LAFD Fire Service Day 2019
A True Success! Saturday May 11th, was not your typical Saturday. No this Saturday was something special. Just over 40 Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department CERT Program clearly demonstrated their...
View ArticleMay 2019 – LAFD CERT Spotlight-Chin Thammasaengsri
The Los Angeles Fire Department CERT Program is proud to announce Chin Thammasaengsri as this month’s LAFD CERT Spotlight. Chin is a Los Angeles native who lives in the Los Angeles Fire Department's...
View ArticleJune 2019 – LAFD CERT Spotlight – Jeff Hole
The Los Angeles Fire Department CERT Program is proud to introduce Jeff Hole as June's LAFD CERT Spotlight. Jeff Hole is an accomplished photographer/graphic artist with over 30 years of experience. He...
View ArticleLAFD CERT Fire Patrol for July 4th Holiday week
July 6th, 2019 concluded the largest LAFD CERT Community Fire Patrol in the history of the Los Angeles Fire Department CERT Program. LAFD CERT Call Out Team Members from across Los Angeles teamed up to...
View ArticleMayor Garcetti & LAFD Chief Terrazas Press Conference on Emergency Preparedness
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was joined by LAFD Chief Ralph M. Terrazas, Aram Sahakian, General Manager of the Emergency Management Department, Dr. Lucy Jones, and Councilmembers Monica Rodriguez...
View ArticleLAFD CERT Call Out Academy July 13, 2019
By Christy Adair, LAFD CERT Valley Bureau Coordinator Saturday, July 13th was a day that many of us on the Call Out team had been anticipating. It was a day to mark the first “LAFD CERT Call Out Team...
View ArticleCERT West Bureau Skills Refresher – 7-27-19
The CERT West Bureau held a very successful skills refresher on Saturday, July 27th at Fire Station 59. It was a full house, with participants who graduated from a CERT class last week and as far back...
View ArticleAugust 2019 – LAFD CERT Spotlight – Kevin Kong
The Los Angeles Fire Department CERT Program is proud to announce Kevin Kong as the August LAFD CERT Spotlight. Kevin Chang-Kyu Kong hails from Seoul, South Korea where his career as an optometrist...
View ArticleSept. 2019 – LAFD CERT Spotlight – Kobey Horn
The Los Angeles Fire Department CERT Program is proud to recognize Kobey Horn as September’s LAFD CERT Spotlight. Kobey Horn, BS, Finance-UCLA and a MBA-UCLA, has a wealth of career experience in...
View ArticleLAFD CERT 2019 Year-End Review
We tried to capture all the amazing events and incidents in which our LAFD CERT members were involved. If it was already covered in a previous post, we did not add it here. We thank all of you that...
View ArticleFeb. 2020 – LAFD CERT Spotlight – Sally Thompson
The Los Angeles Fire Department CERT Program is proud to introduce Sally Thompson as February’s LAFD CERT Spotlight. Sally grew up in the San Fernando Valley with her family roots now extending to her...
View ArticleLAFD Welcomes Two New CERT Instructors
The Los Angeles Fire Department CERT Program is excited to introduce Firefighter CERT Instructors Joe Santa Maria and Ted Debs to our team! A very Special Thank You to Council Member Bob Blumenfield...
View ArticleLAFD CERT assists Department on Disabilities Meal Distribution
LAFD CERT assists Department on Disabilities Meal Distribution during the Covid-19 pandemic in Los Angeles, CA.
View ArticleCERT Safety “Officer”
An LAFD Incident Safety Officer is a senior member of the Command Team on incidents. Their job is to ensure scene safety by foretelling unsafe scenarios, conditions, and behaviors before they take...
View ArticleLAFD CERT team at work…safely
At times the LAFD CERT Team has been activated for very specific tasks....always masked, distanced in their interaction with the public and LAFD. Here are some examples from Chin Thammasaengsri, South...
View ArticleHonoring Frank Borden, the Founder of CERT
Frank Borden, LAFD Assistant Chief (ret), passed away April 9, 2021. Below are some articles and memories of this man who gave so much to the LAFD and CERT. Assistant Chief (Retired) Frank W. Borden...
View ArticleThanks so much Captains Ignatczyk & Weireter!
From left: Captain Weireter, Captain Ignatczyk, Captain Winn. As we welcome our new Captains, Rico Gross, Captain II, Disaster Preparedness Officer (DPO), and Dustin Gates, Captain I, LA CERT...
View ArticleWelcome Captain Gross & Captain Gates
Please join the LAFD CERT Unit in extending a huge welcome to our new CERT Commander, Captain Dustin Gates. We also are excited to welcome the new Disaster Preparedness Captain, Rico Gates. The past...
View ArticleKristin M. Crowley sworn in as 19th Fire Chief of the LAFD
Kristin M. Crowley is the 19th Fire Chief of the LAFD, shown being sworn in on March 25, 2022. Kristin M. Crowley is the 19th Fire Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). With her wife and...
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