LAFD Station 9 Meet the Busiest Fire Station in the US

fire captain LARRY

[@TexasFire_Cross]

City Council and California legislators should be mandated to ride-along for an entire shift. See how their policies affect to ground-pounders who have to deal with the aftermath ... and how much it costs.

[@johnthemighty6189]

Mark Cross that just makes sense. City councillors don’t base their decisions off common sense.

[@chaltaloma]

They Would Not Last 2 Hours LOL.

[@seattlescofflaws]

Same with Seattle. Homeless problem equal to LA.

[@carl-ok9gn]

they should just be hanged.

[@seanhickey7881]

@@chaltaloma I'd be shocked if they lasted 30 minutes.

[@MichaelTV44]

Everyone in EMS knows how they really think off camera.

[@kevinwallace4635]

Yeah, I work often with DCFD station 30 (number 3 or 4 in the end roster of busiest stations) and while intentions and the want to help is high, burn out does hit the soul after just non stop running.

[@DaddyDean87]

True. It's all for the camera 😁

[@bostonsucks310]

I don’t really know but I do know lol

[@JanitorIsBack]

then find another job

[@firesimnerd]

@@JanitorIsBack maybe show some respect? its more than a job, burn out can be a real thing when they are going to fire after fire, they don't show that here. i'm sure DCFD Station 30 sees its share of working jobs.

[@joemansfield6352]

100 calls a day? 35,000 calls a year? Wow. To put in perspective, the department I volunteer with has 1-2 calls a day, and average a little over 400 calls a year. That is just absolutely crazy. These guys are awesome!

[@nvpguitar4591]

@@LALC318this is one fire station though, not the whole department

[@greekboy650]

Except for when your insurrectionist political beliefs and self centeredness override your duty to keep the public safe and keep the people around you safe, and you refuse to get a vaccine then you lose your job. Like the guy featured in this piece. BYE ! Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[@dbyers3897]

@@nvpguitar4591 Most volunteer departments in the US only have one station or a few very small stations. In truth, this station averages about 62 calls per day, almost all for non-fire incidents. That comes out to almost 23k per year. These calls are split up between 7-8 units depending on the time of day. So it's a busy station for sure but it's not as busy per unit as some stations elsewhere in the country.

[@heavyhitta52]

I garuntee they are only there until they get enough seniority to bid another station.

[@Dylan_The_Car_Dealer]

A lot of young guys want to go to the busy stations. They get more experience

[@fnln544]

I was a police officer for about 22 years; I understand service to my fellow humans. I have so much respect for the fire service to include Los Angeles County Fire Department and Los Angeles City Fire Department. Thank you for your service. Keith

[@raymondaguilar2425]

Lo Kim You’re an idiot, their is no other way to put it. You’re incredibly ignorant.

[@ericfelds6291]

You were a cop in the lapd for 22 years I can’t even begin to imagine the raw human suffering you’re responsible for. You’re no firefighter.

[@mattman2926]

@@ericfelds6291 then don't call them when you need them eric :)

[@2012inca]

@@ericfelds6291 Not all cops are bad ! A guy who lived in New York and came to live in Amsterdam where I live was afraid of the cops in Amsterdam, because of his experiences with police in New York not towards him but towards other people that is somewhat alarming. Cops in Amsterdam are trained to de escalate the situation and not use so much force as in the US. Also homeless people and prostitutes are not thrown in jail, so they have more time to go after real criminals.

[@robertgrunenwald]

Big deal

[@nathanieldelatorre7939]

One of the best recent and detailed interview on LAFD station 9! Props to the journalists who wanted to recognize the hard working firefighters of LA.

[@pjhaebe]

This is a joke right? 100 calls a shift says the 'reporter's, thirty a shift says the captain. This story was just that, a story

[@CrzyMav]

I take my hat off for these guys and the entire LAFD and LACFD. These guys are true heroes and we all love you guys for what you guys do. Don’t think Angelenos don’t see what you guys do. Thank You!

[@ki4nge4]

I live in 9's area and have met Many of the guys... They ARE The BEST OF THE BEST... Thank you All... T-9 E-9 RA-9 E-209 RA-809 Battalion 11 Skid Row House..

[@collectornick4270]

Is that Squad 51 on your profile?

[@ki4nge4]

@@collectornick4270 yup

[@collectornick4270]

@@ki4nge4 That's cool.

[@YourWifesRealBoyfriend]

Actually they are NOT the best. They are new.. green. Working their way to being the best. But cool story.

[@overthebridgefiremedia]

The ems calls are the only reason it’s so busy

[@kb6kgx]

Probably 80% of ANY station's calls (in LAFD) are medical.

[@FirePhotoJess]

I Know Mike Vilatta and Rico Gross Personally! Really Really Nice People! I Am Also So Proud Of Them!

[@michellegoede2258]

24 or even 48 hour shifts while this station is this busy? That is just madness.

[@chris71mach1]

Most fire stations around the US have a 24 on/48 off schedule, so 24 hours on-shift is pretty normal. Now 48 or god forbid, 72 hours on-shift?! That's pure lunacy and could take a massive toll both physically AND psychologically on anybody.

[@JackR_TV]

@@chris71mach1 some smaller departments that do 48 hour shifts are pretty nice. Gives you 4 days to do whatever. Wanna go out of state for 4 days? No problem.

[@John_Montefalco]

@@chris71mach1 in the Midwest it’s 24/48 but most do overtime so 48/24

[@inventorchris2]

@@JackR_TV 48hr shifts at a small department would be fine. However, they said they don't get much sleep if any at this station. So, 48-72 hear could be 2-3 days with very little if any sleep. I could see 1 shift here then another shift at another station, but with their call volume it can't be safe to do more than 1 24hr shift here. Fatigue effects your judgement after awhile.

[@JackR_TV]

@@inventorchris2 no, I know what they're saying, I was just saying 48s at small departments are really nice.

[@EDSB126]

Hell there’s ELEVEN MILLION PEOPLE in just the county of L.A. alone

[@stevenkelly9731]

Metro area...not city.

[@JIJN]

We don't care at all

[@EDSB126]

steven kelly I didn’t say city... I clearly said county

[@emielsproviewbot1423]

the equivalent of the amount of people in belgium..

[@stevenkelly9731]

@@EDSB126 and the cities pop is incorporated into the countys pop.

[@Citrusfruits50]

Superhero’s don’t wear capes - they wear patches 💪🏼🔥💉

[@GymRat202]

Diamonds R4ever operate boilers Steam Engineer

[@likestohunt758]

You mean mustaches

[@kyleashley1812]

Gay

[@trob0914]

WOW,35k runs/year= 95.8 per day,as a retired f/fighter-medic, my hat's off to this station!

[@wilson4180]

Yeah that’s ~4 calls per hour or 1 call every 15 minutes. There’s no point of having a fire station. Id just stay in the truck for the entire shift.

[@waltmasters3553]

Thank you for your service and your passion for serving others

[@JamesBond-hs5hq]

Thank you guys for caring and we are so lucky to have such awesome people in Los Angeles. Have a great new year and we wish you a safe and great new year. These guys are the best thank u for everything you do.

[@TheRebelyellers]

I honestly do my job because I truly love helping people…..but I’ll dig ditches before I work at a *fire station* running 28,000 medical calls a year. That tells you everything you need to know about LA’s administration.

[@lt.punchdrunkington7123]

That bone drill...

[@BuildItBricks]

Eeeee

[@hmsho]

i was like aaaaaaaaaaa

[@levitat3146]

Can’t imagine mentally how it feels using a bone drill through veins

[@auralabusedotcom]

Those trucks are immaculate and a credit to the crews

[@lovemetal2]

That truckie stach means business!!

[@sierra0291]

That bone drill made my jaw drop

[@DanielOrtegoUSA]

I liked this video, so thanks for posting. I spent several years as a firefighter, and before I left, I was an Engineer. I also tried my hand at police work for a few years, and I became an FTO. Both occupations will test your metal and leave you with a few scars, both physical and psychological. I've been knifed, burned, assaulted, bitten a few times, and more. I administered mouth-to-mouth without any protection more times than I can remember. Subjects have vomited on me so often that I seldom went a week without an event. I was exposed to crowded smoke-filled nightclubs and worked on large brush/forestry fires for days on end. I fought and trained on several types of fire classifications, to include aviation fuels, explosive compounds, chemicals, wildland, and structures. For me, the most exciting part of the job was vehicle accidents. No two events were the same, and the methods of extrication of victims were always challenging. It tested your creativity and physical and mental acuity. In the cop-shop, I learned so much about human nature that it has served me well throughout my life. Now that I'm in my late 60's, I can say that it made me a better person in many ways. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

[@backdraft916]

Strong work, Brothers and sisters!

[@rickj1983]

I have the utmost respect for the firefighters and paramedics. I wrote a research paper in my undergrad on the stress levels of firefighters and what I learned amazed me.

[@rickj1983]

@Bruce Lee One piece that I learned is that their average life span is reduced by 10 years due to the alarm which is equivalent to having a defibrillator going off on their chest every time the alarm goes off.

[@raularango3539]

Rick J yep.

[@rickj1983]

@@raularango3539 You also must understand that I wrote that paper about 30 years ago.

[@raularango3539]

@@rickj1983 it's still very true. I remember a story about a captain having a pacemaker put in him and how crazy the BPMs would spike, especially at night.

[@Ih8GoogleandApple]

Probably the most frustrated and apathetic fire station also. Dealing with crazy drug addiction with the same people who probably want to die anyway

[@BrokenMedic]

I want you to think about what was said “some are here over 24 hours like 48 hours.....” the system needs to change. There is no way a provider running 20+ calls a day is on his “A” game.

[@criyi12]

You can't use Firehouse magazine data for the busiest firehouse. Their data is taken from only those departments that respond to their survey. Most departments do not respond.

[@Bravo-Too-Much]

Well I still doubt that this is inaccurate in regards to this being the busiest house in the country. 35k plus for one station in a year is incredible.

[@stevegiu4232]

@@Bravo-Too-Much not knocking em..but...that number is for all the ambulances, engines,ladders,chiefs and whatever other units they have parked there.also multiple units respond to the same call

[@Mike56082]

@@stevegiu4232 I’d be surprised if there are any other stations in the country with two engines, a truck, and 3 ambulances and still all averaging 20-30 calls a day each.

[@williamweir9088]

Well done guys, fantastic work. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jefflee7248]

Great job Natalie, miss you Sacramento.

[@cathyjohnson2953]

God bless you for your service

[@joshlanier8567]

"A bone drill...." Noice

[@rodgedoddger1527]

Fireman deserved all gold metal for they hard work. Verse all cop today in Ottawa

[@maddieorourkewas4583]

They really need to update those stretchers to a Stryker stretcher. Even if it's just a manual one.

[@centralnewyorkresponses7887]

Maddie O'Rourkewas exactly.

[@Doddlejumpertime]

Also what is with the purple lighting in the back of the ambulance? It looks like a nice rig with lots of space and modern utilities but the stretcher and lights are weird.

[@MrIMBECILE1]

YES!

[@andrewhb531]

Those stretchers actually aren't that bad.

[@supremevash7108]

Andy B yeah until you are forced to resign at 30 years old because your back is fucked up. It’s not a matter of being lazy, it’s a matter of longevity

[@oliveradams1270]

America hss the worlds best first responders, not beacuse of training, but because of kindness and bravery

[@crazeyjoe]

The biggest reason that the large cities/ metro areas of California has such a large homeless population compared to a city such as Chicago id due the year round temperate weather. If tax revenue wasn't so badly wasted, we would have better schools, a better infrastructure and the means to assist the homeless. Provide them with treatment, recovery and assistance with housing and employment so they can be a contributing member of society.

