The Los Angeles City Fire Department recently introduced the Thermite RS3, a remote-controlled, track-mounted robot that can go where firefighters otherwise can’t. The mini robot tanker was used for the first time to battle a major emergency fire in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, officials said. | Cheddar Gadgets

45 Years Ago Today - September 27, 1980: The men and women of your Los Angeles Fire Department remember their fallen colleague, Firefighter Frank Hotchkin: 🔗 http://bit.ly/FrankHotchkin The U.S. Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in #ElysianPark where our Brother Frank died, later became a full-time #LAFD Training Center named in his honor. | Los Angeles Fire Department

Your LAFD recently conducted "Green Cell Training" for those pursuing promotion to Battalion Chief. Green Cell Training provides the opportunity to practice the command and control portion of running major incidents. It is a tool used to help practice radio communications on every type of incident; from a structure fire response to a Multi-Casualty Incident (MCI). It's truly the next best thing to running an actual incident. | Los Angeles Fire Department

2.7K views · 148 reactions | April 29, 1986 was a historic day in Los Angeles as over 350 LAFD firefighters battled to save the Central Library. Find out what it was like inside that fire. | Los Angeles Fire Department | Facebook