ON NOVEMBER 9, 2018, Pilots Dave Nordquist and Joel Smith were operating Helicopter Fire 4, flying water dropping missions near the border of Los Angeles and Ventura County.
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LAFD Leadership Academy: Lessons in Leadership
This lesson in leadership is a story of redemption and humility. Over the next few months this story will take you from the beginning to the end of Commander Kevin Mooney’s
Continue ReadingHousewives of the LAFD: Parenting in 2020
Parenting is never easy. If parenting in 2019 could be compared to herding kittens, parenting in 2020 as a fire family can be compared to wrangling tigers while juggling flamed torches on a balance board,
Continue ReadingLAFD History – “Never Forget” – The World Trade Center Attack, September 11, 2001
It has been 19 years since the attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and United Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. I write this article for the September Grapevine so that we will remember what happened on the fateful day and not forget the sacrifice so many made.
Continue ReadingThe Coasters – Leadership Taught Old School
A good friend of mine use to work at old Fire Station 26, which was located at Washington Blvd. X Arlington Ave.
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