Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD)
SoCal · Municipal · Career
Mission
The Los Angeles Fire Department is Dedicated to Saving Lives, Fighting Fires, Safety and Prevention, and Building Communities.
Source: official department source
For over 70 years, Local 1014 has been fighting to better our members' wages, hours and working conditions.
Preparing for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) oral board
Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) serves 4,000,000 residents across 471 square miles from 106 stations. Build your ARTS Tie-back material from what this department tells you about itself:
- its mission and the values it states
- the community it serves and the calls it runs
- the specialized work it runs, from wildland and interface fires, hazardous materials, and urban search and rescue
- the culture and priorities its own people describe
Themes this profile surfaces
- Why you want to serve Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) specifically, over any other department
- Scenario questions that touch its wildland and interface fires and hazardous materials work
- How your own values line up with the department's mission
- What service means in the community this department protects
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