Swift Water Rescuetoastt212024-10-18 | Swift Water RescueLAFD Blueline Train Vs, MTA Bus, Downtown L.A.toastt212008-09-20 | A mechanic driving an MTA bus (thankfully no passengers on board)runs a red light in front of an Eastbound Blue Line Light Rail Train at Griffith and Washington Blvd. approx 20 riders on the train complained of minor injuries only. Approx 14 were transported to area hospitalsCar Hit & Destroyed, 1 fatalitytoastt212008-09-06 | A car is disabled on the 91 Freeway in the early morning hours between a Saturday and Sunday night. Not the best time to be out. The driver exits the vehicle and tries to make it from the fast lane to the right shoulder. He is struck and killed. His disabled vehicle is hit once, spun broadside, and then torn apart by a 3rd car. The freeway was shut down for hours.Cerritos House Firetoastt212008-09-01 | L.A. County Firefighters found flames through the roof on arrival at this house fire in Cerritos, CA. No injuries.Double Fatal Freeway Crashtoastt212008-06-16 | An SUV traveling EB 91 Fwy hits the center divider and spins back into traffic... It is struck by other cars, causing one passenger to eject from the SUV and die on the spot. Chain reaction crashes continue, and one man gets out of his car and proceeds towards the main crash on foot. He is also struck at high speed and dragged more than 300 feet to his death. Alcohol indeed played a role in the initial crash with the SUV according to authorities.Auto Vs Fire Truck With Technical Rescuetoastt212008-06-03 | Long Beach, CA FFs responding to a traffic accident are themselves struck by a suspected drunk driver at a busy intersection. While rescuers are transporting patients in the vehicle that struck the Truck Co, a second vehicle cruising through an adjacent parking lot strikes a pedestrian and pins her under that car...Apparently the occupants of that car were watching the action in the street instead of foot traffic in the parking lot... A very busy incident!South Los Angeles Crash / Wipeouttoastt212008-05-31 | No one knows for sure what exactly happened on this South-Central street recently, other than the fact that there were alot of totaled cars and injured parties. This would have been much worse had it occurred in the middle of the day instead of in the wee hours of the morning. Alcohol, drugs, and street racing were all involved here. No, really! Note the lack of police presence here. It is a Saturday night/Sunday morning and LAPD is taxed to the max...Greater Alarm Commercial, Downey Areatoastt212008-04-28 | Downey and other Area E cities, along with L.A. County, battle this good-going commercial which eventually goes to 3 alarms. There was some early confusion due to the name of the business that there was type of chlorine storage involved. This turned out to be not the case. The fire occurred on a Sunday when no one from the business was on-site.Compton Plane Crashtoastt212008-04-13 | A Cessna 310 twin engined lite aircraft came plummeting down into 2 homes yesterday just east of Compton Airport. 2 on the aircraft and 2 in one of the homes suffered critical injuries. One additional woman on the ground suffered minor injuries. Footage shot here in the first chaotic moments after the crash shows the confusion in the area.Pickup Over The Side with 2 Trapped, L.A. County Firetoastt212008-04-07 | Slow down when it rains! This Toyota PreRunner skidded, tumbled, rolled over, and then how it ended up I'll never know. Extrication takes about 30 minutes for both victims who survived with serious injuries.L.A. County Fire 2nd Alarm Warehousetoastt212008-03-31 | Firefighters find flames have a head start on their arrival at this warehouse complex in the Carson area.Asphalt Refinery Fire, Long Beachtoastt212008-03-30 | Long Beach FD battles flames that erupted at an asphalt refinery after a high pressure leak ignited in an approximate 4 inch pipeline. Knockdown in about 25 minutes.Structure Fire LAFD Converted Garagetoastt212008-03-23 | LAFD tackles a converted garage which takes off after some pirated electrical goes haywire. This is a typical everyday fire in the sprawl of South-Central Los Angeles. No one was inside.Pole Embedded in Car With Extricationtoastt212008-03-15 | Another one for the "How did he survive that" file. Honda Accord is sliced by a pole to the point that the car is suspended above ground. Solo driver is extricated and airlifted to a Trauma Center and survives with extremity fractures. He was allegedly intoxicated.LAFD South End Furniture Warehouse Firetoastt212008-03-12 | LAFD sends most of its' metropolitan resources in to fight this massive warehouse blaze. Surround and drown at its finest.Warehouse+Cars Up in Smoke LAFDtoastt212008-02-25 | Car dealers make the mistake of stashing excess new vehicles next to a dilapidated warehouse which goes up fast due to electrical problems. Brand new cars and SUVs parked all along the perimeter of the building also fall victim to the flames. One of the more unusual Greater Alarm responses from LAFDHouse Fire With Animal Assisttoastt212008-01-18 | Long Beach CA firefighters knockdown fire in a 1 story single family dwelling and provide a canine with a little 0 two at end...Intersection Crash With Multiple Victimstoastt212008-01-16 | A fullsize Crown Victoria broadsides a smaller import at fairly high speed; both end up in the middle of foliage at a bank on the corner. Long Beach firefighters work to free victims. One dies in the