[@SMCITW]

or just let the weather do the work and freeze them off to death, couple of seasons should clean the streets up pretty good

[@iloveamerica3917]

We need to force people into treatment or jail. Most dont want recovery.

[@Richard-wk9le]

Having been a LA city Paramedic (1974-1980) I agree completely 1st hand exposure to 1st first hand responders will give them far better insight.

[@Hugolegobyggare]

They use that ambo so much they had to ducktape together the drivers seat...

[@emt5330]

Station 9 is the only station in LA where the truck runs out without the 200 series engine, and the 200 series engine is fully staffed

[@ricksadler797]

Thank you for your service

[@watchdog5125]

Respect to this guys!

[@crazeyjoe]

I commend all first responders! I especially commend these first responders as well as the other extremely busy station across the country with the especially tireless work that they do. All first responders are certainly underpaid. However, when you work at a location where getting more than 5 minutes to yourself during a 48 hour or more shift, saying that they are underpaid is an understatement!!

[@patrickjdrahman]

Man the stuff I get recommended....

[@mrbro181]

It catches up eventually with everyone... they're only human.

[@JohnnyJitsu11]

Strong work brothers!

[@tankunext81]

"come here to make a difference" also them "run on the same person 4-5 times a day". If i run on ANYONE more than 2 times in a single shift, they have become my new personal foxtrot. I love that they are able and willing to do this, but this is a city and legislation that has failed them. No station should be running 100 calls a day, that's just insane, 15 is an extremely busy day in my station. The city however has allowed these bums to run them dry.

[@erkv.8452]

The Guy at 1:35 looks like the young Paul Teutul Jr.

[@stuartjeong]

Natalie you look pretty and your nails looks pretty on your hand

[@erikrobin6547]

Very well reported! Great guys over there. Same as over here in Germany. Working differently on similar targets!

[@pantythief65000]

God bless people like that. I used to bd a volunteer firefighter and ground search and rescue.

[@emergencyresponsevideosand4423]

3:36 and theres a job 😂

[@limemonster2295]

People in fast food argue about their pay yet some of these guys might be making less.

[@FirefightersSochi]

Good job 👍🔥

[@glennwatson3313]

I'm sure Fireman just love making medical calls to the homeless.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Every fire fighter is a hero. The problems on the streets are a result of failed leadership. It's insane what is going on in the streets of Los Angeles. It has to change. When you vote, well, remember videos like this.

[@Ken-lp9qt]

WINE-O-NINE-O !!

[@TNsher776]

So funny, never knew I worked at the 3rd busiest station in the US!

[@maxhallman1036]

Nashville 9?

[@TNsher776]

@@maxhallman1036 yep

[@maxhallman1036]

@@TNsher776 sweet you work on the Engines, Truck, District or Medics

[@TNsher776]

@@maxhallman1036 medic unit

[@maxhallman1036]

@@TNsher776 nice

[@onevoice5359]

Dear brother and sister firefighters. Please take care of yourself. It’s hard to turn off reality. You are not alone and you matter to all of us. It’s are turn to help you and your family. Blessings

[@briantheminer]

Nice physic orb at 1.30

[@MrAndre1428]

I'd be livid to respond to a drug call every day... but anyways she gives me quarantine vibes.

[@JNDlego57]

Bone drill, nice. The official terminology is Intraoscular, where as an IV is Intravenous. If you are getting medicine intraoscularly, the drill itself it hurts like hell, but the pain of the drill is actually nothing compared to the pain when the medic starts pushing meds through. The pain of the meds going in hurts way more and many patients go unconscious because of the pain level.

[@Happyfacehotwheels]

Holy s**t, that's crazy! Maybe they should have did that before they gave him the narcan. 🤔

[@Moose6340]

Yikes. Don't they also have intraoscular needles that they can just slam right into the sternum to deliver fluids without using a drill? That sounds hellishly painful but I guess it beats dying...

