Erik Scott

Captain II, LA Fire Department

Captain II with the LA Fire Department.

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LAFD leaders are trying to get more than 1,000 firefighters vaccinated before the city’s vaccine mandate goes into effect in October.

More than 1000 LA firefighters are unvaccinated. Will October’s city vax mandate change that?

LAFD leaders are trying to get more than 1,000 firefighters vaccinated before the city’s vaccine mandate goes into effect in October.

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An explosion rocked a South LA residential neighborhood on Wednesday when the LA Police Department tried to detonate a cache of illegal fireworks they seized earlier in the day.

‘We see a whole other side’ of fireworks, from injuries to fires, says LA fire captain

An explosion rocked a South LA residential neighborhood on Wednesday when the LA Police Department tried to detonate a cache of illegal fireworks they seized earlier in the day.

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