mangled wreckage of the compact.Major Emergency Near LAX - LAFDtoastt212007-12-21 | LAFD found fire through the roof on arrival at this large warehouse on the east side of LAX. Flames through the roof looked like those from a cigarette lighter. Watch renown AP photographer Nate Rawner, one of the best fire photogs out there, get close to the action and then back out quick when things start to explode a little...Fire/Rescue/EMS Tribute from Southern Californiatoastt212007-12-20 | Various Departments in Southern California givin' their all...Vehicle Vs. Hydrant with 2 Trappedtoastt212007-12-16 | 2 gentlemen lost control of their large sedan and sheered off a hydrant before finishing upside down in a field adjacent to the hydrant. Both were trapped in the overturned car and were lucky FD was able to get them out before they drowned in about 18 inches water. One was flown by airsquad to St. Francis... Santa Fe Springs area with L.A. County providing an assist both on the ground and with the helo.Warehouse with Heavy Fire Showingtoastt212007-12-16 | Long Beach and L.A. County FD handle this large warehouse adjacent to Long Beach Airport off Cherry Ave.Train Derailment, Pico Rivera CAtoastt212007-12-14 | a freight train comes apart directly adjacent to homes and the 605 Freeway in the Pico Rivera/Whittier area. Luckily there are only a few minor injuries. Several homes sustain major damage, however.Fire in the Walls, L.A. County Fire Departmenttoastt212007-12-11 | Firefighters chase fire in the walls of a large restaurant, where diners literally left the food on the table when they fled. The fire is confined to wall and ceiling spaces and the structure is saved.LAFD Greater Alarm-Auto Repair Complextoastt212007-12-02 | LAFD gets the upper hand on this large auto repair complex in the West LA area awhile back. Note firefighter losing control of heavy stream handline with spray tip at end of clip.Malibu Wildfire Latigo Canyon Areatoastt212007-11-26 | Malibu goes up yet again in this most recent incident (11-24-07). Footage shows homes burning as residents and firefighters do what they can to save what has not yet taken off. Additional footage shows fire advancing through upper Latigo Canyon in fuel strands that have not burned in 50 years...This is not footage that was taken off the television - this is footage that was shot right from the firelines by the poster.Vehicle vs. Palm Tree - Fatal Accidenttoastt212007-11-23 | A family of three is devastated after their car hits a palm tree at high speed in the Long Beach, CA area. The mother is killed, the father (and driver) is critically injured, as is their newborn infant, who was ejected from the vehicle stills strapped in her carseat... The child suffered head trauma...Commercial Block Fire - L.A. County Fire Departmenttoastt212007-11-22 | L.A. County Fire fights a big one in a commercial row of businesses joined by a common attic in the famous "Little India" portion of Artesia, CA. The fire went north and took 6 or 7 occupancies. Video starts within about 3 minutes of first companies arriving on scene. As you can see, firefighters were in desperate need of additional truck companies on this one.High Speed Fatal Crashtoastt212007-11-21 | A young female driver possibly fell asleep at the wheel, precipitating this strange and tragic outcome. The van went off the freeway and down into a culvert, which seemed to guide the vehicle straight into the enclosure at the end of the line. It almost seemed like the passenger area might be wedged inside and still intact, yet the gruesome outcome was apparent when the van was pulled out by cable. It took firefighters 2 hours to carefully and respectfully extricate the victim out of the wreckage.LAFD West L.A.Major Emergency Office Buildingtoastt212007-11-06 | LAFD fights a long battle in this older office building near UCLA. A Major Emergency response has to get way into the attic to stop the flames. Add a hot day and the rehab requirements go way up...Apartment House Fire - Heavy Fire 2nd Floor+Full Arrest LAFDtoastt212007-11-05 | LAFD does it all in this dynamic incident. They encounter heavy fire on arrival at this 2nd floor corner of a multi-unit building. While LAFD knocks down the blaze, the building manager, seen walking towards the fire in the opening shot, suddenly goes down with a full arrest heart attack a few minutes later across the street. Lucky for him, as ALS medics are on scene and get him going again.Fully Involved Commercial Firetoastt212007-10-30 | L.A. County Firefighters battle a 3 alarm commercial blaze in the Commerce area, just off the Montebello borderOrange County Brush Firetoastt212007-10-25 | Orange County Fire Authority throws alot of equipment at this major fire burning along Highway 241. The winds make their efforts futile.Sheared Hydrant+Rain=Messtoastt212007-09-30 | A motorist barreling down Laurel Canyon during a driving rainstorm loses control and takes out a hydrant, causing some major damage to a multi-million dollar home in the Hollywood Hills. The excess water on the roof caused a partial collapse, and it took LAFD over an hour to find the shutoff for the hydrant, which was heavily pressurized. All of this during a strong rainstorm which moved through the L.A. area on 9/21-9/22/07Deadly Street Race Crash IItoastt212007-09-18 | Additional aftermath of a deadly hi-speed crash in which an innocent woman was killed and up to 9 juveniles were transported to area hospitalsCommercial