[@JNDlego57]

@@Moose6340 Yes, but at least at my ambulance company we don’t carry those. You don’t want to risk breaking the sternum which is very dangerous to the patient as it can cause pulmonary issues. That said, it is completely within a Paramedic’s scope of practice so I’m sure there are ambulance companies out there that use them. Another thing to consider is that IO’s are often really only done when doing CPR as it is way easier to do an IO on a patient that is shaking than an IV. Considering you’d have to stop doing compressions to insert a sternum IO, it’s not worth it.

[@svetlanacanani669]

Actually it’s intraosseous

[@playsball]

GOD Bless them all!

[@bosshoss14]

1:17 that bone drill got me 😫

[@911life5]

AJ096 it’s not the drill going into the bone that hurts that bad because the bone itself doesn’t have nerve endings... it’s the fluid displacing the bone marrow that hurts. That’s why the first thing that goes in is lidocaine

[@robertlamberth6586]

@@911life5 Still though, I never feel more empathy for a patient than when the drill comes out. Something about it still makes me squeamish.

[@911life5]

Yeah lol agreed. It’s an absolute last resort for me on a conscious patient. I’ve seen a firefighter turn green when the realized what we were doing.

[@GlobalDrifter1000]

She is imbedded? Wow,wow

[@steveofthesnow5257]

Imagine all the paperwork they gotta fill out each day…

[@scootertrash911]

I used to stay at the station for 2 or 3 hours at the end of some of my shifts to do reports, I didn't get paid, I just wanted to get a little sleep between runs.

[@chrislinder7558]

Station by me in Kansas is the busiest in the city I live in most of them medical calls

[@larrymoore326]

Station 9 Nashville top 3 busiest , My old stomping grounds. Hell Yeah !

[@phillywhateverguy]

100 calls a day. How is she interviewing in front of parked trucks?

[@stevenc8140]

Amen

[@havenzhai5187]

I’m thinking most of the calls are ambulance calls for overdosed homeless. What a waste of resources

[@moshpitjunkie8122]

They deff dont run 100 a day. Its impossible. Not enough hours in the day for 100 calls, reports, restocking, mutual aid all that shit.

[@FWMYKIGI]

@@moshpitjunkie8122 they have 4 ambos, 2 engines, a tiller and a truck too I think?

[@jamesswartz23]

Thanks for skipping right over engine 30 DCFD. 🙄

[@25mfd]

... how many other houses are in that response area???... no reason for one house to have that many runs in THAT area

[@cat740dt]

25mfd that’s exactly what i was thinking

[@vincentm2760]

They said they had the smallest area of coverage. Looks like that save several Engine and medic units, so it’s like having multiple stations at the same place.

[@spike5902]

@@vincentm2760 yeah they have 4 ambos, 2 engines and a truck

[@ki4nge4]

3's House and 11's House back them up but they do have a lot of Runs... I live 2 blocks away from 9's House and they are moving 24/7.. I visit every couple weeks and I have Never seen All the RA's or Trucks there at 1 time.

[@25mfd]

@Vincent M looks like instead of trying to save several Engine and medic units, they need to ADD more to handle the high call volume... @Spike59 said, "4 ambos, 2 engines and a truck"... well clearly they need that... X 4

[@JRKA]

Awesome video.

[@Pstfix]

A station that busy is evidence of a ridiculously poorly run municipality. No 1. whatever square mile area should ever generate 35,000 calls a year.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

in the city where I grew up they FD has a main station with 50 apparatus ... they run an average of 2,000 calls a year, not 20,000 or even more

[@emvvehicles_8]

Just got some response vids there! Tone-outs every 5-15 minutes!

[@williamheber2118]

Those guys say, we can't wait to get out of here. Few fires, most drug heads. Welcome to California.

[@ericcuellar404]

When they drilled into that guys bone

[@MarkosRagnos]

IO suuuucks. And that guy didn't even flinch. You know he was pretty messed up

[@edpep43]

They call it an EZ IO for a reason. It’s easy.

[@aportman58]

no other option

[@tank20820]

These numbers may seem a lot but they really arent when you figure they have 2 engines, a truck, 3 or 4 ambulances. This past year they had 16000 ems and 3400 fire runs, which isn't a lot. Break that down, 11-14 ems runs a day per bus and under 9 runs a day between the 3 fire rigs. Not sure where the 30,000+ came from as the lafd website doesn't show that statistic. Mind you, there's a few FDNY companies running over 7,000 runs a year. That's per rig....not one firehouse, those stats are just for individual companies. A slow fdny company does 3400 runs. But apparently it's "busy" for LA.

[@ronaiosa126]

They should separate fire and ems like FDNY does

[@tank20820]

@@ronaiosa126 what works in one city doesn't always work in others.

[@Stargazzer811]

@@ronaiosa126 Except FDNY doesn't. They combined the EMS service and fire department back in the 90s. They are one entity now and have been for 20+ years.

[@hunterelderkin6928]

Get them a powered Cot for all them runs

[@grahammaguire404]

Hi to all of the emergency services over the pond from lil ol me to you.Cant dispute how hectic your working days can be .....it seems pretty insane at times ...how the hell you do it nobody knows but a large percentage of your 911 calls appear to be of a medical emergency response and occasionally you do get to fight real fires which is possibly the biggest reason you signed up!!!!.Over here in the UK your probably aware of our firefighters are increasingly being called out more often than not also to medical emergencies especially in rural / agricultural areas of the UK!!!!!.... However this is testament to you wonderful and highly trained professional emergency service personnel educating the public on FIRE PREVENTION and it SHOWS hence the decrease in genuine fire call outs including special services for example ROAD/ HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND OTHER SPECIALIST CALL OUTS TO MANY TO NAME WITHIN THE VAST COMMUNITIES YOU SERVE AND PROTECT AND ARE ONLY A 911 CALL AWAY!!!.I Live in a relatively agricultural county ( LINCOLNSHIRE UK) And our brave firefighters like yourselves are on call 24/7 whilst on duty never knowing what the next call may be.Its becoming increasingly more common in the UK to have firefighters and their appliences to attend a medical emergency until paramedics/ volunteer responders and doctors to respond and either assist or take over from the firefighters leaving them free to head back to their station/ firehouse awaiting for the next 911/999 call.I find your posts fascinating on KZbin and other social media sites so please keep up the GOOD WORK....ITS BEEN A PLEASURE TO SEND THIS POST TO ALL OF YOU....... Thanks for reading best wishes and kind regards always.

[@1topfueldrag]

it’s a costly expense per call if they take tiller on medical runs

[@battlefieldhero22]

They have the truck on station for fire calls but with so many medical emergency calls, the ambulance is usually already in service for one of those medical ALS calls. Thus to respond to the high number of medical call they have EMT firefighters and usually a paramedic on board the truck to respond to another medical call in another area of service.

[@Stargazzer811]

Probably but ask San Bernadino Fire about their Medic Truck companies and see how they respond. Half of them are ALS level tillers.

[@sansee6840]

I just saw a tent burning

[@DByers-ci5kr]

Most inner city fire stations are very busy with a variety of calls. The "busiest fire station in the US" is debatable. This station has multiple companies. I know of single-company stations that roll almost continuously. FDNY, DCFD, CFD are all dual service departments (Fire/EMS). Cities are having an extra tough time & recent events are making the job harder & busier. My hat is off to all the men & women of fire, medical & law enforcement everywhere. I avoid the word "hero" but these folks are as close as you get & they do it every shift. But such long adrenaline trips are for the young. LAFD works 24 hour shifts. FDNY works 10 hour day & 14 hour night shifts. Killer!

[@smg123100]

could just as easily apply to the skids in Vancouver same call volume , same dangers, stay safe you guys.

[@stuartgraf4414]

Firehall #2 in Vancouver's downtown eastside at one point was the busiest firehall in all of North America when the fentanyl epidemic was first going around

[@DaveGII-id6dk]

I woke up on the crash bed in the er to them drilling into my shin. I begged for them to stop. They did. It's my fault, I was an active IV user at the time and all my veins were collapsed.

[@Eskey__]

Rico Gross is a Battalion chief. Single bugle is an engineer, two side by side is a captain, crossed bugles are a Battalion chief like Chief Gross, three crossed with one in the middle is a division chief. 4 and 5 are chief two and chief one.

[@LACity68]

Johnny it’s different here at LA city, Gross is a Captain 2 ( station commander) 2 bugles crossed, our chiefs are in gold, triple bugles crossed, our captain 1 have 2 bugles parallel , our engineers don’t wear bugles

[@Eskey__]

CITY68 Copy that. I’m an FS wildland FF and we wear bugles the way I wrote. Did not know LA City was different. Thanks for the info.

[@MD21037]

It's probably 95+% EMS related calls. They may run more calls, but they don't run the most working fires.

[@CrystalLakeEast]

I'd like to take this Natalie out for a nice seafood dinner.

[@thisguy9042]

And then...

[@jackiechan_wtf4041]

Settle down thirsty ass 😅😅

[@frogylocz]

Shes allergic to seafood 😂

[@thisguy9042]

@@frogylocz 😂

[@HollywoodGraham]

Something needs to be done with the residents of Skid Row, Many years ago the City of L.A. had a drunk farm that gave a chance for drunks to sober up and once again be a productive member of the community. Not only that it saved many lives of people that sunk to the Skid Row life.

[@joshconway8188]

Drug overdoses are more common, Especially homeless people, So that’s why there so busy, They need to upgrade on gear, We have all Stryker stretches at our station, Ambulance in your own station makes you even more busy, We use our county ambulances, We don’t have our own like they do, Cali is nothing but drug and homeless people, Hawaii is getting like that as well!

[@brendandoyle2280]

The Brothers from NYC are far busier.. than LA

[@collectornick4270]

I'm a vollie and my dept. Is the busiest vollie dept in the state with almost 800 calls a year. And they can make that in 8 days?? I can't imagine.

[@skylerbowerbank5847]

Pretty sure we should have fewer fire trucks and replace them with more ems vehicle

[@maxhallman1036]

All appuratus are ALS with atleast 1 paramedic plus three medics full time with one at night only

[@bobw5024]

As Skyler said, get rid of the fire trucks and replace them with ambulances since that's where the calls are

[@maxhallman1036]

@@bobw5024 that area still needs fire protection...

[@bobw5024]

@@maxhallman1036 Fire apparatus provides no benefit at a medical emergency and actually delays patient care and transport. An ambulance is the standard for transportation of patients, it comes with all the gear and staff necessary. For the small percentage of calls where assistance is needed, police or fire can be requested. Staffing engines for primary medical response is nothing more than unions trying to create more firefighter jobs. When an engine is on a medical call they are unavailable to respond to fire calls.

[@maxhallman1036]

@@bobw5024 you ever realize that maybe there isn't an ALS unit available and an engine with a paramedic is closer it will respond and also there's 4 people on engines which is useful especially in LA because many people are either combative, druged up or obese

[@tylercorbin8073]

Lafd don’t have Stryker stretchers😳

[@napphotography4525]

This reporter is the best reporter in the world!

[@pjhaebe]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahha

[@allengreene9954]

City officials in Los Angeles need to do something to stop the homelessness. Build some damn affordable apartments or houses for the people. I know these guys have to be tired.

[@יהונתןלב-ס2נ]

The patient wont survive

[@skyminer1218]

Get more calls in 1 day then I get in 4 months

[@JohnpaulDejoria666]

What are their OSW though?

[@christianmurphy8820]

But how’s the fire duty?

[@peteviviano9514]

Real Hero's

[@chrisray-rohan286]

Are they helping?

[@kenb.8596]

You guys are doing a great job, but ya just need to let the drug call go unanswered, let them meet their maker, the call will cease. Let them do all the drugs they want.