#TrainingDay 🚒🔥 The 33rd #LACoFD Fire Captain’s Academy is going strong with new captains training on structure fire simulations, complete with firefighters pulling hose and cutting on the roof prop. | Los Angeles County Fire Department

On Monday, May 19, 2025, the Los Angeles City Fire Department welcomed “Crew 4” -- 26 new recruits who will become LAFD’s first full-time paid Wildland Hand Crew Technicians. Their training academy will include education on wildland fire behavior, weather, chainsaw operations, and line cutting; the recruits will also engage in team building and complete numerous certifications over the next five weeks. Supervised by two foremen and a superintendent, and operating within LAFD’s Disaster Response

Training hard today, ready for tomorrow 🔥 During a multi-company operations training, #LAFD firefighters practice deploying master streams to prepare for large-scale incidents. #firefighter #firefightertraining #firefighterlife #training #losangeles | Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation