border each other things change from street to street in some parts of the county/city some times they pull out their tape measures to see who takes the call

[@jimfitz1432]

Andres Reyes It wasn’t a friendly rivalry there was often violence involved, hydrants taken over, rigs parked on supply lines, masks disconnected on purpose and bottles turned off deep inside structures. On one fire They wanted to put up a ladder pipe. City 64’s truck ....with 3 of our crews inside 16, 216, and 41 engine all were interior firefighting. This was in 16’s area with heavy fire. After opening the roof we were told to take another line and protect the egress Or the hallway with a line because there was fire everywhere. They were ordered by my T164 captain not to put 64’s ladder pipe in service 3 times. our members were inside “doing” it still. And they’d prob seriously injury or kill them. This was a 1 and 1/2 story 1800 square foot old Victorian style home built of lathe and plaster and wood siding. In other words it was built to burn. They did it anyway after being told not to. My captain ordered me to take my line knock the AO Off the turntable and give the guy on the tip of the aerial a good soaking. It got their attention right quick. And the ladder pipe was shut down. This was 1999. I have handfuls of these stories. I wish I could say I was embellishing it. I’m actually giving you a cleaned up version. As shit got pretty heated tools thrown and nose to nose ass chewing commenced. My captain. Even told them pack your shit up and beat. That captain reached super star status from then on....to this day I still laugh about. I have dozens of other similar stories as well. City’s attitude was to come in and takeover by #’s alone. If a fire is in county’s area. They will come in set up their own command post and run it like it’s their own. They will completely disregard the unified command and basically act like cowboys. This may be ok if they’re running a tight ship. But their tactics often times would actually make shit worse and endanger our guys (county) lives. I was told by one salty crusty engineer from T164 never trust them. If you see a city on ‘’their bunker coat. Put your boot right on it and walk right over them. as they will get you killed because they only look out for themselves. I have to say with what I saw and the first hand experiences I witnessed I couldn’t agree anymore with his position. There’s being aggressive then there’s just being stupid. They operated in the latter conditions quite frequently. I use to have the utmost respect for them when I first came on the job and just prior 87-92. I was hired in 92. However when I actually had the opportunity to work side by side I see the attitudes and their tactics. I was less than impressed....last story for the day. Was working WEHO IN 94 ON T8. Caught a job with them a block outside of 8’s area on their east side a block below sant Monica Blvd. it was a pre -33 brick building with an arched truss roof probably 75 by 150 and L shaped. We jumped it and were staged out front. Waiting for an assignment. As they basically ignored us. Engine 7 who was a paramedic alone back then. Even showed up with squad 8 . As 7’s had No squad yet. This was a hairy, thick, dark grey. Blueish black pressurized smoke. scary looking conditions. After watching for about 15 min with no improvement and about a dozen guys on the roof. It was pretty apparent they were operating on “borrowed time” I was in the open cab jump seat of a 89 seagrave. Just behind the captain. I had a birds eye view. You couldn’t see most members on the roof at any given time do to the smoke conditions, the saws were even cutting out repeatedly due to the amount of smoke. Next thing I know T61 A/O ventilated the roof with his body. Followed by an instant blow torch of flame from where he went through. My first thought was I just watched him die. This was before RIC teams or fasr crews or any of that stuff. City at that time didn’t even dispatch a ALS resource or ambulance to working fires. The IC would specifically have to ask for one which their practice was they didn’t until someone became injured. So we had a task force of county resources plus squad 8 and engine 7 who was an ALS AT THE TIME. we had requested an ambulance for our own members. Guess who provided RIC services , located the down severely injured AO FROM 61’S TRUCK , PROVIDED treatment, and transportation LA city’s severely injured member. It wasn’t city. The county saved that dude. We located him, extracted him , provided ALS PROCEDURES AND TRANSPORTED HIM. ALL before any LAFD als services showed up. That was the day I realized LAFD was semi-pro. Keep in mind I’m not saying my Department LACOFD doesn’t have its faults. We do and plenty of them. This chest pumping LAFD does I find quite funny. They choke quite often and quite hard. And don’t get me started how long it takes them to get first water on a job. Watch some videos you’ll notice it....sorry for the long story if something doesn’t make sense ask. The format of this isn’t set up to allow for longer stories so it’s hard to proof read ...stay safe my friend.

[@ethancovaci9681]

Man, gas was really $3.05

[@CapeAnnImages]

Bars on all the windows & doors? Is that a house or a prison?

[@FB1ResponseVideos]

it's the neighborhood

[@CapeAnnImages]

@@FB1ResponseVideos Wow, I would think that would be a safety code violation for reasons like a fire. If someone was trapped inside it would hinder rescue response.

[@abegumroyan]

Greg Shirley is such a gangster and salty !!!

[@DavinR16]

Great catch !

[@sirwhitecrayon2499]

The brothers are aggressive!!! Nicely done!!!! But those goofy helmets make me laugh every time. lol

[@squidog94]

As a guy who wears a Phenix First Due I’ve got to say leathers look badass and I love tradition but I’ll take my SoCal lid any day of the week. Super light, super balanced, and for a lot of us guys who grew up in CA it’s the iconic fireman’s helmet 😂

[@sirwhitecrayon2499]

@@squidog94We aren't allowed to wear leathers. We wear the Cairns 880. They're super light.

[@236Reddy]

The guy on the roof in jeans?

[@natez2038]

Not the biggest fan of the West Coast fire serivce because East Cost is best but these guys definitely have their shit together.

[@michaelmaynard8079]

You are an idiot!

[@maggy3418]

Unnecessary amount of iron dispatched to this. This very easily could’ve been handled with 2 Engines, Rescue and a Ladder crew based on what I see in the video. I’m not sure why agencies such as LAFD and FDNY send such a heavy compliment of apparatus to calls that most other agencies would send a fraction and deal with it just fine.

[@fvckmandu]

You get what you pay for when you live in California

[@justanotherguy1110]

Unnecessary? I'm not sure what department & area you're from, or what they teach but I don't see a thing wrong with this. It's simple really, if you have the manpower & equipment available, then utilize it. They always taught us, don't be afraid to send too many. It's better to send more than you need & turn them around if not needed, than to send too few & then run into the proverbial "oh shit" when you don't have what you need.

[@DaddyDean87]

Since this fire seems to be right on the border of city and county response area, dispatch from la city and county sent their own resources. Pretty much a whoever gets there first kind of thing.

[@FortunaFortesJuvat]

No such thing as overkill in firefighting. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

[@joshroten3997]

Nice to see another “expert” commenting on what LAFD and LACoFD SOGs are. 🤪🤪👎

[@cac90277]

So many things wrong.