Los Angeles Fire Department

Seven train passengers were transported to the hospital. The vehicle was unoccupied and stationary on the train tracks.

NBC4 and Co-Anchor and Reporter Robert Kovacik are back supporting and emcee the 2020 Los Angeles Fire Department VALOR Awards ceremony on May 5. The event, originally slated for November 2020, was postponed due to the pandemic. The event will be held on the field at Dodger Stadium with firefighter honorees and LA Fire Department Chief Ralph M. Terrazas and…

Nearly 150 Los Angeles firefighters were battling a large structure fire in the Green Meadows neighborhood of Los Angeles Saturday.

No injuries were reported. As seen on NBC4 News on Saturday, April 3, 2021.

Nonprofit organization Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation is launching the first-ever Howling Heroes contest in search of the LAFD’s official K-9 mascot. Submissions are open to the public and all are welcome to nominate their pet dogs. Participation involves uploading a photo of your pup with a brief description about what makes them a hero. Friends and family can...

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The Los Angeles County Fire Department has experienced a “drastic decline” in the test positivity rate and the number of individuals out sick with COVID-19 within its workforce, officials said Monday.

On May 16, 11 firefighters were seriously injured during one of the most intense and dangerous fires in the history of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Mexican officials announced Wednesday that they had located the body of Frank Aguilar, a California firefighter who disappeared without a trace in late August.

The tank shaped robot is latest tool in LA’s firefighting arsenal. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.

According to the Attorney General, suspects Fanny N., 32, and Santos N., 27, were arrested Thursday, on a highway to Playas de Rosarito for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of Frank Aguilar, a California firefighter who disappeared without a trace in late August. Hetty Chang reports for NBC4 News on Oct. 9, 2020.

The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Baja California confirmed the arrests of two people allegedly involved in the disappearance of a Los Angeles firefighter in Rosarito, Baja California. According to the Attorney General, suspects Fanny N., 32, and Santos N., 27, were arrested Thursday, on a highway to Playas de Rosarito for their alleged involvement in the disappearance…

The family of a Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter who has been missing since Aug. 20 in Baja California, Mexico, is waiting Thursday for any word on where he is, a day after Mayor Eric Garcetti said he may have been the victim of a “violent kidnapping.” Aguilar, a 20-year veteran of the LAFD, disappeared Aug. 20 from his condominium…

Jose Perez, 44, was the first firefighter in the department to die of COVID-19. As seen on NBC LA at 11 p.m. Saturday July 25, 2020.

A building marked Smoke Totes Warehouse distributor was at the center of the fire that took two hours to put out and injured several LAFD firefighters. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Saturday May 16, 2020.

Drone footage shows firefighters escaping an explosion. Rick Montanez reported on NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, 2020.

Drone video shows firefighters escaping from a burning downtown Los Angeles building Saturday through an enormous cloud of smoke and a menacing fireball. The video obtained by the NBC4 I-Team captured firefighters climbing down a ladder from the roof of the single-story building as they’re surrounded by fire and smoke. Twelve firefighters were injured, but none of the injuries...

Investigators will be combing through debris, looking for burn patterns and talking to witnesses as they work to determine a cause to the fire that put so many lives at risk. Kim Tobin reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Sunday May 17, 2020.

Three of the 11 firefighters suffered critical, but not life-threatening, injuries. Kim Tobin reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Saturday May 16, 2020.