Warehouse-Heavy Firetoastt212007-09-17 | LA County Firefighters knock down one unit fully involved.Major Apartment House Firetoastt212007-09-01 | Long Beach, LA County, LAFD, and Area E Cities combine to fight massive fire in a huge apartment complex. More than 100 units were destroyed or damaged in the blaze, which took over 4 hours to control. There were 2 fatalities and multiple injuries, including firefighters...Attic Electrocution - Technical Rescuetoastt212007-08-31 | Long Beach CA Firefighters extricate an electrician after the worker comes in contact with low voltage, high-amp power lines while working in an attic at a downtown motel. The entire rescue took about 45 minutes. This is a sampling of the entire incident, which was captured on tape from above and below.Deadly Pursuit Crash Aftermathtoastt212007-08-28 | LA County Sheriff's Deputies pursue a possible narcotics suspect who plows through multiple cars in a busy Long Beach intersection. 6 are transported including a small child. The suspect is the only fatalityApartment House Fire, One Unit Well Involvedtoastt212007-08-25 | The L.A. County Fire Department takes on this 2 story apartment building fire in the Norwalk, CA area.Refinery Fire near LAXtoastt212007-08-20 | This small storage faciltiy lit off in a big way. The heat was incredible. Hats off to those firefighters who stood there and clipped that chain link fence so they could put effective streams in place.Trimmer Trapped in a Palmtoastt212007-08-05 | In my quest to continue to provide original content (haha), I offer this somewhat unusual rescue of a young man trapped in a shedding palm tree. The man was working to trim the dead fronds at the base when several hundred pounds of the tree above him slid down and crunched him at an awkward angle against the tree. Long Beach firefighters did a great job spending most of a hot afternoon gingerly cutting the tree away from the man. One firefighter at the top of a 35 foot extension ladder had quite a stiff neck/back at the end of the incident as he supported the man's weight the entire time...Major Brush Fire, L.A. Countytoastt212007-07-23 | Fire rolls across the hills and flatlands in the Acton, CA area of Los Angeles County here. Dry vegetation and low humidity help make this thing impossible to stop, at least on this day. Over 10,000 acres were burned. Our chauffeur on this day was none other than Captain Dave Broadwell, site administrator over on www.lacountyfire.com. Enjoy the 'dozer action!LAFD Building Fire/Collapsetoastt212007-07-17 | Here's one for the ages... LAFD gets EXTREMELY lucky here - A 2 story commercial in downtown with an add-on wood frame second floor comes crashing down on firefighters after about 20 minutes of active fire. Multiple firefighters were pinned/injured with one receiving serious injuries. That no one was killed made this a good day.
At the time of collapse, I was shooting fire thru a window...A hose line darkened the fire down and I slowly pulled out and hit my pause button JUST as the building came down... I've slo-mo'd it at the end of the clip so you can see it coming. A shame I didn't roll just a tad longer.Typical Southern California Brush Firetoastt212007-07-17 | As we get deeper into the fire season, fires like this could be the norm in dry/hot Southern California. This one, in Northern L.A. County, took over 20,000 acres before it was contained. The hard-charging fire behavior is wind/terrain driven and very typical for the region. When these things get cranked up, there is little anyone can do but get out of the way, watch, and/or shoot pictures...Santa Fe Springs Greater Alarmtoastt212007-07-14 | Santa Fe Springs, Downey, and L.A. County get in on this large commercial occupancy housing multiple businesses with a heavy fire load. Smoke from this fire caused major delays on the I-5 Freeway through Orange and South L.A. CountiesOrange County 4 Alarmtoastt212007-06-24 | Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach, OCFA, and other agencies battle this stubborn blaze in an aerospace products warehouse near John Wayne Airport. Fire continued to flare up out of the attic. Control time 2.5 hours.Warehouse 2 Alarm Fire through Rooftoastt212007-06-20 | LA County Firefighters are forced to go defensive at this Carson area warehouse. Fire through roof on arrival...Overturned Tractor-Trailer w/Entrapmenttoastt212007-06-20 | A big rig overturns as it enters the NB I-605 Freeway in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The driver is trapped with critical injuries for over an hour. He is airlifted via Mercy Air Ambulance. Unfortunately, I had to move my vehicle out of the SB 605 Carpool lane as the Helo lifted off. Gotta keep CHP happy!Wildland Fire with Area Ignition Part IItoastt212007-06-04 | Deeply rooted homeowners fight against impossible odds as fire consumes everything in its path in this additional segment on area ignition. Interview with Captain from San Marino FD tells it all. This portion of video was shot by Troy Case, who teamed up with me for safety reasons.Wildland Fire with Area Ignitiontoastt212007-05-31 | An overgrown canyon goes up in a firestorm as firefighters pull out in this major brush fire in Southern California. There is little they can do to save homes nestled amongst old timber growth without proper brush clearance. We stay as homes burn. Listen to the hiss of propane tanks and the pop of live ammo going off towards the end of the clip.